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.