Back-to-School Cookout

Hanna, Nathaniel, Karleigh, & Joel

Bethany & Jessica join the silliness
Go! Go! Power Rangers!

Last weekend, we had some friends over for a weiner roast. I think the kids had a blast together...I know Joel was thrilled to see his buddies "on his own turf"! A good time was had by all...

Another Milestone Moment

Today...*sniff* *sniff*, Joel took the first step of many and embarked on his journey called *sniff* preschool. I took a 1/2 day to take him this afternoon and, although he clung to my leg and even asked me to stay for a few minutes, he did fine. Once he found his cubby and his seat at the table next to Andrew (destined to be his buddy), all was well and Mommy faded around the corner and into oblivion. Sounds so dramatic, huh? Actually, he did GREAT and told me he thinks he'll go back again on Friday! It's full speed ahead from here on out, I suppose.

"The Mad Whistler"

My son has recently taught himself to whistle. He is quite good at it and uses his new skill often. It's driving me INSANE......!

Joel Reads to Hanna at Bedtime

The kids both LOVE their dinosaur books from Kohl's. Hanna wants to read "ROOAARR" every night. Joel has them pretty much memorized so he does the bedtime routine reading. It's so touching! (Sorry, I didn't know the lighting was so bad--Hanna gets the shadow treatment!)

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Just Keeping Afloat for a Few Days...

Sorry for the inactivity here folks! School started this past week. 'Nough said... Anyone who wants to see the web page I'm so proud of can go to this link: http://www.mvcsc.k12.in.us/MVES/Staff/hwalton/WebPages/indexwebpage.html

Hope it works...

Up, Up, and Away

Joel approaches the Pepsi balloon
Joel in the foreground
Hanna's not too sure... while Joel is up there touching the thing!

Last night, we went to the hot air balloon "Night Glow" at the State Fairgrounds. This is an event the night before the opening of the state fair during which balloons air up at dusk and throw flame into them in different patterns together when it becomes dark. It's neat because the whole infield is full of balloons and you just wander around them and can get in the baskets, etc... Joel LOVES it when the balloons go over our house, so this was a real treat for him. Unfortunately, I was a goober and didn't have xtra batteries for the camera when they died, so I only got a few pics. Of course, Joel begged us to go back today for the hot air balloon race, but it was at 7:00am. Ha, ha, ha......

Scrapbook Pages

Joel's Jobs

Daddy & Me

Aspiring Artist

I've been trying to catch up Joel's scrapbook this summer (to my dismay, I've only completed 10 pages!), and thought I'd try posting a few cute ones recently completed. I have no idea how to photograph pages so you can see details well and get the whole thing in the picture! Maybe I can work on that...