Random Pictures

One of my favorite things to do is have a campfire and of course Allie's favorite thing is jumping on the trampoline, so on this night we combined both. I didn't manage to get any pictures of Jeremy or the fire, but Allie loves jumping on the trampoline, so I did capture that.

Whenever we give Etnie chewies, she looks all over for a good hiding place. She usually cannot find one, so she paces and whines. It's pretty funny. She gets so worked up because she can't find a place to hind her chewy. She has been caught trying to dig a hole in the couch to hide it. Thank goodness I caught her right away.

Allie just hangin out

Etnie lovin her new squeaky spider toy. These are her favorite kind of toys. She has a pink puppy that doesn't squeak anymore, but she has had it since we got her. She sometimes takes her puppy out with her when she goes potty, it's quite funny.

A Day at the Beach

Collin and Melissa

Cake for Alex's Birthday (it was delicious).

Allie taking a break from swimming.

Alex warming up

We all spent the afternoon at Lake Hendricks in Iowa. It was a hot and beautiful day to spend at the beach. There were no weeds and the sand was very nice. We all had a wonderful time. Hopefully we will get there a few times next year (it's a couple hours away from Rochester).

Allie splashing in the water

Allie building a sandcastle with Julie

Collin playing in the water

Allie & Julie

Como Zoo and Town

The Monday after Allie's Birthday we spent the day at Como Zoo and Town. We had a great time. Allie loved all of the animals and the rides. They had some really neat lilie pads from all over the world, but Allie was quite excited to get to the rides so there was no time for pictures.

Just relaxing

Jeremy won this ball for Allie playing some carnival game. She was very excited. She's been practicing her dribbling.

Allie loves the swings!!

Allie practicing her driving skills at the driving school.

Playing a fishing game with Daddy.

Allie's 4th Birthday Party

Uncle Jay Grilling like a mad man. I still have burgers frozen away, but they were very tasty. Thank You! Jay, Nicole and my mom came out to help get ready for the party. They helped with some yard work, helped put the trampoline together and helped me run errands all over town.

Allie opening her presents, which she was in a big rush to do because she wanted to go have a water fight.

Allie's Birthday cake. Allie really likes picnics and she wanted Tinkerbell. The place we go to for her cakes can't do copyrighted stuff, but they did a great job on her cake. It tasted so good and looked very cute. They made the picnic scene, complete with ladybugs and butterflies. I bought a Tinkerbell picnic set to place on the top. Allie really liked her cake and we both enjoyed the leftovers. Jeremy was even impressed by how good the cake was.

Allie blowing out her candles. I can't believe she is already 4! The time goes really fast.

Allie in her kitty cat rain suit. She had a great time playing in this in the rain the day after her party. She also got kitty rain boots. Thanks John and Jonny!

Here she is jumping on her trampoline. She is out there almost every day. She's been learning some new tricks from her daddy. She also likes the fact that she can jump on there and Etnie can't get her, although Etnie does try to jump up there, but just can't reach it.

Daddy's Work Picnic

Bouncing in the inflatable castle. She really loves these things.

Jeremy Playing Tug-Of-War. Charter had one of the radio stations in town announce and play games the whole afternoon. It was good because they were able to keep the kids and the adults involved. It was a lot of fun.

As you can see from this picture, there is a downward slope in favor of Jeremy's team on this round.

Allie playing with some of Jeremy's co-workers kids. The little boy kept throwing the ball in the trees so that the bigger boy would have to go get it.

Building a sand castle under the volleyball net. We also made Allie a hat, she played on the play equipment, she had a snow cone and she got a favor bag.