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Aug 26 2009

Pictures of Liah

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I attempted to take some pictures of Liah...She's very wiggly and it's hard to coordinate pushing the button on the camera and catching that perfect pose...and then sometimes the camera can't focus that fast...but I think I got a few keepers! : )

An attempt at distraction to get her to sit still!

Now I'm being cute! : )
(See the marker on my hand? Guess what I had fun with?!)

Gettin' kinda tired of this, Mom!

Maybe sitting with biggest sister will make her more cooperative...not! Still trying to get away!

She's quick!

Now I'm happy...my sisters are here!

All done!

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Aug 26 2009

Zach is 9!

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Zach turned 9 on August 12th. We officially had his party combined with Nathaniel last month, but we saved a few things for the actual day.

Frank tried to fake Zach out like he did Nathaniel by putting a package of socks on top of the new DS game we got him...but Zach wasn't fooled for a second! Isn't it great that he LOOKS as excited about the socks as the game? : )

Later, we had chocolate chip brownies with chocolate peanut butter ice cream to celebrate in the evening...with Grandma and Papa Corbett. (since they couldn't be at the party.)

Zach got a new Star Wars Lego set from Grandma and Papa...

Along with some new clothes, of course! (Great for back-to-school!)

Thanks Grandma and Papa for helping make the evening special!

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Aug 16 2009

To "tide you over" until I have more time…

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I KNOW it has been forever since I've posted anything and I WAS gonna do a bunch of blogging tonight, but it took my computer SO LONG to upload all my pictures and videos that now I don't have time to blog! So, I'll leave you with this one picture of Asher for now, because he's just so darn CUTE in it! :-) I will try VERY hard to have more time soon!

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Aug 11 2009

Our 24hr trip to New York

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We took a quick trip to Chatauqua, NY last weekend. My parents had rented half a house with friends for the week, so we crashed for a day! This was the view we were greeted with when we arrived...beautiful!

This is the house we stayed in...the back of it anyway!

Glad to be out of the car after 2hrs!

~serenity~

Liah enjoyed the stairs...immensely!

Elli and Kaity enjoying the water!

Nathaniel "surfing" on the boogie board!

Liah and Zach having fun!

Still surfing!
The wind was strong, so the waves were big for the lake!

Fun on the paddle boat!

Liah was brave enough to put her tootsies in...that was about it!

♥~posing!~♥

Frank pushing the kids onto shore...we went out on the paddle boat too, but thankfully no one got a picture of that! : )

Clean up before we go home!

Elli and Liah posing with Grandma at the end of the dock.

Kaity...just a little bit silly!

Thaniel follows suit!

And Zach too!

So why not Elli too!

Liah posing again! : )

A hot air balloon lifted off from the other side of the lake!

Nice one!

Silly one!

Grandma and Papa! Thanks for having us! : )

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Aug 11 2009

Fun after the Birthday Bash!

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After the Birthday Bash for the boys, the girls decided to have some fun with the lightsabers!

Kaity!

Alliyah!

Elli!

Jedi poses

What IS this strange creature??

Oh! Just the kids having fun with their glow bracelets!

Alliyah didn't have any cake at the party...
(because she was napping)

She licked every crumb off her plate!!!

And was a VERY HAPPY little girl!

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Aug 10 2009

Posies!

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I'm always excited when God blesses me with the unexpected! I planted these lillies spring 2008...never saw them last year. Then this year, WOW!, this beautiful lily bloomed! With the promise of another soon!

And here the lily is with a couple of other beautiful blessings! ♥Kaity and Elli! ♥

Last year the begonias were beautiful in pots, so I tried them in the ground this year. One is doing quite well, the other is almost dead! And the one I planted in the pot is also not well...

This is obviously the one doing well...

I got some black-eyed Susan's this year from my Mom and Dad's yard...they're still in the bags and boxes, but they bloomed beautifully! Alliyah really likes them too...she's my newest blooming blessing! ♥

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Aug 2 2009

Birthday Bash!

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We had a combined birthday bash for Zach and Nathaniel this year...their birthdays are only 23 days apart, so it was much easier to do one! We were able to plan a little better and invite friends!

Clark and Mason are our neighbors on the next street. The boys were so glad they were able to come! (Kaity's friend, Lauren, and her little sister, Emily, stopped by for the fun too!)

(Cousin) Austin and Noah came too! FUN! FUN!

We started in the backyard with a wet obstacle course! It had rained so much two days before, that by the time we were done...everyone was wet and a little (or a LOT) muddy!

Isn't it amazing how many kids you can fit into a baby pool???

We didn't end up timing anyone on the course...they all just did it for fun!

Posing for a picture before....CAKE!!!

THE CAKES!

16 candles between the 2 of them...it quickly grew to look like an inferno!

Winding up!

Action shot!

Drying off from the obstacle course and water balloons!

The birthday brothers!

Anticipation....

Me first!!!!

The girls wait patiently...

Finally...PRESENTS! Zach and Thaniel reading their cards Annie made! Zach's had a picture of Yoda on it, and Nathaniel's said "I see London, I see France, I see purple underpants!" We all got a good laugh with Nathaniel's card!

Star Wars T-shirts! COOL!

Some of the partiers watching the boys open presents.

Nathaniel got a new notebook and crayons! (Zach too!)

Zach's big present was a Nintendo DSi...we didn't get a good picture of it because Nathaniel inadvertantly opened it and thought HE got a DS!!!!
Midst the confusion...no picture. But here he is opening the starter set for it...Star Wars theme!

Posing for pictures...Nathaniel with Papa Chuck

Grandma and Papa Chuck with Zach

Nathaniel got a cool new Star Wars plane!

And a motorcycle puzzle he can paint!

But the thing they were both excited about...a Star Wars walker...an AT-TE! (Thank you, Toys-R-Us for GREAT SALES!)

Everyone had a good time, got wet and had some yummy cake!
(Thanks, Mandy for taking pictures to help make this blog entry possible!!)

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Aug 2 2009