Don't you just love fall pictures!!!

Trampoline!!

Marae's 9th Birthday

What a bunch of silly girls. Some decided to eat the cake with their faces and not their forks.

We all went on a bike ride, that's a lot of bikes!!

the girls sporting their mohawks

What is it with kids and mohawks? I hope they all get it out of their system before they're teenagers when it's not so cute anymore.

Sometimes you just get really tired!!!

Our Moses

Before David could run away from the girls they would put him in the laundry basket and play "mom and dad" with him. He's such the youngest of five and a great sport about it.

Winter already?

It's already cold and wintery here. We woke up to 4 inches of snow the other day and I'm sure more to come. I'm updating my blog because I look back on my pictures and so many fun things happen I'd like to share. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Season and remember the reason that we celebrate. Here are some pictures to enjoy of the family.

David's first steps

David has a huge support group on walking as you will see. From all the video of David you all might think that he is my favorite. Of course mom's don't have favorites, although he is the only one left who has not talked back to me...yet. We have all enjoyed watching his new discoveries and I love watching the other children get so excited and love him the way they do. It doesn't matter how many you have their "firsts" are so fun and exciting.

David's 1st Birthday

He knows what to do with cake!!

I love this one

Ready to move

Michael could ride a bike without training wheels before he was potty trained and now David can ride a four wheeler before he can walk, these boys. The kids have been giving him rides and I guess by watching he has figured out how to do it.

We recently got our family pictures taken and here are some of them.

Kids at Rainforest Cafe, we ordered 11 kids meals that night. Thank goodness it was kids eat for $1.99.

Those kids aren't afraid of anything. This roller coaster went straight up and what goes up.........you figure it out. Grant is behind the pole. If you look close you'll notice that among the kids are papa Ron and mama Danielle, also crazy.

At Mall of America, Jonathan went on his first roller coaster ride, we had a great time.

Summer Fun

My brother Ron, Sister in law Danielle and their five girls came up to visit us for a week this summer and we had a great time. They are always good at getting us out doing things we probably wouldn't do if they didn't invite us and we are glad. The kids had a great time together, all 10 of them got along amazingly well and created a cousins club while they were here. We also went to Mall of America and went to this site where the Field of Dreams movie was filmed.

Jonathan's cartwheel

Even with all the height he is still graceful.

We finally broke down and blogged

Welcome to our blog! The reason I'm doing this is because I really enjoy looking at others and keeping up with family and friends through stories and pictures. I'm not promising daily updates, this never would have happened if my sister-in-law Danielle Turner wouldn't have come to visit and set me up. But hopefully I'll get the hang of it and with five kids I'm bound to have a story or two to share for a good laugh.