Megan, Alex and Grandpa, on the road!!!

My Dad is driving Megan and Alex to California. They are headed to see Stefanie, Jeff and the kids and they are sooooooooo excited. I am not sure that my Dad is as excited but they made it in one piece and are already having a great time.
They are trying to load the car. They had a lot of stuff and not a lot of space.

Megan is getting a good laugh at Grandpa as he tries to load everything in.

Alex is just waiting patiently.

They are all loaded up and ready to go. 20 hours and they will be in California.

Another Goodbye

We went out to dinner with Heidi and family on Wednesday so that the kids could say goodbye. Megan and Alex were headed to California on Thursday morning and by the time they get back Jacob will be gone. It was another hard pizza dinner to go to. Everytime someone we love moves away we seem to go out for pizza!!!!!
We got there a little early so I got Alex, Olivia, and Megan.

Marie, Lloyd and Oma. These are Heidi's parents and Grandma. They are so nice and so fun. Just like part of the family!!!

Jeff, Heidi and Mike.

Alex and I. Alex just loves it when we take his picture.

Megan, Jacob, and Alex. The good news is that I don't think that Jacob totally understood that he wouldn't see the kids again so it was a much easier goodbye.

Marie, Jacob, Lloyd, Heidi and Oma. What a great family.

We will miss them soooooo much but it is a great move for all of them and they will be much closer to family now.

Happy 4th of July

We had such a fun day on the 4th of July. We went over to Heidi and Jacob's house for a BBQ and some fireworks.
Alex and Jacob had a great time playing in the bounce house.

Heidi and Marie are hard at work in the kitchen.

Megan and Mike supervising in the kitchen!!!!!

Alex and Jacob played dog pile in the bounce house for most of the day. It was that or the big toy. They didn't venture far away from either one.

They took a break long enough to eat.

Lloyd and Marie getting some dinner. We had so many good choices. As usual we had a lot of food but it was all so good that we had to eat it all. :)

Megan and Heidi.

Alex had to take a break, he was tired I guess.

Heidi and I were to lazy to find our own chairs and it was so cold out that we decided it would be easier to just share. It was a much warmer way to go until she stood up and tried to tip me over.

Jacob was mad that it wasn't dark out. He really wanted to blow off some fireworks.

Finally, sparklers are better than nothing.

Megan and Alex waiting for it to get darker also.

It finally got dark and we could shoot off everything that Mike and the kids had picked out.

It was a great show that they put on. Well worth waiting for it to get dark. We had a great day with everyone. Thanks for having us over!!!!!!!!!!!

Father's Day Present

The kids and I went and got our pictures taken for Father's Day gifts this year. A friend of mine from the gym took them for us and I think they turned out sooooo good. We got 78 pictures and I just can't decide which ones I like the best. This is just a few of them but they aren't all of my favorites. :)

I have so many more that I really like but I don't think I should put them all on here. Thank you so much Lisa for taking them. Everyone has loved them!!!!!

Father's Day

We had a busy and fun day on Father's Day.
We started the morning off with some gifts.

Megan made a puzzle for Mike to tell him what we were doing for the day.

After the puzzle was finally done we headed to Mazatlan for Breakfast. They have a really good brunch.

Alex, Mike and Megan at Breakfast. Everyone was very full by the time we left.

After we ate we headed to Auburn to go to Emerald Downs for the day. We have gone a couple of times before on Father's day but this is the first time we have actually had to wear our winter coats.

We ended up getting reserved seats because all of the free ones were in the rain and no one wanted to do that. They were really nice seats though. We will probably do that again when we go back. They had better views.

Great news for Megan, she seems to have inherited my monkey arms. She took this lovely picture of all of us.

Megan and Alex waiting for another race to start. Notice how packed the free benches are in the rain. The rest of the place was packed. :)

I think that everyone had a good day even though we were freezing when we left. We had plenty of blankets and jackets with us so it was worth it.

Last Day of School

It's hard to believe but it's the last day of school already. Megan wasn't to excited about it but Alex didn't seem to have a problem at all.
On the way to school for the last time as an 8th Grader!!!!!!!

Megan and Gillian at school.

Megan and Olivia in their really cute matching shirts. They have on matching socks to but you can't see them.

Megan at school.

Alex is getting off the bus for the last time as a 5th grader. Megan took my camera to school so I couldn't get a morning picture.

Alex and Conner walking home for the last time. Alex is going to be the big guy next year. 6th grade already. Hard to believe.

They both had a great year at school and both did great on their grades. I hope that they have a wonderful summer now!!!!!!