B-Day gifts from the family! :)

birthday party!!

Lia turned 9 on October 10th.  We had her birthday party on Saturday the 8th.  She invited a few friends from school + her brother and sister of course (Jaxon wasn't so sure about being surrounded by all those GIRLS).   We had the party at Funset Boulevard which is one of those places with arcade games, bumper cars etc.  I think Lia and her friends had a great time.  They are such sweet girls it was fun to have them all join us. 

 Here are some pics of our day -

cake

 we made some gift bags for each of her friends, and Lia made them each two bookmarks with their favorite animals on.

 sweet 9 yr. old

 fun gifts...she loved this huge craft set

 and a fuzzy pink journal

 such a cute group

back row: emelia, cami, olivia

front row: samantha, ella, lia, afton, maggie

 olivia

 mags watching the big kids on the bumper cars

 redeeming their tickets for prizes

 singing to the birthday girl

 uh oh....dad ran out of tokens...hence the grumpy face, must be time to go home..

it was a great day! Lia's friends were delightful - we were glad they could come and celebrate her special day with us.  :)

quarry quest

A few  weeks ago we took our kids to Quarry Quest  - it is a fun family event/fundraiser held at Michels Materials limestone quarry near our home.

The kids get to tour the quarry, ride on the excavation machinery, and participate in a bunch of hands-on activities.

The crowd was a little insane, but the kids had a good time -

here are a few pics

Ty and the girls on the bus ride out to the quarry



ty and maggie on our dump truck ride

lia :)

jax :)

a view of the quarry

slinging some stones

jax throwing rocks at the targets

maggie tried out the jeep course - with a little help from big sister

awww.. they do love each other

lia taking a turn working the "digger" that's right, i have no idea what it's actually called

jaxon's turn

playing in the big sand hill

doing a little brick work

even ty got in on the fun - the adults got to dig for tokens in the sand - if you found the right tokens you won prizes

come giant hula hooping

fun day!

back to school

A few pics of the kids on their 1st day of school

this year we have a 3rd grader, 2nd grader - and our little one is in her last year of preschool

Lia and Jax walking to school

1st Packer Friday of the year :)

off to preschool

3rd grade

2nd grade