halloween pics

well here they are. pics from halloween hope you enjoy them as much as I did helping make them happen. So it all started for the chickies when Bethany said lee was looking a little like the colonel, and I should be a chicken. As I was looking for ideas online. I came across the little martha stewart "spring chicken" I couldn't resist! So after a bit of sewing and shoping at our second hand stores we had some really fun costumes. Joining us was The Invisable Man thanks to braden who, as usual, came up with it all on his own. Madison was Elphaba from Wicked, she was orange last year and this year yearned to be green. Reagan was supposed to be Glenda from Wicked (A costume I made:(but we had a last minute costume change, so we had another round of tinker bell. We had a fabulous night with tons of friends.

more deep creek

what else to say... a thousand jumps off the docks later we all had a great time.

deep creek!!!

what a blast, this coaster is controlled by the rider. It was really fun to play in the sand and have grand adventures with G & G.

July 4th

Sardars, McClures, Streetts and Hinkles OH MY!!
we had quite a time. who puts there 7 year olds in all white for a picnic.
Stacy and I do.

Logie!

all of the faces of Logan Braatz our baby nephew

Spring Break at Grandma and Gramdpas in NJ

Philadelphia Zoo!!! a bit chilly but tons of fun for all. The kids were happy to see there favorite animals.

umbrellas are all the rage!
jireh Easter Egg hunts are alot warmer lots of fun with mcclures and streetts
GK's first egg was found on a rock climbing wall, thanks to alicia.

Easter

so these are a bit belated but things move rapidly around here so its hard to keep up with the posts but I thought I would share some of my favorites from the past few months. Enjoy
what an accomplishment everyone looking at the camera and smiling
kids singing at redeemer for Easter

hours of decorating for brunch, oragami cranes and hanging sheets and unbrellas, fun times with Charlotte!!

Maddies 7th

Happy 7th birthday Madison

well so much to say and so little time so here are some photos of maddies family party. I will post some more after her friend one next week. She is all 7 and happy to be so! The day was all about her, she got a school reprieve thanks to saturday school she had the day off Maddie and mom took a quick trip to starbucks for a strawberry frap then we drove to the womens prison to pray for her and the women, this definately needs verbal explanation so ask us sometime. Tuna melts for lunch, and Taco salad for dinner per her request and a special chocolate cake with strawberry and sprinkle icing. She got horses and a stable to play with even Georgia got to play along. This was a great day of fun. Wish you all could have been here to see the craziness.