H-E-L-L-O!!!!!!

Okay - I've received enough harassment that I decided to post again! :) Just kidding. I know we're way overdue for a post! Enjoy!!!

My cousin, Nate, turned 30 in May. They had a 90's Prom theme party for him. It was a lot of fun. Blake actually DANCED with Natti. It was super cute.

Here is a picture of him playing outside. Even though it is black and white....you can still see his dirty face! He played outside all day long b/c we had an open house at work and grilled out. He had a blast!

Blake and Zack were playing football, I think. If not - it was some sort of ball b/c that's all we do around here!

Ava was back for a weekend in May. We went to Farm & Home - on the way they watched Elmo. They started holding hands - and I had to turn around to go back home and get the camera. So this picture is actually staged b/c I asked them to do it again. But it was too cute!


We went to Nana & Papa's back in May also. Blake and Katie were best buds!


Here are a few more pictures of Blake playing outside! We bought him water guns. He won't pull the trigger...and he likes you to just shoot the water in his mouth. Dork!



We participated in the annual Bowl for Kids Sake for Big Brothers Big Sisters. We've only missed one years since they started this event in Keokuk. Blake was seriously scared to death when we walked in...the music, the people, etc. This lady brought this thing over and let Blake use it. He had so much fun and still talks about "Bowing".

Another picture with a ball!!!!

Blake has been such a big help lately with everything...picking up, trying to put his clothes/shoes on, feeding the dog with Zack, cleaning the yard...






Um, in APRIL (haha) we went to Kaci's softball games in Williamsburg, IA. She is on a traveling team. She's quite the pitcher too....

Blake found a friend while we were at the tournament! And he also found this ball. I let him play with it b/c no one was around it. No one ever asked for it while he had it. But we left it there....although he didn't want too!! :)



On June 1, Zack played in a 5-on-5 flag football tournament. It was really hot but we all had so much fun. I have to admit that I gave Zack a pretty hard time before he played about how bad they'd probably do b/c they're all getting old, etc. Probably sounds mean and unsupportive. But I was just teasing him. They boys TOTALLY impressed me...as well as the other wives. They ended up going 1-3. It was all for a good cause.

It is called the Hubey Bowl. It is in memory of a boy from Camp Point, IL that died in a car accident in '05. He was a star athlete...was a senior. He was on his way to a friends house and hit black ice. They've had this Hubey Bowl for three years. The first year they raised money to put in restrooms at the football stadium so they didn't have to rent porta potties anymore. The second year they raised money to build a weight room for the school so the students didn't have to drive to Quincy to workout. During construction of the weight room, all of the equipment ended up being donated. So they used the rest of the money to start a scholarship program. I don't know what the intentions of this years' money will be towards. But I do know they raised $23k. Isn't that amazing!!! It was an awesome event!








Okay - so I may be a bad mom b/c I didn't take Blake swimming last year at all. So last week he went swimming for the first time. He thought the baby pool was okay - but wanted to take his shorts off as soon as they got wet. He did not like the big pool at all! He preferred to play with his floatie in the baby pool. ;)


Blake has been such a crazy sleeper lately. It's so fun to walk in his room while his sleeping b/c you never know how he's going to be laying. ;)