August

So like I said last month, Kambrie was just moving from one thing to another. Well once she figured out how to crawl, it was all down hill. She thought should could do anything - climb stairs, unload the dishwasher and lots more. She even thought she would love on to walking within a couple weeks. They grow up way to fast.

The National Balloon Classic in Indianola, Iowa was another little vacation we got to take as a family. It was a lot of fun, but the only thing was that it was a little windy, so the balloons started about aa mile south and flew over us and landed inside the next mile. I would like to go back sometime to see them take-off in front of us. Here a few pictures:

On August 19, Cassady celebrated her 6th birthday!! She is getting so big, it is kind of sad!


The end of August was a little sad for us. We had to day good-byes to my brothers and sister-in-law. Jonathon and Michael and his wife Cindy left on deployment to Afganistan for a year. We went to Storm Lake to send off Jonathon and Des Moines to send-off Mike & Cindy.
They will be severely missed! We love you!!

July

Camping was a new thing for us this summer. We purchased a camper for Jim's uncle last fall and it is nothing fancy, but it does it's job and we LOVE it. Jim wasn't a big camper growing up, but he has admitted that he loves it. Yeah!!! We went camping as often as we could and will hopefully do the same next summer.


Cassady also had the opportunity to take t-ball again this summer. She was in the same age group as last year and really did not want to use a tee, but she definitely improving her outfield skills and her swing. She did really well.


Our baby also started crawling and standing my things in July. Once she figured out how to do one thing, she was starting on the next. I thing she started crawling and then within a couple days of doing that, she was pulling herself up by. She thought she was big stuff and here she is showing off her new talents.

June

June was a fun month for us. We went to a cabin in Minn. for a week for some fishing and swimming & family time. It was a long 7 hours drive north, but we had a great time. Everyone caught fish so that was good too. Here are some highlights:


Then on June 13, Avary turned 4 years old and we celebrated with a party of course!!!

WOW!! It has been way to long

So it has been WAY to long since the last post, which I thought I would do a better job of updating, but it obviously is not working. So what I am going to attempt to do is update you with what has happpened since May and hopefully continue from there.

Towards the end of May, Cassady graduated from Kids of the Kingdom Preschool. She loved preschool and her teachers were awesome, but she was excited to move onto Kindergarten already. As you can see in the pictures, she is definitely growing. :) Here are a few photos.