Summer Recap - Part 2 (July 4th, 2009)

Firecracker Triathlon Group, from left to right: Lance, Mom, Dad, Lauren, Adam and Amy. This event was so much fun! I totally want to do it again, but hopefully with a different bike. :) Check out Adam's sweet ride!

My supportive family

These guys are the real competitors! They each came in 4th place for the men and women's groups. I love how they totally get into it. Good job, Adam and Lauren!

Our evening activities were held at Nelson's and Cramer's awesome neighborhood. Adam bought some killer, slightly illegal fireworks for the occasion. And Liz painted everyone's fingernails, even Rhett and Jacob's. Thanks, Liz :)





Cute Cousins!

As you can see, Jacob really enjoyed the festive cupcakes. Let's count how many Jacob ate...

Here's Cupcake #1

Cupcake #2

And here's Cupcake #3

Fun with Sparklers

Check out this pensive look. "Do I want to try a sparkler?"

"Oh ya, this is great!"





Ok, I like 'em too

Daddy's little girl

Sarah with the neighborhood girls

Megs and cute little Benjamin!

Summer Recap - Part 1

Well, I kind of took the summer off from blogging, so I'm going to attempt to catch everyone up on our "fun"-filled summer. Mostly I'm just going to post a bunch of pictures (that's all everyone wants to see anyway, right?).

Fun at a Mariner's Game with Sarah and Jacob

Fun celebrating my 35th Birthday! Man, I'm getting old.



Fun at the Fort Lewis Military Museum







Fun making s'mores for Family Home Evening

Fun at Grace's 1st haircut!





Fun Day in Seattle with Grandma and Grandpa Horlacher





Fun at Burfoot Park

Fun at the Gilbert House

Happy Birthday, Jacob!

I can't believe my sweet little boy is 4 years old today.

Wasn't he an adorable baby?

Kindergarten Program

I can't believe Sarah has completed her kindergarten year. Her class put on a little program the other day where they sang several songs and then showed a slide show with pictures of the kids during their different activities over the year.

Here's a couple of the songs. Her good friend, Jackson, is the little boy in front of her. He's a character!


Don't worry, Sarah does have girlfriends too.

Family Update

Ok, so I haven't blogged for a while, so I thought I would post some pics of things we've been up to the last few months.

We celebrated Shawn's Birthday in March with some yummy, mini chocolate pudding pies. Grace's birthday is also in March, but I can't seem to find any pictures of it. (Oops - typical 3rd child)





This is just a cute picture of Shawn walking with the kids to the Children's Hands on Museum in Olympia during our Spring Break.
After Shawn finished his finals to complete his 1st year of law school (Yippee!!!) we had some fun family time. We took a trip to Utah to visit friends and family, but unfortunately I forgot our camera, so I am unable to document it. We also went to this cute amusement park south of Salem, called the Enchanted Forest.

Humpty DumptyJack and Jill
Shoe Slide

We were eating our lunch and this squirrel came pretty close, so the kids threw some food for him and he got even closer and stuck around a while for more.

There were some fun rides for the kids Grace just likes to watch the carousel

Happy Easter!