Ashley's 1 year Birthday!

We love our sweet Ashley!  She is so much fun and loves her family so much!  She gets really excited when the kids get home from school so she can play with them.  She is still very busy and curious and will happily tear the kitchen apart while I'm cooking.  She has 2 top and 2 bottom teeth and can say Mama, Dada, and Hi Dad!  She loves books, music and swinging outside.

We love you Little Cat A! Happy Birthday!

She was pretty tired by the time we got to birthday cake, so she didn't seem to care at first...until she tasted it!  She also didn't care for how cold the ice cream was, but got over that quickly!

Grant and Maddie running in the Cross Town Classic.  Ashley loved watching all the activity.

Loves swinging!

Our friend took these pictures for us.  She was unhappy and crying during the entire shoot, so it was amazing we got such adorable pictures!

We love our busy little family!

 Happy Birthday Sweet girl!

Madelynn's Birthday and Halloween

We love our little Madelynn!  She started Kindergarten this year, which to have really help her feel like a big kid!  She is still just as sweet as ever and still loves to "mommy" Ashley.  She still loves Hello Kitty and is excited that she has started reading.  So far since Kindergarten started, she has lost her 4 front teeth. So she loves singing,  "All I want for Christmas are my two front Teeth!  She loves to plan parties and even tries to turn normal days into parties. For instance, if Chris and Grant leave to run some errands she will declare that now "It's a girl party!"

Happy Birthday Little Cat M! We love you!

 Right after she lost her bottom 2 teeth.  I had to pull one for her and the 2nd one fell out after Grant jumped on her and his elbow hit her face- so technically, he pulled the 2nd one!

She is now 13 months old and just as cute and busy as ever!

We visited a pumpkin festival at the local plant nursery.

Free days at the zoo!  We brought our neighbor friend, Jenna.

She wanted to be like her cool big brother!

Somebody wanted a snack.

 

End of Summer and Starting School

This has been a fantastic summer!  We have tried to get out and explore as much as possible!

We went hiking and waterfall splashing at Starved Rock.  Loved it!

Zoie is brushing a goat at the zoo!

                        Grant started 3rd grade and Madelynn started Kindergarten.  I'm going to miss                                                                these two!  We had a great summer!