Baby Tessa

Baby Tessa was born on September 04, 2009 at 2:58 pm. We feel very blessed. The good Lord blessed us with this young lady who is very beautiful and could not have come at a better time. Lori is doing VERY well and Baby Tessa is doing great as well.

Cole's First Day of School

Cole started school today. Despite what the pictures show, he was excited to start school. (he looks so serious in all of these pictures)

Soccer

The kids are in some Hamilton Southeastern Sports Soccer leagues and have been really enjoying it. We wondered how Anna would do, but after her fourth time out she is really shinning star out there......everyone asks us how long she has been playing and when we said this was only her fourth time on the field, they all think we are lying to them. Cole is also doing well in his own right, he is only four yet finds just being out there is all the fun. The competetive juices have not quite hit him like they have with Anna. I figure patience is a virtue.

First Grade

What do you call a girl who goes to bed very late, wakes-up very early and talks a million miles a minute? A girl who is very excited for first grade.

Indiana State Fair

We enjoyed eating our way through the Indiana State Fair. Lori's favorite: salt water taffy, Corbin's: corn dogs, Cole's: corn dogs, Anna's snow cones. No one was brave enough to try to chocolate covered bacon. It was the strangest food we saw this year (even above the deep fried Pepsi). It was fun to spend the day at the fair before Anna and Cole head back to school.

Symphony on the Prarie

What better way to spend a beautiful summer evening than listening to Billy Joel music played by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, eating kettle corn, running up and down hills and catching lightening bugs.

Swim Team

Anna and Cole both did swim team this summer. It was a great experience for them. They had practice four days a week and swim meets throughout the season. It was fun to watch them compete and to watch their swimming improve.

Learning to Shoot

Abraham cousins

We enjoyed having our Abraham cousins visit. Anna and Cole love their cousin Stephanie. We hope Chris continues to feel. Corbin definitely has the coolest shirt is all of Indiana. I enjoyed visiting with my sister.

The Jackson Family

We enjoyed having our Jackson cousins come and visit for the week. We hope they come back again soon.

Happy Fourth of July

Our neighborhood is the best place to be for the fourth of July. On the third of July is the fourth of July preview night complete with roasting smores, riding ziplines and fireworks. On the fourth of July we had a bike parade where all of the kids in the neighborhood decorated their bikes and the fire truck escorted the bikes through the neighborhood. After that we have a picnic. In the evening we did our own fireworks because of rain. On the fifth of July we got to watch another great fireworks show in our neighborhood. Anna and Cole loved all of the late nights and fireworks. Corbin and I think we live in the best neighbhorhood.