gathering together

All the kids had a great time at the bday party for Brenden - thanks to Marc and Kathryn for hosting us for the day - for fun and visiting with each other. Karyna liked playing in the little house outside.



yummy macaroni and cheese, chips and sloppy joes - and a special place to eat together


choices, choices. what do i play with now?


reagan tickling kalli as they played together.


nayeli still enjoying the playhouse - after making sure the squirrels were gone.


austin playing hide and seek - surprise!


brockden and dad chilling and ignoring all the other confusion created by the older kids.


karyna decided to stay in the playhouse for a while - as long as she could keep her flowers with her


kennedy relaxing with her daddy


exercise anyone?


still pals no matter how much time passes


brenden and grandpa watching the set up of the bouncing house


the birthday boy and his daddy getting ready to go into the bouncer house


kalli checking out the house


katie deciding to PUSH her children into the house - gently of course


brenden getting bounced about a bit


adults gathering in the basement


stopping by to see baby darby on the way home


is molly saying cheese?

beautiful baby darby

passing of time continues

It has been quite some time since i had a chance to post to the blog and again, time is limited. why is that? what has happened to our lives that we are reduced to sound or word bytes? Anyway, we managed to get to St. Louis two times in two months to visit our family there. Here are just a couple pics from that trip.


Brockden smiled ALL the time - he is the happiest of boys. Here he giggles at his dad.

Both girls demonstrated their natural ability to dance and enjoy the music.

Karyna danced in and out of the sunshine, hence the shadowed picture.

Can you tell how mesmerized Nayeli sometimes gets while listening to lyrics?

Brockden - serious for the moment.

conference day

It was a a good day today. We were invited to share a meal with family and friends in between sessions. Thought I would post a few pics from today. I had a great time.

tball is fun for all of us

they all wait to bat again - can we consider them being patient?

loyal fans watching and cheering on their athletes

hugs for friends on the same team - charley and austin having fun with it all


pretty in pink and loyal to her brother and his game.

cuddling moments

I had to post this picture of Beth and the kids. Auntie Beth is a favorite and always family.

no one has time

to post real blog entries lately - and i don't envision a lot more time in the near future - i would assume nick won't put much onto his site until he is settled in the new place. i also assume katie won't have much time until after they get back into their own place. BUT... we still need pictures - so here are a few. bethie at the 4th annual austin and jack birthday party.


Austin and Nayeli ready to blow out candles on ninja turtle cake and spice cake


austin opening his presents


grandpa keeping maddy happy


having fun at the pool with toys


katie and reagan enjoying the weather and water


dad helps with the instructions


ninja turtle man and kowabunga time off the board


pat recording the day for everyone


happy birthday jackie

time to sit and chat


joe and joey make a perfect picture


rissa chilling with the cool shades


protecting the pool with his firepower


time for a break


love the surfer suit


thanks for coming to join us shirley : )