Our New Boat!!!

We bought in with a partner (our friends the Jensen's) on a boat at the end of this summer.  We have had so much fun getting as much boating in as we could before the weather turned cold.   Cade and Andelin are at such fun ages, they both have been waterskiing and Cade has gotten really good at wake boarding.  Corby's wake boarding skills have also improved so much!  It is fun to watch them, I will be joining in on the water fun next summer when I don't have such a big belly! 

First Day of School

Here are Cade and Andelin on their first day of School.  Cade is in third grade with Mrs. Normandeau as his teacher and Andelin is in First grade with Mrs. Smith as her teacher.

Cade

Cade had a big birthday this year, he turned 8 on July 28th.  He had a race car themed birthday.  Corby made him a race track on the patio and all the kids at his birthday party were given remote control cars to race.  They had a great time racing each other.  The day after his birthday, Cade had his first cub scout meeting.  He was so excited!  Then to top it all off he was baptized on August 3.   He also had his first violin recital on August 14, he did such a great job.  He didn't even look nervous.   We are so proud of our little guy!

Cabin

Here are a few picture highlights of our summer at the cabin this year.  The kids and I got to go up for almost 3 weeks in July, it was awesome.  Corby came up for Fourth of July weekend and then went home for a week for scout camp and came back up the following week for the Latimer week at the big cabin.

T-Ball

Cade and Andelin both played t-ball this year (Cade was on a coah pitch team).  Although they both were on the Pirates team they were not on the same team.

Quilt Kit Giveaway!

Hello all!  My friend is starting an online quilt shop that is set to launch on Aug 19 but her blog is up and running and she is giving away a quilt kit through a comment drawing.  All you have to do is comment on her blog and you are entered in the drawing.  Her site is not that well known yet so you have a pretty good shot at winning.  Here is a picture of the quilt, the drawing is for all the fabric and the pattern to make the quilt.  Here is the link to her blog. LanieJane.typepad.com

Gretchen's Baby

Here are some picture's of Gretchen's sweet baby boy.  He was born today via scheduled c-section at about 10:30 am.  He measured in at 8 lbs 2 oz and 20 in. long.  Check out those cute round cheeks!  Mom and baby are both doing well, and I'm sure Gretchen will have more updates shortly.