chequamegon 40

 Mark had 40 mile off road bike race on Saturday.   

Playing at the playground while waiting for Mark to finish

At the end of the race they had a helicopter.  The kids were fascinated!  Cooper especially loved the helicopter.

I had to get a picture of Marks dirt covered face.

School Starts

First Day of Kindergarten!!  Is Zach really old enough? Am I really really that old???

 

What the kids have been up to

Painting rocks

washing the van

Here is a cute little conversation I had with Grace today.

Grace:  Mom do you love my shoes?
Me: Yes, I love you shoes.
Grace:  Okay, than you can have them when you get little like me....(and then with a very excited voice) and then we can be BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!


Very sweet, since usually she tells me that she just likes her dad, she even once told me that she has a problem with me when I'm home with her.  She is definitely a Dad's girl so I cherish any words of love from her.

recent pictures

Grace decided to put some shorts on for a shirt on day.  She new she was doing something silly but was totally serious about it.  She wore her shorts like that for a couple of hours until I made her change when we went outside!  (As you can see she has her head and arm through one leg hole and the other arm through the other leg hole)  Grace also decided one day to wear a mitten on her foot for a sock.  We went to the gym and the ladies that watch her thought that was hilarious!  The kids have to wear either shoes or socks while we are at the gym and grace just had one mitten so she had one mitten on her foot and a shoe on the other!

Zach and Grace love coloring cutting and taping! 

Cooper Riding his bike.

Valentines visit

The kids loved the lake and boating.  Grace and Zach were fearless on the tube.

Mom and Grace fell in the lake after doing the paddle boat!

Cooper trying on Grandpa's reading glasses

Zach would do tricks on the tube.  Handsfree, one leg over the side, bouncing, etc

Cooper didn't like tubing but loved being dipped in the water

Morning at the Beach

Our kids LOVE the water!  They have no fear whatsoever.  All three of them were constantly walking into the deep water seeing how far the could go.  And of course Cooper didn't want us to help him or hold his hand so he spent many second under the water trying to come up and when we did pull him up he had a huge smile on his face.  It is fun that the kids love the water but kind of scary too.

Summer

Summer has been really busy for us.  Zach is in summer school, (which is the month of June for about 4 hours a day),  Zach is in t-ball, Cousin's came to stay with us, birthdays, father's day,  marathon, plus everyday things.  Above and below are pictures of the kids after we spent the morning swimming at a friends pool.  Jana and her two boys stayed with us for a few days.  It was so fun! 

Love Coopers big smile!

Cooper loves our backpack.  He spent about 6+ hours in it while I ran Grandma's marathon.  Mark came to watch and stayed with the kids playing at the playground, playing on the beach, and walking around. 

Zach's birthday

Zach was so excited for his remote control car that he went out in the rain to play with it. 

Grace sporting her new sunglasses.  Thanks mom!!  She loves them.

Mark's birthday

Zach's last game of T-ball.