A growing boy!

From 7 lbs. 13 oz. at birth to 10 lbs. 11 oz. at 1 month, to 13 lbs. 2 oz. at 2 months!

I'd say Trent is thriving and growing! We love him so much and think he's such a cutie!!!

8 weeks already!!??!!

"I see you!"
"Looka my belly!"

I can't believe our baby boy is already 8 weeks old! The time has definitely flown by and Trent has changed so much! He smiles alot now, coos at us when we talk to him and I've even heard a couple of giggles when I was tickling his belly. He's just a very precious, sweet, laidback little boy

and it's hard to remember what life was like before we were blessed by his arrival!

$5 of fun!

The other day, we were at Wal-mart and bought a $5 waterslide. The kids were so excited about trying it out. Rachel loved every part...the sliding, the water in her face, etc...but Bradley only uses it when the water is turned off. The slide is still slick and he can slide, but he does NOT like the water spraying him in the face. Anyway, the slide has been fun, but is not the best quality...it ripped the 2nd day we used it and after the 4th time, Nick had to use a ton of duct tape on it just to keep the water flowing through the tube. But, I think we've already gotten our $5 worth, so we can't complain!

Nick's B-day Celebration

Our lovely, more confident swimmer!

All 3 of my precious children...I didn't set this up!

We laid Trent here because he fell asleep and then Bradley wanted to lay next to him,

then it started raining and Rachel laid down next to Bradley.

I love the picture!

Nick and his 2 sweet helpers!


New swimmer!

Loving the pool!

All Nick wanted to do for his birthday was go swimming...so that's what we did. The kids were both so excited about swimming this year, which is a huge improvement over last year. Bradley would hardly get in last year, but this year was eager to get in the inner tube and swim his little heart out. Rachel was very excited about how much better she's doing at swimming too. She's also taller, which makes her even more confident since she quite easily reaches the bottom of the pool. I didn't get in yet and neither did Trent. I'm thinking Trent won't get to try out the pool until next year. Anyway, we ate steaks and veggies and of course, the kids and I made a lovely birthday cake for daddy. It was a VERY low-key, fun celebration for a fantastic son, husband and father!! Love you Nick!!

Rachel's Pre-K Graduation

Our beautiful little graduate!

Rachel's about to get her diploma

Our proud family

Rachel and her Adventure Bible



Rachel with Ms. Susanne-the wonderful Preschool Directore

Cutest little graduate!

Bradley tried it on too!

We truly cannot believe that our little girl is going to be in Kindergarten next year!!!!!!! (In fact, we're trying not to think about it too much!) Her Pre-K graduation was absolutely adorable and complete with caps, gowns, graduation music, kid's songs and diplomas. I felt sad at times, but I really enjoyed the happiness of the occasion and the excitement and joy on all the kid's faces. All the kids looked just precious in their caps and gowns. After the ceremony, they had cake and punch in the gym. Rachel enjoyed the whole thing and Bradley was an awesome little brother, happy to see his big sister and sit relatively still for the whole program. Trent was an awesome little brother too; he slept straight through the entire evening! Each kid was given a children's adventure Bible along with their diploma. It was a great night and a wonderful end to a fabulous year!

Rachel's End of Yr. School Party

The SWEETEST teachers ever!!

Ms. Kim and Ms. Jan

Riding on one of the really cool scooter-things

Jumping on the bungee-pole;
it sprang up and down and all the kids loved it!

The chilly water wasn't too cold for Rachel!!

Well, we couldn't be happier with Rachel's first experience in school. It was such a wonderful year...with wonderful teachers, friends and so much learned! We're so thankful that Rachel had such sweet, caring teachers who really did nurture and love all the kids in her class. Rachel really loved them too, and we felt so good about leaving her with them every school day. Her class had an end of year party at one of her classmate's houses. The house was beautiful, and there was an abundance of things to do from ride-on toys, to a swingset, to an egg-laying chicken pen to a trampoline, to a pool. We had a great time and tried not to think about how we wouldn't be seeing these wonderful people on a regular basis anymore. We know we were blessed to have met all these people and will miss them next year!

The bouncy house for Rachel's b-day

The adorable carousel

Woo-hoo!!! This is so much fun!!

I love the ponies!!

Nick and Joe set up the moonwalk on the Friday evening before the birthday party. Rachel and Bradley were so excited!! They couldn't wait to try it out. They had a blast jumping and sweating all evening. I loved the carousel look of the moonwalk and Rachel had fun picking her favorite horse as her own.