Family pictures of all of us together

Where we started...Just the three of us.

Our final family picture of the 6 of us.
Lucy and her kiddos.

Our dear old Lucy

As many of you know, this week we have learned that our family dog, Lucy, is terminally ill with advanced Kidney Disease. She starting showing symptoms of her back legs not working quite right about three weeks ago, and we just chalked it up to old age. She is 12 yeas old now, and we learned from the Vet that the life expectancy of a Golden Retriever is 11-13 years. We have many wonderful memories of her and I am posting a few of those right now. Lucy is still with us today, but failing daily. She doesn't 'look' sick until we see her walk. She has been with us through my pregnancies, resting her head on my belly with each one. And the moment we'd bring each new baby home, she fell in love 10 times over! What a wonderful family member and protective of these kids. She absolutely LOVES them as her own. She will be missed when the time comes, which is very soon.

Splish Splash, Summer Fun!

The kids enjoyed playing with their new water sprinkler! Oh the joys of summer!

Trying New Things

Since Shane does not like any sport, but has shown a little interest in tennis, we signed him up! He has a good arm, now he just need the confidence to use it. That is the whole point of taking the tennis lessons. To build his self esteem and to feel good about himself. This morning he told me that he wasn't taking a shower and wasn't going to go to his tennis lesson. I think he was just nervous. Once we got there, he saw two kids, a girl and boy twins who were in his kindergarten class. Jason was even able to get away from work and meet us there to watch and Shane was all smiles when he saw his Dad! By the end of his first lesson, he showed excitement and couldn't wait to practice at home with his raquet and ball. His next lesson is on Thursday, seven lessons left. Wish him luck!! We are so proud of him for at least trying it out.

First camping trip with our three kiddos!

We kicked off summer vacation by going camping the first weekend of June. We plan to do many more camping trips, now that we bought our tents. It rained some and stormed at night, but otherwise it was a lot of FUN!