Summer's Swingin' Start

Jumping Out!














Jumped Out!














Doing it again!

FREEDOM!

The very last moments of first grade...
Bye-bye busy bees!

Our FANCY building blocks...

YES...he has blocks...LOTS of blocks...
at least they're not cans of Bud...

eEeWwwww!

The Exciting Adventures of
Scabby Baby and Toothless Boy!

What a week we've had with school finishing up and Eli's teeth
falling out (okay...check that...we had to yank and tug and holler).

BUT on top of that,
Gus has gotten Hand, Foot and Mouth which is a common
childhood virus and harmless enough however
gross, uncomfortable and messy...

We've certainly had an interesting week but are thankful for
the abundant sunshine and mild weather...
we've been enjoying it bunches
even if we are quarantined and under lock down...

Isaac aka Gus sure misses going "bye" and
wakes up from nap every day asking to go to "chlurch".

Eli is ready to JUST stay home...
we'll have to have a meeting of the minds to determine
how to spend our first week "off".

Look for more adventures from Scabby Baby and Toothless Boy coming soon!

The new patio in the rain

Been a little landscaping going on here...

Playin' with my pUp...

Huggin' my pUp!

pUpS need some lovin'!














Shhhhh! pUp is seepin'...














pUps a hat!

Oh nO!

Hey Eli, Can Momma pull that loose tooth?

Math Challenge Champion

He did it! 50 addition in 5 minutes and 50 subtraction in 5 minutes! Hooray!

They Did It...We're so PROUD :)

FINALLY! At Last! Thank God! They worked so hard for so long and on May 8 and May 14 we all got to celebrate with them as they saw all their hard work pay-off! Kristen (on the right) has her BS in Nursing from IUS and a job working in critical care in Columbus. Lisa finished with her BS in Hospital Administration from IUPUI and is waiting to hear about a job on the southside of Indy as we speak! I couldn't be happier for them. We celebrated with an open house at our place. It was so great to have everyone together for such a momentous occasion. Their success is an answer to a much and long prayed prayer.

Things we NEVER did with Eli...

Isaac is a popcorn FREAK! Sunday was such a busy day and we were all SO exhausted that we HAD to like down just to eat our popcorn. I know...I KNOW...not only did we give him a choky food like popcorn but we let him eat it in a choky position. We're bad!

More Missing Teeth and Soccer

Here's Eli and one of his pals from the old neighborhood. Each of them lost their first tooth this week! They're good buddies...

The other shot is one of Eli going up against the ringer from the other team that we played today. We got beat but Eli gave it his all! GO ELI!

Rub a Dub...Two Stinkpots in the Tub

Isaac and Zoe and Mr. Bubbles during the last sleepover with the cousins. Out of all of our kids...it'll be these two that rock our worlds. They're so COMPLETELY rotten!

Eli's Big Week!

Eli had a huge week with report cards coming out along with...FINALLY...his first tooth! We're so proud of his success at school and relieved that his baby teeth have decided to vacate at last. We were wondering if they were gonna hang on until he was out of high school!

Eli has a special request, his teacher, Mrs. Phenicie whose teaching has helped Eli do so very well this year has had to leave a little early this school year to take care of herself and her baby that's on the way so... Eli would like for everyone to keep her in their prayers. He'll miss her bunches!

Glow

Buzz, buzz buzzy bee black and gold. Buzz, buzz buzzy bee we've been told... Here's Eli as a buzzy bee at his school's spring musical, "Glow". Crack me up! You should hear the song. He had to flap his little hands like bee wings and fly in circles around one of the flower girls. Hee, hee! He did great but you could so tell that he wished he had the part of the firefly.

The Maroon Cardinals

In spite of the dumbest name in the history of league soccer, they're a good team. Never mind all of the cool suggestions from the mommies like The Maroon Magic, The Maroon Mavericks (Mavs for short), The Maroon Miracle...nope we're saddled with The Maroon Cardinals. Here's some highlights of Eli's first few games.