Reid's 6th Birthday Party

Reid's 6th birthday party was at our house. We planned lots of fun activities for the kids. Here all the kids are waiting for the obstacle course instructions. Alex, Reid, Jada, Ben, Hannah, Anna, Isabelle, and Malcolm. The kids had to hit a whiffle ball off the T, dribble a soccer ball around some cones and into the net, climb the rock climbing wall, slide down the slide, shoot and make a basketball shot, jump rope three times, and jump up to get their name off the dog run. Reid dribbling the soccer ball.

Ben coming down the slide.

Anna going up the rock climbing wall.

Chase shooting the basketball into the hoop.

Here are some of the kids playing musical chairs.

Megan doing the music for musical chairs and Julie supervising.

Matt and the rocket balloons, the kids loved the rocket balloons. They were very cool. Thank you Megan for bringing the pump and the correct balloons!

Inside for brownies, cupcakes, candles and singing.

Happy Birthday to Reid!

A group picture of the kids. From left to right: Chase, Malcolm, Anna, Tristan (in back), Ben, Hannah, Jada, Alex, Reid, and Isabelle.

Pinata time! Here is Ben taking his swing.

Reid.

Isabelle.

Malcolm, Matt pulled the pinata up so he missed but he got another shot!

Jada, good swing!

Alex one handed as he has a cast on his other arm.

Hannah.

Anna.

And Chase.

Back inside for some presents.

The adults having social hour, food and drinks.

While the kids watch a movie and eat popcorn!

Pumpkinman 2009

My second time doing the Pumpkinman Triathlon sprint and Megan's first time doing any triathlon! We are waiting for our swimming waves and we are all smiles that we have a crowd of people to cheer us on! Thank you everyone for your support. Here are some of the support team, Uncle Chuck, Pops, Reid, Matty, Isabelle and Ben.

One more picture before we jump in the chilly water.

The kids cheering us on even though they can't see us at all in the water.

And we have finished the swim portion!

Off we go on the bike portion.

Everyone is cheering us on as we go by our driveway, yes the bike course goes right by our driveway. Grammy, Hanna, Matty, Isabelle, Ben, Reid, and Pops. Aunt Sue, Uncle Chuck, Rusty and Matt are on the other side.

Here we come by the driveway.....

Megan powering through the HUGE hill towards the end of the 14 mile bike ride.

And finally we are off on the run portion. We are going soooo fast the picture is blurry....yeah right.

Ben's first Day of school

Grammy and I are waiting for Ben to come home on the bus from his first day of Pre-K! We are in the neighbors driveway, right across the street from our house. The bus is always late the first few weeks of school.
And here is Ben!

All smiles!

Big hug for Mom and I'm so happy he had a good day.

All eyes for Daddy now, of course! Good Job Ben!

Joelle's trip to Maine 2009

Matt's sister Joelle and her two kids Jake and Morgan came to visit us in Maine from Salt Lake City this summer. We had the best time with them when they were here. They also brought with them the only summer weather we had! Here are Jake and Morgan on Grammy's dock. Joelle loving the raft and her vacation.

Joelle and Jake trying the tube. Jake ended up hurting his foot and I think Joelle was hurt too....Matt was driving of course!

Reid, Morgan, and Isabelle enjoying the water.

Tristan with his bass! He caught this at Pops house and only after 5 casts! Jake was a little upset since he had been fishing for quite some time and hadn't caught anything!

Ben calls this his sad picture. I saw him just sitting on this stump looking out on the water and picking up sticks. He looked so cute I took several pictures. When he finally noticed me he said "Mommy I'm sad".

Jake trying his first lobster in Boothbay Harbor. He loved it and he like the steamed clams too.

A great group picture thanks to our waitress. We are at Fisherman's Wharf in Boothbay Harbor.

ICE CREAM!

We are at Pemaquid Point in this picture.

I set up the timer on the camera to get this group photo. Still at Pemaquid Point. It's not easy to run on the seaweed and slippery rocks when you set the timer!

Jake's first swim in the Atlantic Ocean....or any ocean for that matter! This is Pemaquid Beach.

Sea Dogs! The kids with Slugger. We all went to a Portland Sea Dogs game, including Megan, Rusty, Matty and Isabelle and some of their friends too.

Reid and Ben with the real Slugger.

Matt took a shot of us in our seats. Rusty and Megan and their friends were right in front of us.

T and Jake.

Most of us went to see how hard we could through a baseball, they had a gun to clock our speed. Here's Jake.

And Reid.

Morgan.

Me.

Matt.

Jake finally caught a nice sized fish. He fished as much as he could on this trip.

We had a family meeting to figure out our plans. You had to wear the hat and hold the talking stick to speak. Here's Aunt Joelle.

Benny-man.

Morgan and Reid ready to tube. Morgan was so scared of going in the boat when they arrived. So scared she and Aunt Joelle had to miss Ben's celebration on the party barge! We slowly worked through her fears and she started to enjoy the boat rides and went in the tube!

Here are the girls with their hands up!

Happy girl (Morgan) on the boat swimming in the middle of the lake!

Joelle and I at Ron's Landing for our adult dinner. Jake and T took care of the kids at home.

We asked someone to take a group picture for us again.

We had a blast at the beach with the big waves from the hurricane. Here are Jake, Joelle, and Morgan.

Reidy enjoying the waves and she loves to wear her baby-suits!

The pictures don't even come close to giving you an idea of how big the surf was. Jake loved boogie boarding. And the little kids loved jumping the waves.

Another nice group picture. Me, Matt, Morgan, Jake, Reid, and Ben.