The Canal

A couple of weeks ago, we spent the day at the canal in downtown Indy. Mom and dad rented the 8 seater bike and we had a blast riding around the canal. The kids thought is was so funny that we all fit on one bike.

We had two very tired kiddos on the way home!

Soccer

We have now entered the busiest time of year for our family. Josh has begun his first year teaching at the high school instead of the middle school and football season is in full swing. Zeke has begun his pre-K class and is loving every minute of it. Both Zeke and Harper are very busy with soccer and are having big time fun making new friends on their teams. This is Harper's first year playing in the Pele league. It is for kids 2 and a half to 4 years old. I think she's a bit confused though, she spends most of the game shouting out orders to her teammates. I think the back of her shirt should say "Coach Holden"

"Coach Holden" was not happy when she couldn't have a snack in the middle of the game!

Zeke has improved so much this year. He is really starting to understand what's going on and how to work with his teammates. His coach is a bit intense, but the kids are definitely learning. He has moved up to the U6 league, so some of the kids are quite a bit older than him and have played for several years. It is so much fun to watch him do his little dances when his team "The Scorpions" does a good job.

End of summer

It has been a while since I last updated! We have had a very busy last few weeks. However, not a very exciting busy few weeks. We just enjoyed the end of the summer until Josh had surgery on his poor little pinky toes, then we pretty much have been hanging out at home during his recovery. Before his operation, Pow treated us to a day at the Hancock County Fair and we had a blast. Other than that, the kids have been enjoying the warm weather and playing outside on the swing set. Now, school has started for Josh and football season is in full swing. Soccer games start this weekend and it's Harper's first year to play. Zeke and Harper will have games at the same time on some weekends, so we will be very busy trying to run around and see both of their games. Zeke doesn't start his Pre-K class until after Labor Day. So, we are just hanging in there and loving these last few weeks of warm weather! Here are some pics of the kiddos at the fair and playing in the yard.

Table Rock Lake 2009

After a very busy week I am finally getting around to writing about our awesome trip to Table Rock Lake in Missouri. My mom's cousin (aka Aunt Judy) welcomed us into her beautiful home for the week. I'm not sure if she knew what she was getting herself into! After a 10 hour car ride, the kids were all rested up for some fun in the sun!

The temperature was in the mid to upper 90s all week, so we spent most of our time on the boat or just floating off of the swim dock at Judy's house. Our kids were little water bugs and never wanted to get out of the water.

Zeke and Josh tubing

On Tuesday we spent the day at the beach and took the kids to visit the fish hatchery. Zeke, Harper and Carter enjoyed the nature center and got to feed lots of fish.

On Wednesday we had a girl's day out and visited the butterfly garden, had a blast at the Hard Luck Diner for lunch and did some shopping. We were so lucky to have Judy's granddaughter, Jenna, with us the whole week. She and Rylee had so much fun together.

The girls at the butterfly garden

NOODLE FIGHT!

The rest of the week we spent just skiing, tubing and relaxing in the water.

It is our tradition to get dressed and make ourselves look presentable for a family picture at the end of the vacation week. Although some people weren't too happy about it, we managed to get a few good shots.

Jump, Jump, Jump

We have been so busy these past few weekends! After spending all day Saturday at graduation open houses, we finally got to relax with some friends and just let the kids run and play. Zeke and Harper bounced out all of there energy with their friends Luke and Makayla after a very long day. I am always a nervous wreck when they jump on the trampoline, but they were having so much fun. The smiles on their faces say it all!