State Fair...two times!

Yes, one trip to the State Fair with all of it's fried goodness was just not enough this year! Micki and the girls came down a last week and went to the fair the first day it opened. The weather was awesome and kids did great, until Caden's little crazy meltdown at the end of the day...but that is to be expected. We went back today with Jerome and had a great time again. I was really doing pretty good with not gaining a lot of weight this pregnancy until the doggone state fair hit town...fried cheese, corn dogs, ice cream, cheese fries and two boys that THINK they want everything and then take one bite and say "I don't yike that". And, of course, we can't let it go to waste! lol Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

The cousins ready to start the day!

Micki & and the girls...

Micki on the tractor ride with the kids. It just so happened that I had to sit with the stroller at the other end of the bench so Micki was lucky enough to try to keep all four kiddos on the moving trailor while juggling popcorn, drinks and various phone calls from grandma & grandpa. I had it pretty rough too though, that stroller really got heavy and at times the canopy didn't provide full shade for me. :)

Eli and the rabbits...

Caden and the Dairy Princess...the girls wanted to do it, so Caden couldn't miss out either!

Tractor races...

The "World's Largest Pig" ... and before you say it Dad, I do mean the Boar in the cage and not the pregnant lady behind it!

Lakes w/ the Ringgers...really late post!

Okay, sorry, I am such a slacker when it comes to updating this thing. Anyway, so there will probably be a couple posts tonight to get everyone caught up. We are having a great summer and doing all sorts of fun, crazy things. They boys start school tomorrow, and I will just be SO SAD...hahahahahhah...I hope you know I am kidding about that. Anyway, here are some pictures from out great weekend up at Dustin & Emily's lake cottage in Michigan. We all had so much fun!!

Grandpa & Caden on the tube!

Daddy & Eli getting ready to take off!
This was pretty much the scene the entire weekend...grandpa pacing around and the boys following him around w/ their tackle boxes and fishing poles.

The boys w/ Grandma & Emily...Caden still w/ the fishing pole.
Eli showing off all of his cool bait that Grandpa stocked his tackle box with...

Adventures of boys...

This morning the boys found an earthworm in their sandbox and the poor thing has kept them entertained for about 2 hours now. It has taken a lot to convince them why it can't come in the house and be our new pet, or why we can't feed it to our fish, or why we can't put it in a jar and save it for grandpa to fish with and the list goes on. We were going to go to the pool this morning, but this worm thing is really seeming almost as fun as the pool to them! lol

Working together to give the worm a bath.

"See, he's all clean now!"

It's a GIRL!!!

Just wanted to post a couple of the first pictures of our baby GIRL! Jerome and I are still shock...we asked the ultrasound tech to check about 5 different times. The boys were with us and they were excited too. Eli kept asking the technician to turn up the TV because he couldn't here the baby yet. lol


Unless something changes, we have already picked a name for her too. It will be Amelia Ann Adams and we will probably call her Milly. Can't wait until December!!!


In the first picture she is sucking her thumb already. You could even see her little jaw moving. Sorry Grandpa Ringger, looks like another thumb sucker you'll have to work on! lol

My little Eli...

We battle daily about a lot of things in our house with Eli. He is just so dang stubborn and relentless. He will ask for the same thing over 100 times in an hour. Lately he has really wanted to paint his toenails like Mommy to be "bootiful" too. We go back and forth for days on end about why he can't do this. This morning though, he decided to take matters into his own hands and do it himself with a blue marker...

Fun!!

Our cousin Jason got married this weekend to his lovely bride Ashley. The ceremony was beautiful and the kids had a BLAST at the reception. It's so fun to see all the cousins growing up together and playing so well. Here are a few pictures from the day!

Grandpa & Caden making the same..."why are you taking pictures of me?" face...

My Eli breaking it down...

Eli loves some Black Eyed Peas in the morning...he really starts to get wild about 1/2 way in. Just imagine if he didn't have the carseat restrictions! LOL