Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Happy 6th Birthday Zachary!!!






It's official! Zach is now 6!!! We borrowed my friend Meg's Bonzai waterslide yesterday! It wasn't the warmest day out!!! We had some teeth chattering...but Zach and Madison started sliding around 8:30 in the morning. More friends came over around 10:30 and they kept on sliding! Still some chattering...but the kids really had a blast. We finally took a break for lunch and then they were right back in it! I made them come out at 2:30...maybe due to the fact that the water was to the top of the pool part...had to do some bailing but the kids didn't seem to mind! They had a blast!!! Matt and I were going to take Zach to his annual Grady's trip but he was seriously exhausted...and so were we! We resheduled for later this week! Aunt Erin got Zach the huge number 6 balloon! He says that it's his favorite balloon ever!!! Today, Zach continues his birthday "week" by going to the Peoria Zoo with Aunt Lisa and Uncle Bryan!

My camera decided to run out of batteries but I managed to get a few good shots! More will come after his party on Sunday! Enjoy!!!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Last of the Pictures...




Still more family pictures...





More Family Pictures






I wish you could post more than 5 images at a time!!!

Our Family Pictures






Our friend Annie took our pictures a few weekends ago out at Dawson Lake. I'm warning you that this is going to be a long post with many pictures! She took so many great ones that it's really tough to pick! She did ones of the kids and Matt and I even had pics done of just the two of us. I don't think that's happened since our wedding...almost 9 years ago! WOW! Annie really did a great job! She has her own photography business. Here's her contact info if anyone is interested!!!

Anne Mattingly (309) 846-0522
LeNeveproductions@hotmail.com
Senior, Children, Family, Wedding & special events Photographer
We highly recommend her!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Kate steals Zach's hat...



So Kate is getting adventurous! Zach left his hat on the floor so Kate decided she could wear it! You can tell in these pics that she is looking at Zach to see if he notices! She's still eating string cheese!!! I love it!

Kate is walking!!!




Ahhh....my arms are going to get a relief! Kate is now walking! She can be unsteady, but she is really doing well! She loves it! It's funny to see her just get up in the middle of the room and walk over to something she wants. She acts like she's been doing this forever! I still worry about that right leg...but everything seems to be ok and well! She's such a big girl!
She's eating string cheese while walking!