Name for Baby!

We have not come up with a name for this next baby girl. If anyone has any ideas we would love to hear them.

Parent/Teacher Conference

We had parent teacher conferences on Thursday with Kylie's Teacher. Kylie is doing very well. She said the Kylie has a sweet and gentleness about her. She is kind to others and is very respectful. She is also doing very well academically. I think her reading could improve. She can sound words out pretty well but it takes her a while sometimes and that frustrates her. Overall very good report and that, of course, makes mom and dad very pleased. Good job Kylie!

Getting caught up.

Kylie took a picture of my belly for me. Alyssia had to be in it as well. I am getting a pretty good size belly.

Natalie loves our dishwasher. She loves to help me whenever it is open. I had emptied it and walked around the corner and this is where she placed herself. So cute.

Natalie got to enjoy the birthday cake that her sisters and I made for her 1st Birhtday. She didn't really eat that much of it though. She started throwing it so she was done.

This was Kylie on her first day of school. She was very excited of course to be there. Her teacher is behind her in the black and white outfit. She was standing by her table spot.

The girls all decided to cuddle with me on the couch one evening. Dan took the picture. The corner spot on our couch is the best spot to be in. Pretty soon we will be adding one more girl to the mix. So much fun.

Natalie is 1 year old today. She is walking, says ma ma but does not have any teeth yet. She is so big. Kylie, Alyssia and I made a cake for her last night but we need to get home today to eat it tonight. Fun, Fun

Kylie has her first day of Kindergarten tomorrow. She is very excited. I will have to get pictures of her first day on soon.
I have been missing in Action this summer on blogger. We have not had internet at our house all summer and probably won't have it until the corn comes down. So I cannot wait for the corn to come down. The fields around us are usually the last ones harvested though. Oh well, we will make it.

Summer Fun!

Dan gave Alyssia a ride on a buggie board. We had a great time in New Jersey with Dan's family. We went to the Beach a couple of days while we were there.

Natalie was very good on the beach. She stayed on the blanket under the umbrella most of the time and played.

Alyssia loved the ocean. She, her sisters and cousins played very well together.

Dan's Uncle and Aunt's house had a dog that a couple of years ago was really jumpy but this year he was so good. He had mellowed quite a bit. He would follow Natalie around and lay next to her and watch her play. So very cute.

Here is Alyssia trying out the Buggie Board.

Alyssia was learning to jump with the waves as they came in.

We went to the fair this summer and the girls got to ride a lot of rides.

Natalie had her first experience in the grass this summer. She didn't want to move for awhile.

This was our 4th of July picture of the girls. We of course went to see the fireworks.

News!

Dan and I are expecting our fourth in December. We will have an ultrasound the very end of July to possibly determine the gender of this baby. Pray all goes well.

Our June

Look at this little girl! Natalie is now pulling herself up on furniture. She does not move around very fast yet but she is up and trying to take all she can from her sisters. Fun

Here are the lovely sisters. They had to have pictures of them when I took Natalie standing.

We enjoyed some time with our camp cook, her husband and their grandkids. The grandkids came to visit them for a couple of days so our kids made new friends. We had a campfire and roasted marshmallows.

The girls and I went to a wedding. The wedding was for a young man that I babysat alot when I was in High School. Crazy. They are very cute. So fun. We went to the reception and danced as well.

Outing with Staff

Yesterday we had a staff outing with the camp summer staff. Most of the staff took out Kayak's. They had a good time. Our family took a canoe out first and it was nice to be able to leave baby and be able to canoe. Kylie and Alyssia were funny. Kylie was nervous the whole time because it would rock and she was afraid that we would tip over. She had Alyssia pushed to her side of the canoe so she was more in the middle. Alyssia was great. She had her paddle dragging the whole time (helping us paddle). She even sang songs which made Kylie even more mad. Crazy. So we took the canoe back and then took out a paddle boat. Kylie was much better in that. She was paddling with her dad some and was fine. Natalie was well taken care of by Cliff, Marcia, Ralph, Juanita and Jennifer on the shore. She is now almost 8 months old and crawling some. She gets around pretty fast.

This was before we went out on the canoe. The girls were really cute in their life jackets.

We had a fun day at the park. Dan, Kylie and I also played Frisbee for a little while before we went out for lunch with everyone. It was a great day to be outside.

Kylie in Mother's Day Program

Kylie's class put on a Mother's Day program. They recited a few things and sang songs. They also gave all the mom's a flower and a brotch (pin?) that they had painted in class. Very cute. They of course did a great job.

These are a few of the pictures that I took of the girls on Mother's Day. They were all cute in their dresses.

Happy 5th Birthday Kylie!

Kylie and her many faces. She is so excited to be 5 today!!!!!!!

Fun!

We put up the swingset this weekend. It use to be at Dan's parents house but they gave it to us. They had to try it out yesterday morning even though it was kinds sprinkling out. It will be nice to have.

