Happy 2nd Birthday Sophia

Becky came to visit and brought new baby Miles and Sophia. We celebrated Sophia's 2nd birthday at Gramma Ginny's house. Here are a few pics.

Ashley with Miles. Ashley is a GREAT help and went to stay with Becky and Chris last week. We are going to pick her up today. We miss her!!

Here's Sophia and Jacob on the way to go swimming Aren't they cute!
Daddy holding Miles.
Here Miles - phone is for you!
Happy Birthday Sophia!!
Here are the kids in the TeePee that gramma Ginny made for Sophia. They all loved it!

Fishing with Daddy

Last Sunday Daddy and Ryan went down the Little Sioux River fishing. Ryan caught the biggest fish!

Check out this big catfish

VBS

Vacation Bible School - last week was also VBS. Here is a picture from the Friday night program. Ryan is right in the center, Ashley was hidden in the back row.

Great Grandpa Bill and Grandma Jackie came to see the program.

Ryan Swim Lessons

Ryan had 1 week of swim lessons last week. He did Great! Last year we had to literally throw him in the water, he did not like lessons and this year he was learning strokes and going off the diving board!

Here he is in the deep end.

Ready to swim!
Going off the diving boards

Barn Quilt

For Grandma Terry's Christmas present The Boothby's and us got her a barn quilt. Grampa Mike (Bunt's Barn Quilts) made it for us and a couple of weekends ago we got it hung up. The design was one Grandma Terry came up with - we think it looks great!!

Here's Bappa and Grampa Mike getting ready to hang the barn quilt.

Up it goes!
View from the highway.

4th of July 2008

4th of July Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. It started with Daddy taking Ash & Ryan in the boat down Millcreek. They had lots of fun and no one ended up in the water this year.

Then there was a Hurd Family Reunion. That afternoon there was a picnic and the kids had a ball. They had a water slide, gator, 4wheeler, and even horse carriage rides. Here's Ryan having a great time on the water slide.
Daddy and Pete paired up and were the Corn Hole Champions.
Jacob was not too sure about getting close to the horse.
Ashley and Mason getting a ride.Jacob lounging at the picnic.

On Saturday night everyone met at the Bacon Aquatic Center in Cherokee. Here is Jacob and Mason sharing a chair.And here is Ryan and Tyler. It was a great weekend.

Ashley's Softball Team

Here is Ashley's softball team. They had their tournament on Saturday and got 1st place!! They beat Hinton and Kingsley. Great job girls!

Ashley is in the 2nd row, white visor.

Here's the gold medal they each got for getting 1st place in the tournament.
And this is what Jacob did to occupy his time while Ashley was playing. We try to keep him in the car for as long as possible because we can't keep up with him when we let him loose outside. Then he screams and cries when we try to keep him sitting and watching the game.

I know - not the smartest thing in the world to do letting him swing on the steering wheel but I guess what ever works...