Lilly's 9th Birthday

Lilly picked Pokemon as her theme this year.  Uncle Rick and his kids made posters for her party. We started the party with a craft.  Everyone colored and cut out their favorite Pokemon character, then they glued it to a paper plate.  We took another paper plate to make the top and turn the whole thing into a Poke ball.  Then, we had a scavenger hunt - the kids had to follow clues to find the Poke balls in the yard.  The final clue led them to their prize bags.  Next, Lilly opened presents.  Then, we had cake pops, cookies and ice cream.  Lilly invited two friends.  When they left we had dinner with the Harts, Grandma Kusch and Uncle Rem.

Lilly asked for a new bike.

August 2020

This month school started again (in person!).  We have also enjoyed the nice weather and all the vegetables from the garden.  The kids are getting into the new schedule.  Lilly started dance class again (in person!) and the kids are continuing piano lessons (through FaceTime).

One last pool weekend before school starts!

The stages of toddler grief, all within 30 seconds... anger, disbelief, sadness, acceptance

Girls' Weekend!  Haircuts, eating out and pool time

Uncle Rem bought a bearded dragon!

Power company had to replace a faulty line - lots of entertainment

A trip to the zoo with just Luke

Luke is not happy the kids are back in school

The female orangutan really like Liam.  She smiled at him and liked when he put his hand up to the glass in front of hers.