Catch up...

Okay, once again way behind on my blog. We have ended the summer with a BANG and have had no time for "blogging". :) We spent 10 days in Orlando with my mom & dad and sister & neice. We had such a great time, even though I am quite sure that I have NEVER been so hot in my entire life. One of the many highlights was visiting one of the Disney waterparks and being able to actually snorkle with sharks & stingrays. Caden is obsessed with sea creatures so we were just SURE that he would go crazy over this...but of course nothing ever goes as expected. Eli whined the salt water was too cold (hello, it's only 110 flippin' degrees here!) and Caden went bonkers when he put the snorkle on because I guess the sanitizer they used to sterilize them burned his skin. Geesh, come on!!!! He did perk up though and tried it a 2nd time with Grandpa Ringger and was pretty excited to finally see some sharks swimming around beneath him!

Okay, so what else....we also had a fun weekend with my other sister and her girls. They came down for a day of boating on Geist and then the next day we continued our annual tradition and took them to the State Fair. Lots of good fair food, stinky animals, and people watching. The boys enjoyed a "catch and release" exhibit at the DNR area. They were not happy with the workers because they wouldn't let them cast the poles themselves and I think I heard both of the boys tell the workers that "they didn't need their help". But in the end, they both caught a few fish, so it was a good day.

Finally, Caden started Kindergarten this year. So without going into too many details after 3 days in, we need some prayers for our little guy. He is just not transitioning well so far and it's been hard on us all to send him there everyday literally kicking & screaming. It's gotta get better though, so I am just trying to stay optimistic...I mean come on, it's Kindergarten, it can't be that bad, right??? :)

So I think that is all I am going to have time for this morning...here are some pictures from all our fun. OH, and one short video (sorry about it being sideways)...we THINK Millie might be saying her first word, and of course, it's Da, da, da, da...that girl is crazy about her Daddy for sure!

ORLANDO 2010

Eli at our pool...the best part about our condo was that we had our own little pool in the backyard!

Caden with all of his "Bass Pro Shop" gear. The cried every single morning that we MADE him go to Disney World, but the day Grandma & Grandpa took him to the Bass Pro Shop it was all smiles. He made his own "store" at the condo and we all had to come visit and shop.

Mommy's little Diva...

Grandpa Ringger and the Adams' Crew

Millie spent most of her week at this door watching her brothers get in and out of the pool...

sharing secrets already!

Stella Bella

GONGAWARE VISIT & STATE FAIR 2010

Lacey & the girls in Geist

Eli & Lucy petting the baby pigs...

Milkshakes from the Dairy Bar!

FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

Getting ready for the bus!
Where is that bus anyway??

Oh... how deceiving this picture is! This is obviously day 1 and before he knew where this bus was taking him! :(

Millie hanging at the bus stop in her PJ's

We crack up because when she says "da da" it sounds so desperate...like she knows the only person in this house that is going to come save her is her dada. LOL

She's on the move!

Millie started crawling this week and man she is fast already! Her favorite places to "go" are under any piece of furniture that she can hit her head on. I do think she enjoys her new freedom though!

Here she is at Grandma & Grandpa's...not sure how this transpired, she was under the supervision of Daddy & Aunt Ginger! lol

Just a picture of the boys at a wedding last weekend...they are getting so big!

House Project

Just wanted to share some pictures of our most recent house project. We have hated our very boring entryway since we moved into house, so we finally decided to change it around. Of course, I didn't think to take pictures of it BEFORE we started, so this is the best picture I could find of it....basically small and lackluster. I am really happy with the turnout, now we just need to landscape around it and we will be done!

BEFORE...

AFTER!!!!

I put the boys in this one, so you can see how big the columns are in comparison....much bigger and nicer!

Summer Fun...

Summer is flying by and we are busy as ever around here! Here are a few pictures from the fun things we have done in the last couple weeks:

Here are the boys at Kings Island. It was only a 100 degrees the day we went, we just got off the log ride where we TRIED to get wet the entire time.

I usually don't buy the park pictures they offer, but I just happened to stop and look at this one and it was too hilarious to pass up. Eli was a bit afraid of the rides this year. ha!

Millie all dressed up for church...thank you Aunt Micki for my pretty dress!

Such a fun cute idea, so not fun or cute in real life. This was best of about 8,000 pictures that I took of the three of them. I had to save her from her wild brothers about 2 seconds after this picture.

More 6 months pics...

Here are the professional pictures we had done for 6 months...she is getting so big!!

Caden's Graduation

Okay, two posts in one day...whoa, this is like a record for me! I finally got around to downloading my pictures from my camera so I am playing catch up!

Caden had his graduation ceremony last week and will officially start Kindergarten in the fall. He is excited, but is a little nervous, because I guess the word on the preschool street is that Kindergarten is A LOT of work, and we all know Caden is not that into work. :(

Daddy & Caden at the graduation ceremony. I think they are looking more and more alike!

Caden and his best friend Fuma. Fuma didn't speak English in the beginning of the year, so it was a pretty one sided friendship. He speaks really well now though, so I am glad it stuck. Caden is very proud to tell everyone that his best friend is from Japan. :)

This is Caden and ONE of his girlfriends named Greta. He must like the older girls because she is almost a full year older than him (hence the height difference, although Caden is a bit of a shorty!).

Finally, here is just a picture of Eli being silly. I feel bad that he is only one that didn't get a picture up today! And before you ask, yes he is getting a haircut TODAY actually. I think he looks a lot like Richard Simmons here! :)

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Hi my name is Amelia Ann and I turned 6 months yesterday! Just a few important things about me are that I am almost sitting up by myself, and I am finally sleeping about 10-11 hours in a row at night! If I am awake, I really only like to be on someone's hip and if you try to lay me down I will politely let you know how much I dislike that idea. I really don't care to eat babyfood, but I really like my bottles. I am totally in love with my daddy, and my brothers crack me up all the time!!

Love,
Millie


With my big cousin Stella...she's going in for kiss! These little girls are going to be BFF's for sure!

Daddy and his girl...

With my two big brothers...they love me SOOO much!!

ADDITION:

Okay, I showed the boys this post and Caden was not happy that I didn't show any of his "moves" on the video. So when I went back and looked again, there actually were not any videos showing his best moves....but this one cracked me up. Eli is just so goofy.