Wordless Wednesday

afternoon @ the park

We went to the park near our home as a family one afternoon. It was a little chilly out, but we still had fun and enjoyed our time spent together.

Wordless Wednesday

something new

Hi all! I haven't posted in a little while. Sorry about that! Some of my friends are doing 'not me Mondays'. It is neat to read but I get confused so I don't think that I will attempt to write one myself. What I hope to try is a 'Wordless Wednesday'. It is where you post a picture and no words are needed to explain the picture. Maybe that will make me take more pics of my kids/family! I haven't been taking them for some time. Hopefully I will post a Wordless Wednesday each week! Stay tuned ... I will post one tomorrow!

I'll leave you with a conversation that Seth & Ethan have together:

Seth: "Ethan, are you going to be a man some day?"

Ethan: nods his head and says "yeah" (which means yes)

Seth: "Ethan, are you going to get a 4-wheeler some day?"

Ethan: again nods his head and says, "yeah"

Ethan has absolutely no idea what Seth is asking him but it is cute to hear him say yes and agree with Seth. So can you guess who is influencing them with the 4-wheeler idea? Sure thing, Daddy is the one. I hear the question "ATV please mommy?" almost all the time. Maybe some day the boys will have one and can go off for some male bonding time and then I can go shopping! Hey, now that sounds like a wonderful idea!

photo shoot of the boys

My cousin Katie did a photo shoot of the boys last week at a beautiful park in our area. It was a little chilly, but the sun was out and it was a beautiful fall morning. She was able to get some nice pictures of the boys together, separate and with me (too bad Paul was sleeping, or we could have had some nice ones of him and the boys too!).

our vacation

As promised ...... pics of our time at the trailer. And it was filled with much fun. Papa, Grandma, Jay & Kate, Danielle, Sue and the dogs were all there. We had nice weather and did some swimming, boating, walks to the corner store, and game nights.

Seth had a chance to drive the boat and Ethan wanted a turn too. Here he is-Captain Ethan!

Ethan loved it!

and so did Seth!

Papa & Grandma took us on a trail for a short hike. It was short-lived due to the mosquitos eating both Paul & Seth!

here Seth is asking Grandma if this was a rescue boat .....

.... and sure enough, we found 2 guys in a boat whose motor died on them, so we had to tow their boat back to where their cottage was. Seth was pretty excited that Papa's boat was a rescue boat!

Paul & I enjoying the ride!

am I a cool dude or what?

the birthday boys! (or should I say men!)

enjoying pizza in the park

the whole gang! What a wonderful time we all had. We are thankful for family and the chance to be able to spend a little time together once again. God has blessed us with the love of family!

train ride

On Saturday we took the kids and Auntie Sue on the train ride in Port. It was about a 1 hour ride. It was fun. Seth loved it and Ethan didn't mind the first 1/2 of the trip and then got restless. Thankfully we brought the stroller and sat him in there to keep him seated. It was a beautiful day to be in the open car and a nice time out together as a family!

anxious to get on the train

our family

the bridge

just about ready to head out

the train stopped just near fruitridge line where there were some cars that we could go in as well as a circus train. pretty neat!

Paul .... the human canon ball

Seth enjoyed checking out inside the cars

Auntie Sue & Seth

walking the tracks