The Sound of Music

For about a year now Katrina has been asking to take piano lessons. You can't take piano lessons without a piano and it has taken us that long to finally get one. Our friends from church had one that their daughters had outgrown and they delivered it to us this last Saturday. The kids have been on it very frequently since then and I just love the sound throughout the house of kids on the piano, call me crazy. Now we just have to get her signed up for lessons!

Our Birthday Girl

Addy turned 3 on 9-9-09 this year. She got a new trike on her birthday from mommy and daddy and on Saturday we celebrated with friends and family. She loved being the birthday girl and couldn't help telling anyone she saw that "I'm a birthday girl"!

trying to figure out how to work the pedals and steering at the same time

the Groman boys - so much fun!

Carissa and 'Micah dude'

Amber checking the damage Justin did with a water balloon

cleaning up after the water balloon fight

First Day of School 2009!

Justin got home on Sept. 5th and it was a very happy reunion. He got home just in time to send the girls off to their first day of school later that week and to celebrate Addy's birthday on the same day.

Emma our 1st grader and Katrina our 2nd grader

outside waiting for the bus with Annabelle who is a kindergartner this year

'catching' the bus

the parents

proud parents

Keeping busy

One of the days Justin was gone the girls took an old diaper box and just went to town with it. They just happened to be wearing cow girl hats too so that just made it even more of a photo opp. Katrina made a car for Addy and Emma made her a doggy house for her stuffed animals. Silly mom didn't take a picture of the finished products.

Time at the Lake

Before Justin got home the girls and I spent some time at the lake. Amber and her kids joined us for the day and then my girls and I stayed for the night. We had a lot of fun playing in the water. Amber and I relaxed on the grass and watched the kids and the weather was perfect. After Amber left, the girls and I went up to the swimming pool and swam some more, then headed up to the cabin, made a fire, cooked dinner over the fire, roasted marshmallows, then settled in for a good nights sleep. Our plan was to hang at the lake again the next day before coming home but it was raining with thunderstorms when we woke up so we packed up after breakfast and came home. It was a fun time. One incident did occur, poor Emma had her first ever bee bite at the lake that day. It was VERY dramatic. She recovered with no side affects much to her surprise.

Emma recovering from her bee bite with some ice