The Big Helper!

Evie was off school a few days and she spent Thursday over at my sister's house helping with baby Genevieve. Stephanie said she was a big helper and loved to hold her! I thought I would share a pic, however my sis doesn't allow pics of her kids to be posted on the internet, so you will have to use your imagination...her outfit is cute though!

Josie Girl!

I wanted to give an update on our Josie girl since most of my recent posts have been about Evie!

Josie is growing up so fast! She is such a joy! She is very goal-oriented, has great energy, and is such a jabber bug! She says anything and everything now and asks tons of questions! She sings her ABC's, counts to 15 and is working on her colors! She absolutely loves baby dolls and real babies. She started gymnastics a few weeks ago, and absolutely loves it! She does however bounce some of the kids right off the trampoline and yells "no" at others when they try to jump in the foam pit with her, but other then that it is going great! (pics to come)

We are so blessed to have two wonderful little girls in our lives!

Field trip to the Fire House

Evie's class went on a walking field trip to the Edwardsville Fire House last Wednesday! They had so much fun! They got to walk through the firetrucks and ambulance, shoot the fire hose, take a tour of the entire fire house and learn lots fire safety tips! Evie loved every minute of it!

Soccer + Evie=The unexpected!

Evie had her first official soccer game on September 12 and I am finally getting around to posting pics of the exciting game! It is so funny to watch all the children run to the ball, but not make much contact...I understand why Evie's coach refers to it as "herd ball". Nevertheless, we are enjoying watching Evie, whether it is kicking the ball or doing somersaults down the field, it makes it that much more fun, because we never know what to expect.

Evie's fan club! Josie, Emma and Dominic. Josie sits on her little chair and yells "go Evie go!"

She just scored!!


Evie making her way through the drills!

Labor Day Fun!

We took the girls to the World's Fair this past weekend! They had such a great time! When we pulled in to the fair it started to rain, but thank goodness that only lasted a few minutes!

Eric, Josie and Evie in the Fun House! Do you remember the Fun House being the greatest as a kid? I thought it was so great when I was young...now I wonder why! Although, the girls really enjoyed it!
Last year Evie started to cry the first time around on the Dragon roller coaster...this year she was excited and loved every minute of it!

This is by far Josie's favorite! She loves the horses!!

Lots of helpers!

My mom came over yesterday and helped me make homemade apple sauce with the apples from our apple tree! We had such a great time and I am so thrilled to learn. We also made 5 jars of salsa...all with 2 little helpers!

Apples off our apple tree!



Evie, Mom and my neice Emma, helping make homemade Apple Sauce from the apples we picked from our tree!

Fun at the Rudd's!

I am a little behind, but couldn't help posting these pics of the kids from the playdate at the Rudd's! Thank you Krista for welcoming all of us in to your home! I thought all of the kids were so cute and played so nicely! They especially loved jumping on Uncle Nate...thank goodness he is a good sport! Evie is super excited to get together again soon...and BTW, she said, "Mom, Krista's house is beautiful, can I move in to her house," so Krista you might have a third child sooner then you think! :)