Baby update!

Connor has quickly changed from being a baby to being a semi-able crawler/toddler. He has finally discovered his ability to move from one spot to another! Therefore it is very necessary for us older kids to watch what we set down on the ground, because anything on the ground is, at least in his mind, a toy to play and slobber on :-) Here's a few pics of him in this new stage of "mobility"



He has become a genius at building wood towers!...





And he also has quite the musical knack!....





Although he still has those "little boy" moments when he will pick up a play gun and play "cowboys".... :-)





But his newest endeavors is muscle building.....(you should see his biceps!!)

Luke Berry & Sarah Ferry

Last Saturday, our family got to be a part of the blessed wedding of Luke Berry and Sarah Ferry. Although we were not in the wedding party, we got to help our friends out by doing some backstage jobs: Kaitlyn did the flower girl's hair, Dad helped run the rehearsal and dinner, and I shot a video of the service and reception. Everybody helped pick up the tables and chairs and clean up when the meal was over. PTL! With all the beautiful set-up of the gym, it could have taken hours to clean up with only a few people!!

All in all though, it was a very well prepared wedding, and I think everybody enjoyed being a part of it. And though we will miss Sarah (Kansas), I think everybody was very excited that she and Luke met each other!

The happy couple as they are being announced as husband and wife.

Another shot of the bride and groom

Mr. Ferry preparing to give away his first child.

The groom & groomsmen in order: Luke, Craig, Peter, Daniel and Ryan. These guys were a lot of fun and were always helping out with whatever needed to be done!

David & Caleb Ferry at their best...(obviously impressed with their new tuxedos!)

And we can't forget the end of the day... when Luke and Sarah drove off in their well done up car complete with Oreo hearts, smoke bombs, toilet paper and Oh! so many balloons!! :-)

My new world: "Juggling"






Some of my newest equipment.....

The Underwood 21 typewriter,...passed down through the generations of story writers!!

Our trip to Iowa



Molly and A.J. shared a birthday while we were in Iowa, much fun!!



The cake so beautifully prepared by Grandma.........



A new walking stick that I found for my collection :-)


And of course we celebrated Mother's day while we were on vacation. (I think mom liked her new dress :-)

Connor and Brooke...



Lizzy and Kait with cousins Kelsey and Jessica



Grandpa, Lizzy and Grandma before our cousin's wedding, in which Elizabeth played "Canon in D" for the processional......



Picnic time!!!




Grandpa, Molly and a very tired Connor.

The girl's new haircuts!

Recently Molly and Emily each got twelve inches of their hair cut off for an organization called "Locks of Love". "Locks of Love" uses the hair to make wigs for kids who are going through leukemia and other problems. I can tell you one thing though,... it took us other kids a few minutes to get used to their new haircuts when they got home!!



Molly has received a lot of comments on how cute she looks with short hair!!




And Emily looks "adorable" too :-)

Last of the zoo pics:


Luke and Austin think that they are monkeys!...



Having fun at the animal wall!!


The walruses were huge, but very graceful in the water!!

A couple more zoo pics:



Pretty little sisters.....



Free rides for the little ones!! (lucky dogs!)...



A Kudu....(not the most common animal you'll ever see.)



This aquarium was really neat!



Me and my friend.....

More highlights of the day!



One of the favorite animals.....


The boys loved this fake gorilla!!!!


My favorite animal!!!


The dolphin show was good too!



A.J.'s outlook of the monkey house and it's smells

Pics from our day at Brookfield Zoo!


The center aisle of the zoo,...beautiful!...





We saw all sorts of animals from parrots.....




to penguins.......




to Rhinos....



To wild picture posing little brothers :-)

Emily's Birthday: She's an "official" teenager now!



The presentation of the cake, (With A.J. to back her up, just in case she can't blow them all out!)



Taking off the candles....



Opening her gift from Kait & Liz......quilting fabric!!! (Yay, whoopee, who cares? I guess girls like stuff like that for their birthday,... lots of crafting time anyway :-)


P.S. It was NOT my idea to put hot pink as the font color for this blog!

Here I am working on a post to put on this blog page. Notice Elizabeth my trusty assistant giving me advice on what to put on and what not to put on my web page.
Girls are somtimes like that,... "No Jack, don't put that picture on, I look terrible in that picture!"