Ethan's first baby tooth lost . . .

Ethan lost his first tooth on Friday. Here he is to show how he looks minus a tooth.

This feels like a major milestone to me. I think it is because he's starting to loose his baby teeth, and even though he's not a baby and hasn't been for quite a while, this is his way of telling me, "I'm not a baby anymore mom" . . . I guess I need to act accordingly. It's so rewarding to see them grow up, but is quite hard at the same time. My little Ethan . . . wonderful boy.

Lillian turns three months old

Here is Lilly at three months old.
















Here are our beautiful girls.

I have the best video, but I can't get it to work. Hopefully I can figure it out, so I can post it soon.

Bikes, School and a little mischief

In August, Grant learned how to ride his bike without training wheels (with a little help from Dad). He loves it now! Now he can keep up with Ethan.
















Lilly also turned 2 months old in August . . . but she is now 3 months old. Those pictures will be coming soon.
































Sasha's the mischievous one in this post. It's funny, I have a picture of Ethan very similar to this one of Sasha. I had just given Lilly a bath and Sasha was next. Unfortunately, she forgot to take her clothes off.





















And here is our makeup artist . . .





















School started on August 30th. Here the boys are waiting at their bus stop . . .

















and getting on the bus. If you look at the picture pretty close, you can see that Grant is quite excited. The boys have loves school so far. Grant's first day was rough, but I think that's mainly because I was there (it was only an hour and they asked that someone come with the student). He's loved it ever since. Now I have the two girls at home during the day. It is quite nice going shopping with only the two girls, though I think Sasha misses the excitement that the boys provided.

July 2010

There was a company picnic at the end of July. The kids had a ball. They had about 10-15 blow up toys and also little games that the kids could play to get prizes (they got prizes no matter how well they did). There was also all you can eat/drink cotton candy, snow cones, pop, dinner and Schwan's ice cream. This was all free.

Lilly enjoyed her day in the stroller either napping or just hanging out. What a great little girl!

Ethan took this picture of a raspberry plant. I figured I should at least post a picture to show how we have spent some of our time this summer.

And our little children have often come out to the garden barefoot.

Lilly seems to enjoy her little chair. She loves it outside!

Air Show

The weekend of July 24th, we went to the Blue Angels air show. We actually bought tickets and went. We left the house around 10:30 a.m. and got there around 12:00 p.m. Brian was thinking he might drop off me and the kids, but when we saw how crowded the highway was, there was no way that was happening. So, we went to one of the designated parking lots and waited in a very, very long line for a shuttle to pick us up. The kids actually did quite well considering how long we waited. When we got there, we found a place to sit and watch. It was pretty fun, but the kids got tired of it pretty quick. They were all ready to go but we hadn't seen the blue angels yet. We decided that we had time to take the shuttle back and watch the Blue Angels from University Place (this was right by the river with the airport right on the other side). There was a really good view from University Place. We decided that maybe that is what we should have done in the first place. Oh well . . . maybe next time. Here are some pictures that we took at University Place.

Helping Grandpa Durtschi

Lillian is one month old

My, how time does fly . . .