Princess Ballerinas

Here are some pictures of Morgan with her BFF's Makenzie and Elissa who went to Princess camp with her.

And Even More Dutch Village

Emily and the Kids looking in different houses.


Morgan and Makenzie pretending to take a nap.


Enjoying a ride down the wooden shoe slide.


Getting water from the wishing well.

More Dutch Village.

I was going through pictures and found more of dutch village. Enjoy.



Kennedy and Morgan sitting in the Stork's package.



The triplets looking and petting bunnies.



The girls were playing dress up and house with Rachel.



Rachel's not so sure she likes hats or bonnets.



Morgan and MaKenzie posing for the camera at a cute little kiddie table.

Pony Farm Activity Day

First a great big "thank you" to Christy for remembering to bring her camera since I forgot. Second, at the end of school for Joshua's toddler group (and other groups) they held a pony farm extravaganza. However, they had planned a day of fun with water games and pony rides. It was tooo cold to get wet and they only had one pony with a 45 minute wait to ride him. Needless to say, whenever Christy and I take the kids somewhere we always ask each other "Was it worth it?" and the answer is usually yes. This time we both decided the answer was no. It just wasn't worth packing everyone in the van to go to an activity where it was cold and all we did was play on the jungle gym. On a nicer day, it probably would have been worth it.


Morgan complaining because she was starting to get too cold to want to do anything.


The triplets getting tired of sitting in their stroller and waiting to ride the pony. We finally gave up after a 30 minute wait.


Morgan posing for pictures with various props they had available.


The kids playing on the jungle gym and slides.


Jaxen pleading to leave. It was just too cold.

Running Through the Sprinklers

Saturday night, we let the kids run through the sprinklers. It didn't last long, because soon after the sky grew dark and we had a thunderstorm where hail was put down upon us. The kids were amazed at how fast the weather changed and enjoyed looking out the window with their daddy at the storm.


Ryan, Gracie, Joshua and Jaxen


Brandon, Joshua, Gracie, Kaiden, Jaxen, and Ryan


Morgan and Brady


Brandon and Jaxen


Brandon and Gracie

Akron Zoo

While in Ohio we visited the Akron Zoo. It was small and just the right size for our little ones' attention spans. They loved the tigers, bears, lions and otters. Gracie loved it so much every animal was pointed out as a "doggy".


Morgan was entertained by seeing herself on the big screen.


We were allowed to touch a lobster, starfish and other animals in this petting pond, but Morgan would not stick her hand in the water.




Nobody would smile for the camera when I first pulled it out. Look at all these sad faces.



Here are a few of the kids looking at the animals.

Fun at the Park

Last week Ryan had a business trip in Ohio and he decided to take the whole family. While he stayed in Freemont, we drove on to Stow and stayed with Andrew and Stefanie while Ryan worked and then he joined us for the weekend. While the guys are at work, the women will play. Stefanie and I took the kids to the park both days. They had a blast and her boys were as excited to help the little ones, as my kids were to get so much attention. It's nice when people are excited to let us hang out with them.


Brandon, Joshua and Jaxen


Ryan and Gracie


Rachel watched from her seat in the stroller.


Ryan, Gracie, Morgan (Joshua is behind Morgan waiting for his turn with Stefanie holding his hands so he can walk around).


Morgan: Our "big" girl.

Heinz Family Day at Michigan Adventure

Yesterday, we went to Michigan Adventure Amusement Park. We had a great time and spent most of the day in kiddie land. Zach's family and our friends the Andersons went with us and we all had a great time.


Triplets in the airplane ride.


Jaxen had a hard time on this ride, so Ryan went along.


Joshua and Jaxen had a great time ringing the fire bell on this ride.


Morgan went on some bigger rides that the triplets were too little for. She had a great time. Her and Mommy rode the kiddie coaster 5 times.


Gracie, Morgan and Joshua loved sailing on this boat ride.

Rachel of course was the perfect baby. She ate, pooped and rode in the stroller all day. I just realized she was so good we didn't even get pictures of her. The trouble with being the fifth and a good fifth at that.

Princess Ballerina Camp

Morgan got to go to Princess Ballerina Camp this last week with her friends Mackenzie and Elissa. She was not fond of the dancing and preferred to jump, tumble and roll. However, she did enjoy dressing up everyday in fancy outfits.


Showing off the dance steps she has learned.

Smiling for the Camera.


Practicing Side stepping across the room.


With her teachers and dance class.

Ward Garden

Our ward has done a ward garden for the last 3 years at a member's home. We decided to take the kids to the garden to pull weeds, and to teach them about service. Morgan helped move the piles of pulled weeds to the side out of the way, and the triplets ran around getting dirty. Rachel sat on the side of the garden on a blanket and played with toys (she is such a good baby). We didn't have to chase them much, and they actually did very well for the 1 1/2 hours we were there. I don't know if they learned anything, but atleast the saw Mommy and Daddy working hard to help others.


Helping Daddy pull weeds when we first got there.



Ryan found a birds nest among the weeds in the potatoes, so we moved it to the side. The kids loved to look at it and Gracie thought it was the neatest thing ever. I'm sad to say that the Mommy bird probably didn't return due to the human scent that had to be all over it.

Summer Fun!

Saturday was warm and nice, so we let the kids play outside in their swimsuits. They played for a very long time and were worn out when it was time to go to bed.

Dutch Village

We went to Dutch Village with the Smedleys and had a great time. It was very hot, but a good day to get out of the house for a little outing.

Christy, Gracie, MacKenzie, Kennedy, and Morgan on the swings.


Jaxen, Kennedy, and Morgan on the Merry Go Round


Katie holding Rachel.


Gracie Smiling for the Camera.


Joshua wasn't sure he wanted to go for a ride, but when we were done he didn't want to get off.