Entries from May 2009

May 27, 2009

Happy Trails

We loaded up the bikes and we headed to the kid-friendliest bike trail that we could find.

Things were off to a great start.

The sun was shining, the kids were laughing, and there was a cool breeze in the air.

Then the smiles turned into tears when “little miss I wanna keep up with the big [...]

May 22, 2009

Chandy Candy

Yes, this is the dreadful fixture that we’ve ignored for 7 years.

Notice the dust.

Can you say “Unloved”?

After being inspired by several bloggers this past winter, I found out that you can practically spray paint ANYTHING!
I even learned how to spray paint plates here. So why not spray paint a chandelier? Right?
So I did just [...]

May 21, 2009

Two Wheelin’

Look who took off her training wheels this week!

She goes so fast that we can’t keep up with her!

And then look who took her training wheels off about five minutes later.  Honestly I was kinda scared that she would completely wipe out and hit the neighbors car or something.  Well she didn’t wipe out but [...]

May 20, 2009

Ups and Downs

A special thank you to our friends
who recently gave us a wooden swing set!

We were able to break the set up into 2 different sets.  This one is the swing set and the other piece will be a “fort”.  There will be lots of great memories on this beast!

May 18, 2009

Dunk the Vote

A few weeks ago our school district sponsored an event called Dunk the Vote.
It was meant to help everyone get geared up for the next weeks school levy.
There were all kinds of things to do…
Face painting

Pictures with the Eagle

East vs. West Basketball Game
The kids cheered for their school.  Each school had a few teachers playing [...]

May 1, 2009

Akron Aeros Game

Last Friday was Family Night with our church at the Akron Aeros game.

The weather was perfect and the kids had a blast!

We went a little early and had dinner at the park with the Richards.
When we got there, we found out that it was a double header.

Casey and Carter had so much fun that they [...]