Evan's first day of Kindergarten

Evan started kindergarten today. He couldn't wait for it to happen, but I could! It actually was kinda lucky that I had a doctor's appointment so early because then we were all rushing and leaving at once.



Evan ready for school.


Evan waiting for the bus.


The Bus coming (It's actually coming to drop him off as I was not thinking well to take a picture in the morning).


Evan getting off of the bus this afternoon. He had a great day at school. He loves it!!
Now I just have to wonder when I'll stop worrying about him all day long until he gets back home!!

Sleeping outside

We finally had a Friday night in Ithaca that didn't consist of rain!! The kids finally got to sleep outside with their Dad on the trampoline. I think the had fun. They seemed to sleep well, and no wimps came inside in the middle of the night! Aren't they so cute! Of course, I didn't join them seeing as how getting on and off is a problem now, as well as the frequent bathroom trips that I take in the middle of the night. Maybe next time!!

Our Twins

These are the only pictures I will ever share of our kids naked!! But, considering it's such great news and all, I figured I would allow it this one time. Here are the latest ultra sounds of our children.


This is the boy's profile.


This is how we KNOW it is a boy.


This is our GIRLS face. She is looking straight at you.


This is how we KNOW it is a girl.

How excited we are to have a girl and a boy. It will be so much fun, crazy and busy!! Wish us luck!

Painting our living room

So, we decided to paint our living room. No, I didn't take before and afters, but I did let the kids help. I quickly realized that red is not really the color to let the kids help with. . . it's not as forgiving as other wall colors. It turned out well in the end, and they had fun, so no real harm done.

Grandpa and Grandma Dance come to visit

We had a lot of fun last week when my parents came up. We toured them around Cornell's potato breeding program, and showed them the waterfalls, then we went to Niagara Falls, Palymra, and all sorts of cool church history sights. We all learned a lot. We even checked out the outlet mall. It was a lot of fun, and mom got new shoes!! :) Thanks for coming and having fun with us Grandma and Grandpa!


Brayden talked his Grandpa into jumping with him. They had a lot of fun!



Evan road his bike in the garage while they jumped.


This is in the line for Niagara's Fury. Not really worth it, but still fun. Everyone looked cute!


Like I said, everyone looked cute!! :)


This is what it looks like when you try to take a picture while a waterfalls is pouring down next to you. . . doesn't work to well.


There was still a bit of mist in the air, but what a great picture!


Got Evan to take a similar picture. This is right above the horseshoe falls on the Canada side.

Since my mind is still out of comision, I failed to get other pictures of the other fabulous places we went. But it was a lot of fun, and we encourage everyone to come and visit us!! It really is a blast!!

4th of July

Well, although the 4th of July was a little less thrilling than normal, we ended up having a good time. We had our friends the Chambers over for a BBQ and to just hang out. It turned out well as you can see. The wind was blowing like mad, and it was a little chilly, but no one really seemed to mind. I was grateful that Josh remembered toward the end, to go and get the camera. My mind isn't the same these days!! So, he isn't in any of the pictures, and of course, neither am I. . . he took pictures of me, but I'm not crazy enough to put them on!! I'll embarrass myself later!! :) Thanks Chambers for coming over and making a rather depressing day into something fun!! (I say depressing because Ithaca has no idea how to celebrate a holiday. . . not even one display of anything remotely 4th of July could be found in the stores. They don't even do fireworks on the fourth. They are all done a day or two before the 4th for some odd reason or other that we normal people don't quite understand!! ) Anyway, Happy 4th of July!!


Sheila, Evan, Aaron, and Brayden


Everyone was really enjoying their s'mores.


Brayden enjoyed plain marshmallows too.


This is Kia. . . or really Kiara, but she is a cutie either way!


The kids had fun trying to roast their own marshmallows.


It was also fun to hang and climb on the swing!

Random warm summer days

This is the pool that we got for Evan and Brayden. The slip and slide wasn't the best thing for them, so Evan used his birthday money from his Grandpa and Grandma Dance (with a little help from his parents also) and bought this swimming pool. We were creative and put the toy slide into the pool for the kids. . . much cheaper than buying one that was already attached!! They love it and get to play in it one or two time a month.