fun in the sun

We had a really great weekend packed full of parties and swimming! Friday night we headed to our favorite neighborhood spot, Mellow Mushroom, for a family dinner. Saturday we went over to swim and celebrate a birthday at our friend's Jim and Jen's house, and Sunday we headed to Paw-Paw's to swim, visit with the Yuman's who were in town to look at a puppy, and eat some yummy ribs! Caroline is getting really brave in the pool and becoming a really good swimmer. She started with her swimmies but they were off before long, and she must have gone down the slide 30 or more times! 

someone else liked the slide too........check out that GRIN! 

sister girls

11 Months

 Baby Girl (I guess we can't call you that much longer!) you are going to be 1 Years Old in less than a month! This year seemed to fly by and while it was a joy raising and loving you this year, we know the years only get more fun! Mama has been busy preparing for a very special birthday celebration for you, and you have been very busy walking!!!! *You are up to about 14 steps! We Love you sweet girl! 

Summer's over!

It was a big day in our house today! Patrick went back to work, Scarlett went back to Nada'a, and Caroline started her second year of pre-school! She was so excited to help pack her lunch this morning and to get to see all of her friends again! She has the same teacher as last year (Mrs Rebekah) which we were really glad about! We know she will learn a lot and have another really great year! 

Grandpa's here

 the girls before church today

 Grandpa had a meeting in town this week so we got to spend a little time with him before and after his work stuff. Grandpa brought some gifts with him and he and Caroline had fun reading the books over AND OVER! 

CHEESE! 

Olympic Fever

 We have major Olympic Fever in our house! We kicked off the games with an opening ceremony party at Aunt Laura's house and since then Caroline has been up LATE every night watching the different events! The other day Patrick took the girls to the children's museum and Caroline made a gold medal in the Art Room that she has been wearing proudly ever since!

Go USA!

Look what happened in New Mexico.....

 Scarlett learned to go from a sitting position to standing all by herself! She thinks she is BIG STUFF!

no lions no tigers, but BEARS, OH MY!

We had a great time in Ruidoso, NM a few weeks back when we headed over to take part in a Bostian (My MIL's side) family reunion! We rented a big house in the woods and enjoyed lots of family time! The kids made GOOD use of the hot tub, and even watched a Big BEAR cross the backyard while swimming one night! WOWZERS! There were tons of deer around our house, the kids and adults loved all the wildlife. We celebrated a few Kane birthdays, hit the horse track (Patrick Ryan was the big winner), went for a family walk, had a few dinner parties, had a movie night, and finished the weekend with a big family picnic and fish fry! Delicious! 

best-est buddies! 

some of the kiddos in the hot tub

the girls on the hammock

JJ sandwich

just one of the Many, Many deer we saw

messy, happy baby

the cousins by the Totem Pole

2 Kane kids in a box at the track (I worked the we have lots of hot kids angle!)

some of the fish fryers

the WHOLE BOSTIAN crew

the Susie Stover crew

Kanes

P-Stovers

Aspen tree with our thumbprints

the awesome family tee shirts (Grandpa Bostian was a logger)

water balloons

Great Aunt Lucy's birthday cake

Aunt Laura made the MOST DELICIOUS homemade ice cream

brothers and sisters

Dad and his grown kids

one of the youngest, and oldest take a swing at the pinata 

Thanks for lots of great memories Ruidoso!