school

 I forgot to post this photo of the beach house we stayed at in North Carolina.  Isn't it cute? 

I haven't downloaded the photos of Lydia from the first day of school yet, but a friend sent me this photo of her with her best friends walking to the bus stop.  Such cute girls!!  Lydia is really enjoying school.  She likes having so many friends to ride the bus with and she has a little boy from church in her school class. She LOVES packing a lunch- which means the extravagance of a juice box and go-gurt. 

North Carolina

 Can you tell that she has older siblings?  Poor girl.  She is very patient.

 Colton wanted a puppy  cake with his spiderman figure on top.  It's his birthday, so whatever her wants is fine with me. 

 Everyone at Ella's baptism. 

 Lydia likes to party! 

 Burying Mike.  They made him into a Merman. 

 Look who is smiling!  This photo was taken today.  She is almost 7 weeks old.  Time is flying! 

 Jocelyn at about 2 weeks.  I have yet to edit this photo shoot. 

 Colton was so proud he climbed this tree.  When I went to put the camera away, he fell down the tree.  He had a big cut from his eye to his ear, but I'd say he fared quite well considering how far he fell. 

 Jocelyn and Lydia  on Jocelyn's blessing day. 

 My mom and dad came out for the blessing.  Colton was helping Papa fix the sink sporting his new John Deere hat. 

The family at Jocelyn's blessing.  What a good lookin bunch.  

It's been a busy summer!  I've been to Ohio a few times and we went to North Carolina with Mike's family last week and spent a few days at a beach house there.  It was tons of fun.  Just about everyone got the flu while we were there, but it was still worth it.  I got the bug on a rainy day which worked out well.  Lydia wasn't so lucky. She threw up all over herself and the car on the 10 hour drive down there.  That was the low point. We pulled off the road and started stripping down Lydia, so she is half naked in the parking lot with puke in her hair and crying.  Colton was in such a hurry to get out of the car, that he cut his foot and won't let me look at it, so I am trying to hog tie him while he is screaming.  Jocelyn is crying and Mike is running on 3 hours of sleep and is so frustrated he is just kicking the car tire.  We just laughed about it though!  We also celebrated Colton's 4th birthday while we were in Ohio with the cousins.  My niece Ella was baptized and Jocelyn was blessed.  We went to Cedar Point as well, but those photos are on my other camera, so I'll have to post those photos later.  (Cedar Point is one of the biggest amusement parks in the country.)  School starts on Wednesday and I can hardly believe that our summer adventures are over.