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Hey Everyone! I wanted you to know that I added Kaci, my sister, as a link. She created a blog over the weekend. I told her I would spread the word so she can have people leave comments! She'd be so excited to hear from you. ;)

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. ;)

Mame

I think this is the, um, like third picture of Blake and I! I'm always the one with the camera. I titled this post "Mame" because I am 9/10 times called "Amy" instead of "Mommy!" Everyone thinks it is funny (which it kind of is) so they like to encourage it. Someday I will be "Mom" I'm sure - but I want to be "Mommy" too! :)

Random Pictures

Shed Hunting

Here are some, yes just some, of the sheds Zack has found this year. He enjoys walking around the woods looking for these things - I think it's crazy and a waste of time... :)

New Boots

Well, the weekend was actually descent here. Blake got to play outside both days. Saturday we went over to the park and let him run - literally. He took his football and loved the mud and water! I decided that maybe he should get some rain boots so we don't ruin all of his tennis shoes. As you can see - he got used to them pretty quick! I think Sterling needs a pair for the weather in Japan?! What do you think Luke & Kacie?!

New Visitor

Lance Whitson stopped for a visit over the weekend. We had a nice time catching up with him. Blake finally warmed up to him!

Football

As I've posted many times - Blake LOVES football. He plays nonstop. I have finally recorded the playoff games and keep them saved on our DVR so I have football for him to watch. He loves to play and watch at the same time....usually mocking whatever is on. It's so fun to watch!

Bella SueAnn Crew

Here are pictures of our visit last weekend to meet Bella. She is such a doll! Blake enjoyed holding her....for about two seconds at a time. He did get quite jealous of me holding her. He would run to Becca and say "Baby. Baby." And then run back to me and point to Becca. So Becca finally asked him, "Do you want me to hold the baby?" And blake said "okay!" It was cute!

We stopped to eat in Iowa City at Texas Roadhouse and Blake enjoyed stomping all all the peanuts.

Pouting....already!

Last week we watched Aija few an hour and decided to take her and Blake to eat at Hy-Vee because they both love rice so much. Blake is yes, pouting, in this first picture because he wanted to drive the cart. I told him he had to eat more first. Obviously he disagreed! The second picture is of him and Aija. This makes my grocery shopping SO much easier!

Boys will be boys!

A few weeks ago, we stopped in Macomb to see Andy's new church. The boys had fun playing with the sound system and on the drums. It was fun to watch them all have a good time!