GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!

That's right, its a girl!!! We are so excited!! Bethanee and me especially =) I am 21 weeks along and she is kicking like crazy! Never thought I'd enjoy it so much, but it is a constant reminder that she is good and healthy. I'm feeling really good, just have to make sure I eat or I'll get light headed and dizzy. I am due March 28 and I love that I have the Holidays ahead of me so that hopefully time will go by fast! Not to fast though... since this is our last one I want to enjoy the pregnancy more =)

Anyone know??

Any time I add a background from Cutest blog on the block, it wont let me get on my blog. I delete it and I can get back on... some of your blogs I am unable to look at as well, Mary's, Jen's, Angela's, etc. I talked to Ashley and she said she was having the same problem, not being able to look at my blog and some others. I don't know if she still is. Anyways, is it just blogs that have a background from the Cutest blog on the block? If so, does anyone know where I can go to get a cute free blog background with out it screwing up my blog?? If anyone has any answers that would be awesome, thanks!

6 New Posts!

I finally got all my pictures downloaded onto our computer! I decided I better post them all now while I had the chance, otherwise knowing me, it wouldn't happen for another 6 months! So make sure you read all the way down, the last post I posted is the one about my trip to Seattle. Enjoy, and I love comments! Hee hee =)

Gettysburg!!!

This past Friday we went to Gettysburg. Every year July 1st-3rd they do the reenactment of the battle fought there during the Civil War. It was so cool to listen to all the history and stories we were told by the people "acting" as someone from that time. We try to go there a decent amount, but during this time of year it is a lot of fun. The history is just amazing, and to be standing where the soldiers fought and some died is so special. Words can't express it, you have to visit there yourself. The kids had a great time like always and they were so good the whole time. I am so blessed with such amazingly Awesome kids!... And the BEST hubby in the world, I could spend all day everyday with all of them! Okay, sorry to get off subject =) These were all taken inside an old boxcar.

The boys wanted to load this up to see if it still worked! umm... not gonna happen guys!

Bethanee thought their dresses were really cool, she talked this poor girls ear off.

These people performed a fake amputation of Bethanee's wrist. (showed us how they did it in the Civil War times) The boys got to help out and they thought that was the best! They even had a bucket with fake hands and feet in it that they would drop the parts in after they amputated them. We ended up staying and talking with these people for over an hour, they had so much knowledge and a bunch of cool Civil War artifacts.

The boys didn't want to give this a try. I guess after teasing Bethanee that we were gonna leave her here the boys didn't want to test it ;)

I LOVE THIS FAMILY!!! =)

The view from Little Round Top

Jonathans 6th Birthday!

For Jonathan's birthday he wanted to have a birthday party. He invited 8 of his friends over and had a lot of fun. We played some games, but being summer time, him and his friends just wanted to play! So most of the time they just ran around in the backyard and in the house and played. It was fun for Jonathan to get to see some of his friends from school that he hadn't seen for a week and play with them outside of school. He got a lot of nice presents, thank you everyone, and after the party a water fight ensued. =)

He ended up getting 5 water guns from his friends, which worked out great because their was one for him plus Bethanee, Nicolas and Zac. We filled up an old cooler with water for them to reload and the fun began.

Jonathan also got a slip and slide from his friend Deano. It has some bowling pins at the end to knock over. We were all outside for hours!





Zac would run up to it then stop and lay down on the slide, loosing all his momentum. So Bethanee was pushing him down it until Benj got a hold of him and gave him a good push that sent him flying down the slide. He loved it and yelled that he wanted to go Again! It was a great day, even though we all got a little sun burned.

Summer FUN!!

Every time we are at the pool I always forget to take pictures. Probably because I am in the pool myself and my camera is not water proof. Well a couple weeks ago we went to my friend Dusty's house, along with Chera and Bridgette and had some water fun =) She had two kiddie pools out and Chera brought a fun water toy that all the kids enjoyed. Dusty put a blow up slide going into one of the pools and the big kids had a blast on that. Plus we had tons and tons of water guns that everyone had fun with, even us "big kids" =) It was so hot out and the kids loved spraying us. They'd do it when we weren't expecting it though, which produced a little scream from us and a BIG laugh from them. We brought lunch along and had a great day!

Bethanee and Lydia

Lunch time!

Between the four of us girls their was 13... and a half (one in the oven for my friend) kids!

Lake Tobias

This past May I got to with Nicolas and his class on a field trip to Lake Tobias. It is a really cool place and I want to go up again sometime with the family. The kids...well Benj too, would Love it! Here are just a few of the gazillion pictures I took~

You ride on this bus with the top cut off and the animals come right up to the bus. Nicolas loved feeding them, in fact I had to tell him to save some of his food, he was giving it all away to the first animals we saw!