Holy Moment??

Oh, my poor, poor baby in the hands of her siblings. Late this afternoon, Morgan wanted a bucket of water to have a swimming pool for some Barbies. All the kids were playing outside while Steve was mowing and I was prepping supper. While supper was grilling, I sat down to do a few e-mails and I heard Morgan in her sweet little voice say, "Greta, you are baptized!!". Unsure why my instinct was to grab my camera... Morgan was squeezing a wet washcloth on Greta's head. She was drenched from head to toe.

Happy Girl

Science Factory

On Saturday, we took the kids to the (new??) Science Factory in Lancaster. Great fun was had by all.






Seeing if you could build a house to withstand an "earthquake"


Blurry but funny


Blowing bubbles

Cherry Pickin' Time

Today it was time to go and get the cherries. It was not a very good year for them because we have had so much rain. It is still fun to eat and pick, eat some more. The kids love to go too.






















I think we picked half the amount we did last year. B/c they were not very nice we didn't want to pick them and have them go bad.

BEACH!

One of my absolute favorite places to be is the beach. I like to take every opportunity I can to get there. So... I came up with a "girls beach trip"! This past weekend I took my 3 girls to the beach for 2 days. We had a great time. The weather was not the greatest, it felt a little like fall, but it was still fun to be near the sand and the waves.





I wanted to get some fun action shots of the girls playing in the water, but holding a squirmy baby while trying not to get my camera wet or sandy proved to be a difficult environment for getting any decent shots.








I ran out of money so Greta had sand for 2 meals. :)






Morgan working so hard to try to make a water pit


Morgan cracks me up, she loves steamed clams. Yuck. My dad taught her to appreciate them. So, she heard me say something about seafood and asked if she could have some. She ate a dozen of the slimy, gross things. Too bad this pic is a little blurry.


Lounging by the pool


One of my favorite places on the boardwalk

The Big Night!

Well, tonight was the biggest night in my little Claudia's life! It was her first ever ballet recital. The anticipation of this night has been long and heartfelt. Claudia has wanted to dance for years and it was so exciting to see her little (or big!) dream come true!

These were taken in our yard before hand












Arriving at the school all made up and ready to dance!


Can you see the excitement in her eyes???


A few of the girls in her class


Claudia and her friend, Alianna, from dance and church


The little ones stayed home tonight. Thank you, Margaret!!


The end of the night...


Claudia, you did such a great job tonight, Daddy and I were so proud of you. I look forward to seeing you dance some more. I love you!!

Greta and the Cows

Couldn't resist one more...