Lets Get FIT!!

Here is a picture of the girls today before we went on our walk. We wanted to walk before it got in the 90's today! We did our walk in only 35 minutes instead of the normal 56 minutes!! I don't remember how long it is but I do know that it is around a mile! Not ready for a marathon, but we are doing good picking up the pace as a family!! Way to go kids!

Happy Birthday Isabella!

Happy 2nd Birthday Bella-Boo!!

Bella's birthday was on Saturday and we had a party with the family for both girls that night. They looked so cute in their matching dresses.When Pa got to the party bella went running to him and said "monkey, mirrors, monkey, mirrors" meaning that she wanted to see the monkeys in the mirrors. I posted about this before with moriah on Pa's shoulders , but it is so cute how Bella has been doing this since around 18 months!This picture is funny. I gave them Bella's new Elmo pjs so bella wouldn't want to change her clothes (because this is what she does evreytime she sees her Elmo shirts) and I turned around to see Mom and Amie with them on!!

Splash Down Peoria Friday Night

Here are a few pics from our swimming on Friday night. We went to family night. It is only 10.00 for the whole family and they have a theme. This week was Halloween and next Friday is Super Hero night. The kids had a great time.

Bella got a little tired at the end!!

And you have to love this picture; Isaiah put his hand up to wave at me and of course you cant see his face!! the way he likes it!haha

Moriah's Birthday Trip

Here are a few pictures from our trip. We had a GREAT time. The first set of pictures is Moriah waiting for the train. She was soooooo excited. When we got to the train station everyone knew where we were going. Moriah and the baby matched! And EVERYONE sang Happy Birthday to her (even strangers on the street)
And here she is on the train. It was right on time (OK like 2 minutes late, but no big deal!) She was so happy; can you tell? she was all smiles the whole way there! This was one of moriahs favorite stops! She found so many little things here at the store, and since the prices aren't too bad she got to pick out a few things!This little girl of mine had to have her picture by all the lego creations! She would run up to them and say "take my picture mom"!
Moriah LOVED The cafe! It was really nice treat that Grandma Prather did for us! I let Moriah take some pictures so she had a good time doing that. The one with the waiter is funny, because he told her that wasn't fair that she took a picture with out him knowing (he doesn't like his friends to see him in a pink apron! she laughed so hard about that!) Here she is with the cast of the play. (which was really good and if you have a girl the right age and haven't done this you need to go before it is over in October.) They even sang Happy Birthday to Moriah which was really beautiful!
All over Chicago there are dresses made out of stuff (recycling) so I took pictures of some of the favorites. Bubblewrap, Coke cans, beach shells, and keys!On the way home Moriah couldn't wait to get her Hello Kitty stuff out to start coloring! We had a great trip. THanks for lookin over our photos!

The Big Day is Tomorrow!!

Moriah turns 5 tomorrow so I am surprising her by taking her to Chicago. We are riding the train there going to shop at the Lego, Hello Kitty, and American Girl store! We are going to see the play about the American Girls eat at the Cafe there and just have a great girls day out!! The picture below is the present that she will be opening soon. It is a bitty baby dress for her to wear and one for her doll to match!! She will look so cute, I can't wait!!

Kallie is off to Africa!!

I wanted to let my friends and family know the blog address that they can check on what is going on in Tansania while Kallie is there. Judy is the one that is hoping to update all of us back here in the States on what is going on there!! Kallie left this morning at 9 AM they are headed to Chicago to catch a flight to NY and then across seas!! I sent some hairbows along with Kallie to give to some of the girls there! If you want to check it out please feel free to and you could always leave them a comment too! www.jeffsttanzania.blogspot.com

Jonathan and David!

Yesterday I had to teach Children's Church and our story was on Jonathan and David and what good friends they were. So as I was doing the planning for this story all I could think about was one of my friends. And this friend is Chrys! Chrys you have been there for my like Jonathan for David, you are a genuine friend. You are happy for everything that I do and try to help me come up with other ideas for my business, you love to go on my little road trips with me (not to mention I love to take you to places you have never been), and it seems to me that when I am happy you are happy for me and when I am sad you are there to pick me up and understand where I am coming from!!

So I want to say Thank you for moving here and being the friend that you are!! I am glad that my church chose your Father-in Law to be our minister!!

The Circus!

I finally am getting to adding more pictures of the Circus. Things have been crazy this last week! We had a good time, the only problem was that it rained before the show started and it was delayed for a bit. But I took pictures of the kids favorite parts. I hope you enjoy them.The kids being silly before the Circus started.All the kids thought the dogs were funnyAmie and Meghan joined us And yeah the Circus people are crazy!! Walking in a rope without a safety net!!!!

And we can't forget to get sno cones, peanuts, and cotton candy when you are at a circus!!

Up goes the Big Top!

The Circus is in town!! Zion Lutheran School brings the Circus to town every other year and since that is where the kids go we have to go check it out!! This morning we went and watched the elephant (Sara) put the tent up! It was really neat.

As we were leaving we saw the man on top of the tent putting the flags up!! what a job!! I have now realized that there are MUCH worse jobs out there than I thought!

swimming in the pool

We put up the little pool for the kids to swim in here at home and the kids had a blast. Moriah and Bella are scared of the big pool at Katie's house so we still do this little pool. They have a great time playing together.

4th of July pics

Happy 4th of July!

We started the day at Mom's house we had a cookout and had a great time visitingDad working the GrillThe kids chowing down on there lunch!

Then after lunch we had a game of Capture the flag

We got to visit with Travis and grace. They brought Cupcake to see Sassy and Snowball. They enjoyed chacing each other. Altho, Snowball REALLY liked cupcake!! Then we headed to Bloomington to have a picnic lunch with Mike's mom and Craig and watch the fireworks.

Then I had to get a short video of the fireworks.

First Trip to the Vet!

Thursday morning we had to take Snowball to the vet to get checked out. He did really great!

Here he is with Dr. Gillan.