Thursday, August 26, 2010

Family night at the park--part 1

Last week, we went to the park after Tom got home from work. It was such a beautiful night. I took way too many pictures. Here is the first installment.


Andrew in woodchips

Andrew on playset

Andrew on playset


Andrew posing for camera

Andrew posing for camera

Andrew playing soccer


Dad and Haven--I love the look on her face :)

Dad and Haven


Dad playing soccer

Daniel playing soccer

Daniel

Daniel, Peter, Andrew


Ethan on playset


Ethan


Ethan


Ethan


Ethan and Sarah on slide


Ethan riding his tricycle home

Haven--up close and personal!!


Haven enjoying the nice night


Lots more pictures to come! AND, I took the kids to the park the next day and took just as many pictures :) I probably won't put too many of those on here. I did get a couple good ones of all the kids together, though.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Daniel and Andrew

Daniel has decided that he doesn't like to get his picture taken. He doesn't think he's photogenic. I don't agree.

I think he's quite cute :)


Now, Andrew is another story altogether!!!

A VERY large donut!!

Thank you, Bethany, for this super huge donut! It was delicious. Ethan was gracious enough to share with everyone :)


Showing us how big it is!

So happy to have a donut :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PETER!!



Peter is officially 11 years old--wow!! I remember thinking, when holding him for the first time, that he was going to be a perfect boy. (I could blame the drugs that were given to me during childbirth, but there weren't any. His birth was the first natural one for us.) Hmm, what was I thinking?!?! Anyway, no, he's not perfect, but he likes to help in the kitchen. Can't get much better than that :) Now, if he'd only clean up after himself,...might be close to perfection! Here are a couple of pictures of him from today.


He was thrilled to get a birthday banana!!!

Classic Peter face

Another goofy face :)

I like this picture--I think it looks like a senior picture.


I do have some more pictures of some of his presents, but I haven't uploaded them yet. They're coming someday. Peter seemed to enjoy his day--he kept waiting for 9pm (his birth time!). The poor guy had to make his own birthday cake, though!! I'll make him another one later when we have his birthday dinner. For some reason, it is a VERY rare thing at the Weadock house to actually celebrate a birthday on the correct day. I'm not sure why, but it happens most every time. Oh well, maybe we should just label that as our birthday tradition--"we don't celebrate birthdays on your birthday!!" I think we're planning to do it this Friday. We'll see.

I also have about a zillion pictures from the past 2 days. I can't believe this absolutely beautiful weather :) We have gone to the park 3 times in 2 days. Last night, Tom went with us and played soccer with the boys--I joined a little bit, too. I took so many pictures. Then, I took the kids this morning. I thought they would have fun doing their school outside, under a tree. That 'fun' lasted a few minutes. Then, they took off for 'real' fun. They played on the playset and Daniel 'trained' for soccer. He ran laps and sprints and kicked the ball against a wall. Nathan spent his time trying to do strengthening exercises. It was fun and funny to watch. I have pictures of that, too.

So, those pictures should be coming fairly soon. I really want to take advantage of this opportunity to get to bed early tonight. For some reason, Haven has been waking up at 7am for the past week and a half. I so much more enjoyed the 8 and 8:30 waking up schedule. I'm not sure what's happening or why, but I'm tired.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PETER!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Black and White

I was playing with my camera the other day. Yes, I've had this camera for over a year, but, no, I've not taken the time to figure it all out. So, I discovered that I can take b/w pictures. I can also do sepia and red and blue and green and negative. Pretty cool. Why I would want a negative picture of my kids is beyond me :) Anyway, here are some pictures that turned out.









Sepia!



A few miscellaneous August pictures

Sarah and Rachel wanted their picture taken because they both had on pink shirts (it sounds like they were just looking for an excuse to get the camera out!)

Little guy jumped right in!

Mr. Cool eating cereal with silly bands and sunglasses!!


Aww--he loves his sister, except for the times when he doesn't

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The many faces of Ethan!

Here are some pictures of our goofy Ethan from the past couple of days!!




I LOVE this one!!








The kids played in the sprinkler yesterday. Here's Ethan drying off in the sun :)


Cheesy smile!

Ethan went out and sat on the porch after the rain storm today! Daniel took some pictures of him.

Ethan thought Haven would like his sunglasses--they work better upside down ;)
Ethan took this picture of Haven all by himself--or "all by mybelf", as Ethan says it!!