Two days, Two posts... don't faint! :)

Now for July ‘08. This will be a big post as there were lots of pics taken. I’ve had a dickens of a time paring it down to the best few pics per event. First off… Our FUN day with the Nams! We’ve missed them dearly since they moved to Phoenix last year. So good to have them back for the month!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rachel took most of the pictures with the Nam kids. I loved the great faces they all make. Other favorites are all the “singing” pictures. If I had to guess, I bet they’re singing a Celine Dion song. Just a guess, tho’. Rachel did a good job capturing Connor, Em and Tay mid-singing. Too bad there’s no audio with these pix! We love and miss them. It was such a short visit. Looking forward to our next trip out there to see them!

Rachel & Taylor

Here are the kids singing and dancing - a favorite pasttime.

Silly Faces

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK, these are VERY random July pictures. Enjoy our weirdness.

PC: Rachel

PC: Rachel

The next few shots are when Rachel and Emily played in the rain one warm July day. I had no clue this even happened! :) I love seeing the girls have fun together! It really is something I have prayed for since they were teeny tiny... that they would have a close friendship and be team mates instead of opponents.

Yes, Em - you're weird!

Game night with Uncle Mike.

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These pics are from my annual scrapbooking get-away to Camp Hill, PA. There are 450-500 people (mostly ladies) scrapbooking, laughing, journaling, resting, eating, sleeping and making new memories! It's so much fun. Danielle and Cheryl drove up from VB to meet me, Cindy, Teri and Dawn. What a great time we had!

shot of the scrapbooking room

my seat is right there next to Cindy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next is our summer trip to VB to visit with the Haudricourts. The kids are growing up so quickly!

Lunchtime with Joy. :)

Trying to be more faithful with posting on the blog. Thanks for the few of you that still check it regularly. I'm touched that you continue to return, even tho' it's the same page, month after month! I'll work on that.

I feel like I need to have a recap of the summer and fall before I can jump into regular posts. So I'll take the next few posts to recap. My last real post as in June when we went to Tennessee with the Kitterman gang. Fun times!

Only 2 other events in June ‘08 to show you. Brian’s company picnic and the H10’s visit. First, the LMI picnic. It was held at Smokey Glen in Germantown. Tons of yummy food, face painting, a mini-carnival, contests, music, games and HEAT! It was a sweltering day!! Each of the girls invited a friend. Rach asked Libby and Em asked Rachel N, two friends the girls don’t get much time with… so it was a treat! And keeping with tradition, Mark and my parents were invited, too.

Rachel and Libbster with their snake tattoos

Brian, Tony and Andy

Mark

Em on the waterslide

Rachel's turn

This little girl was actually falling asleep while getting her face painted. I don't know who she is but I couldn't resist, it was so cute.

OK, this poor girl, she had a layer of cotton candy all over her even on the hairs on her arms! She was so sweet, giving out free cotton candy to lines of people.

Rachel and Libby got caricatures drawn.

Rachel driving the racecars

Uncle Mark takes his turn. Do you think he beat the little girl next to him? :)

Rachel shocked me by wanting to get on this bungy thing. I was truely surprised ~ it was great!

She even did flips!

But she was exhausted when she was done.

Andy, the biggest kids at the picnic, came in second in the hoola contect. So close, Andy!

Rachel totally won the limbo contest by a long shot. That kid is so flexible! :)

This was her prize - this crazy hat.

Emily won the bubble blowing contest. This wasn't her winning bubble (i missed it!) but rather her end of the day "I'm tired" zoning bubble. Love her blue eyes!

The winner with their prize hats!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The second June event captured in photos was a visit from Danielle and the kids. They were here for 6 days and we had an exciting time with them. The weather was great and we made lotsa fun memories together. :)

running down the hill.

along the way we found a turtle...

a few of the kids had a turn holding it

the kitty door was quite popular

swinging in the backyard

shucking corn-on-the-cob together