and now we're all caught up...

next up.... baby barley... boy or girl!
any guesses?

leah gets dressed

From head-to-toe, Leah dressed herself!
We'll really have to work on the modesty thing!

watching daddy's game

4 years ago...

Nathan and I walked down the aisle and said,

"I do!"

welcome home, LENNY!

After 5 L-O-N-G months,
on Seth's birthday,
the family headed to the airport to welcome home
Uncle Len!

We are all so grateful for your service for our country.
Thanks, Len.

seth's BIG present

On Seth's actual birthday,
we went to Putt-Putt and had some fun...
Seth-style.
My boy is obsessed with golf right now.

During our round of Putt-Putt,
Daddy and Cousin Mikaila were trying to teach
Seth how to show that he is 3 on his fingers.

Then, Daddy took Seth out to the driving range for Seth's first time.

Daddy's club was just

TOO BIG!!
Even Leah thought so!

It didn't take him long to figure out what was in that wrapping!

And Seth's was
JUST RIGHT!

germantown centre pool

Some of the cousins went to the pool at the Civic Center (or whatever they call it now) and they all had a blast. If this place wasn't so stinkin' expensive, I would love to add it to our "places we have membership."

I'm posting all of these pics, because it makes me laugh that out of all of these pictures, not one of them is frame-able. I guess 8 kids in a pool are not easily organized. Maybe Nate and I will stop at 7!!

Can you hear us yelling over the water falls, "Come on everybody, get together!"

seth & mikaila's incredible pizza party!!

How fun!! Thank you, Papa! Seth and Mikaila got to do the whole shebang at Incredible Pizza and everyone had tons of fun!

Everyone sang "Happy Birthday"
Incredible Pizza style to them.

They spun the wheel
... just like on Wheel of Fortune...
to get their prizes.

All the cousins had some fun with a non-hitting pinata. (I was very disappointed!) My sisters and I divided the candy equally between the 10 grandchildren and everyone thought we were crazy.

And finally, you can't leave Incredible Pizza without hours of games. Daddy, Seth and Leah even played a round of glow in the dark mini golf to finish it off!! (Mommy was busy redeeming tickets.)