After Kylie's birthday party, Kylie and Alyssia put some of the fun accessories from the party on Natalie. It was pretty cute and she enjoyed the attention.

Ressurection Sunday!

Dan's brother and family were here for Kylie's birthday party this weekend. They stayed until this morning and then drove to spend Easter with more family.

Alyssia was not a happy girl until about the time we got to church. Busy weekend and over tired.

Here are our girls cousins, Hannah and Blake all dressed up today. They are growing up so quickly. Hannah was born the week before Dan and I got married. Crazy.

Natalie is in her pretty dress today. She is now 6 months old.

Here is my attempt with happy children to get a picture of them this morning. They still look beautiful even if not all happy at that moment.

Kylie's 5th Birthday Party!

Rafael was holding Natalie during the party. She was well taken care of while I ran the party.

We had another Pinata at the party today. It was fun to get all 16 kids rotated through. They each got to go at least twice. Don't worry it looks like he was going to swing with the girl close but we were very safe and all kids were organized and far enough back.

I had fun decorating for the party. We had a Hawaiian Theme. Pine Ridge was nice and gave us the right amount of space that we needed. All went well.

This is Kylie's best friend from preschool. She is a cutie.

Kylie opened all of her gifts. She got wonderful things from all of her friends and family.

We had all the kids color their own beach balls and then later we let them blow them up and play with the beach balls.

Aunt Katie made the birthday cake. She made it so it went with the Hawaiian theme a well as have Tinker Bell on top of course. Turner out very nice. Thank you Aunt Katie.

Kylie had chosen the Hawaiian theme for her party today. We got her a hula skirt kit for her to wear. She really only wore it for a couple of minutes and did a little hula dance and then off she went.

Birthday Party Weekend!

We are having a birthday party for Kylie this weekend. Right now we have Dan's brother and his family of four and my mom, my sister and her family of three running around our house. Grandpa Augenstine and some family friends are still coming tonight later. Then tomorrow for the party we are having quite a crew. Eight kids from Kylie's class at school are coming and most of the parents are staying with them. So in total we will have 15 kids and many adults. So we have a fun filled party planned.

Discovery Center!

This in an impression of Kylie and Alyssia's bodies in this. They had fun putting hand prints and body prints.

There was a play area that was set up as Papa Johns Pizzeria. Kylie really enjoyed taking orders and making deliveries. She met some other kids and played with them as well. Their were 5 phones throughout the room and you could actually call back and forth to eachother.

This was a slide that Alyssia had fun on going down and back up as you see.

Alyssia also played at this water table for at least an hour. She loved it. We sat and played here while Dan took Kylie to the Planitarium show. Kylie loved being able to see the stars and the constellations.

There is a huge play area outside that our girls explored. They didn't play to long since there was so much to see inside.

Kylie and Natalie really liked these gears. Kylie sorted them by color and then lined them all up. Natalie was so facinated by these. I would put her close and she would get them turned a little.

They liked walking on the big piano. That was one of the first things that we saw so they were just getting use to what this place was about.

We all put our hands in this before we left at the end of the day. We had a great time. Afterwards we ate at Perkins and it was a night where kids eat for free (yeah) and the balloon guy was there. He was one of the best balloon artists I had ever seen. Kylie got a butterfly and Alyssia got a dog. All fell asleep on the way home so ended well also.

The Kids

Natalie is getting bigger and doing a little more. We have started her on baby foods. She is funny about food. She loves it.

Alyssia is so funny. This girl keeps us on our toes.

Kylie had to pose with her items. Today she posed with Ariel and an airplane she got out of the prize box at church. Cute.

Somewhat Nice Weather

My parents came to visit for the weekend. My mom was originally coming to watch kids for me because I had something else to attend for the weekend but that did not take place but my parents came anyways. It was nice to have them here. They were a big help with the kids and my dad helped get a few projects around our house completed.

The girls played outside on Wednesday while they waited for Grandpa and Grandma to arrive. The weather was sort of nice so it was good to be out. It was in the 50's.

Kylie loves to pose for pictures. She is so funny

Here is Kylie and Alyssia in their dresses. Kylie especially likes dresses and so I occassionally during the week will put them in dresses. They enjoy being able to get back outside.

Update on children

Today we went to Natalie's 4 month Doctor appointment. She weighed 13 1/2 lbs and was 23 1/4 inches long. I forgot to see how that compared to the chart and to my other two at this age so I will get that in three weeks when we go back.

We have to return because she had been running a fever and we discovered that she has an ear infection. Poor thing. So we have to give her amoxicillin for the next ten days.

The good news is Dan and I can finally return to work tomorrow and get back into our normal routine.

Thanks to all that have been praying for us and our girls this week. Dan and I have tried to, through everything, remember that our problems were very small compared to others and we were very thankful that we live in a country where we can get our children the doctors and medicine that they need at any time when they need it. Thank you Lord for usually very healthy children.