These pictures were taken during the race. The kids are still smiling and having fun. This year nobody fell asleep on the way home. Last year we didn't even make it out of the parking lot and Nathanael and Noah I think were asleep. Noah was hiding in front of Grandma during most of the race so I didn't get to many pictures of him on the digital camera.

 

 

Here is a photo also of the kids standing in front and back of the car that Tony Stewart drove the night of the race.
It was pretty cool because before the race started they invited all the fans and kids to go on the track and get autographs and take pictures. Unfortunately Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth we not able to be a part of the autographs because you had to pay a lot of money if you wanted autographs from them. It was fun anyway!!

Here is a picture of the kids with the Culvers driver. We don't know who he is but he drives for our favorite frozen custard. Couldn't resist a picture with him.

Here are a couple of shots before the race started. We are in the speedway now but man was it HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were excited that Grandma got to come with us again this year.

 

Here is Nathanael before we got to see Tony Stewart race at Madison International Speedway. I hope we didn't forget to bring him into the race and fold him up in that chair. You almost can't tell where he is.

 

 

Here are a couple more pictures of the kids at baseball. Naomi I believe is the top and Noah the bottom picture.
Noah is my left handed batter and Naomi right handed. They are enjoying baseball a lot. They just wish they could hit the ball a little more than they do, but since it is their first year I think they are doing fantasically.

9 Years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today Chris and I are celebrating 9 years of Marriage. Man how time flies. I can't believe that it has been 9 years already and going on baby number 4. Two of our beautiful children will be in school in the fall and just Nathanael will be home with mom and dad until December when we will welcome Hionis number 4. I had to work today and so did Chris and since we work opposite shifts it made for an interesting Anniversary. I wasn't expecting anything, which made my lunch suprise even better. On top of that Chris had his brother come and watch the kids so we could have Lunch ALONE which in it self is unheard of, as most parents know. I was done with work at noon and he is now working so it was a very relaxed lunch and we tried something new and it was really good food. Looking forward to watching our wedding video with the kids tonight. It has become somewhat of a tradition for Naomi and I since Chris has been working nights for over a year now. Well nothing else much happening here just enjoying the summer and all the fun that it brings with kids and friends. God Bless.

 

 

Here is our most recent wrestle night. Dad's shoulder and neck are doing much better since it is wrestle
time with the kids again. They had a great time and missed wrestle night so much that they wore dad out right away.

 

Here is Noah on our visit to Ya Ya and Pa Pa's house to see Uncle Gregg, Auntie Cassie, Uncle Andrew and Eleni.
Noah wanted to be cool like Pa Pa and so he let Noah borrow a hat.

 

Stawberry picking is way more fun when you can eat the strawberries with friends.

 

We went strawberry picking with our friends and Naomi wanted to make sure that I got a picture. She picked a whole basket by the time we were done.

 

This is Noah at his baseball game. He is a left handed batter. Everything else he does right handed but for some
reason he can hit the ball better left handed, he has always done that so I figured why correct him. He and Naomi are on the same team this year and they are having a blast. I will get some better pictures up soon.

 

This is my little Fist grader's last day of school. I can't believe that she is going to be in 2nd grade already. I keep wondering where the time has gone. She is a Great Horned Owl, in a play that her science class wrote and did all the research on. It was really cute. She did a good job.

 
 
 
This was our trip to Brat Fest. We had a great time. This year they had a carnival so we let the kids go on a ride.
We had really great weather for Brat Fest this year.

 

A few weeks ago we got to enjoy some time with our friends whom we haven't seen since
Naomi was little. Kevin is the pastor that Married Chris and I so it was great to be able to
see them again. The kids just had a ton of fun.