Family Camping...

Two weekends ago we went on our church's family camping trip. We went to the lake home of a family in our church and had such a great time! The weather was wonderful for this time of year - unseasonably cool in the upper 80's and lower 90's, the kids had a great time swimming, canoing, climbing rocks, fishing, hiking up to "the blue hole" swimming area, and so much more. We got to try out our new camping equipment, and are excited for the chance to use it a few more times before I'm too pregnant to enjoy it. Here are the pix I got, of course not nearly as many as I had hoped, but it will give you a glimpse into our trip.

Josh jumping (upper left)

Little Bear Grylls...

So Calvin has
been very in
to Man Vs. Wild
since we
discovered it
about a year ago.
Recently, Bear
was on some
sort of
adventure in the Black Hills
and used tree branches sort
of like ice picks to climb up
the sand hills. Upon first
glance, the top picture
looks like a pretty normal
shot of our living room.
But if you look closer, you will
see that Calvin not only enjoys
the show, but takes it pretty
seriously!

Ahh, two year olds

Just thought I'd share our experience with leaving a two year old to her own
devices when she's supposed to be napping. Looks comfy to me, especially those
tights without anything underneath! Atleast she finally went to sleep, right?

Yes that's right...

Yes that's right, I did just say little sister in the post below. We found out almost two weeks ago that number 4 is a girl! :) We are very excited and think this will be a very good thing for our family, especially Colette. We have a dvd of the ultra sound - it's cool to see her move around, open her mouth, and even yawn! We had hopes of posting it up here, but can't figure out how to get it in the right format. Hopefully we'll figure it out soon. Two boys and two girls...sounds great to us!

Colette's First Day...

Well, we were pretty quick to get report's up of the boys' first days of school, they both had pretty good ones. And then there's Colette. As evidenced by these pictures, she was very excited to go to school. That excitement soon faded when she realized I wasn't staying with her. Fast forward four weeks, and we have still had about the same number of rough days as good ones. She is slowly getting used to things at school, she has made a little friend who is also unsure of this whole be without Mommy thing. Apparently, according to the teachers and day school director, the two feed off of each other and are rather used to crying and commiserating together. However, last week was pretty good altogether, both Tuesday and Thursday Colette's little report sheet said she was in a "good" mood. Overall we're still feeing like this is a good place for her - especially when little sister comes :) .