First Day of school, 2008!

look mom...fingerpaint!

messy!!

hard at work.

clockwise: brett and I on a motorcycle ride, one of the races i did this summer with my friend Amy, girls weekend 2008 at the Chesapeake Bay Spa, Brielle ready for vacation, and me on a waterslide (girls weekend)

outer banks...

we had a great time!

we only lost one day to the tropical storm...not bad, and it was kinda fun to see the big waves and the wind!  otherwise, we had blue sky, 85 degrees, perfect amount of breeze and good times!  another good vacation and with that another summer comes to end....crazy how fast the time goes.

we started school this week...i will get to those pics later...braydon is very glad to be back at the Christian Preschool for the second year, and Brielle has asked several times if she can go...next year i tell her..next year!

I am almost 12 weeks into this pregnancy....and starting to feel better, each day is different but at least they are not all filled with sickness anymore....

We are looking forward to fall, and the activity that it brings with it.  Braydon starts soccer next week, and Brielle has already started gymnastics....

Outer Banks, 2008

our house, "Crosswinds"

the pool in the back.

learning to play black jack

sometimes you win!

and sometimes you don't :)

Ben and Brielle (brielle is just 3 mos older than Ben)

Brett lounging on the beach

peaking over the top deck...(brielle is wearing braydon's shoes)

our little butterfly

it was a no smile day for Brielle

looking at pictures with Melissa

the favorite...a big hole in the sand...nicknamed, "the Batcave"

as always, no fear of the water...did not mind the saltwater either

josh and braydon jumping in the waves

just a running

brielle giving ben a hug!

head down....and then

you roll...and then

you finish your sommersault

standing in the wind from Tropical Storm Hannah

more wind!

hmmm.....lack of posting....

okay, so..i have really been terrible lately about putting anything into the blog.....to be honest, i have not even thought about it.  we have taken pictures, plenty of them but i have just done nothing about it.  you could call it laziness, forgetfulness, or neglect....or, could it be that something else has been taking up my time causing me stay away from this computer and my daily addiction of  "checking my email, facebook, shopping, etc."

have i created any curiosity....

well, there is reason....

i have been feeling a little under the weather....you know..that exhausted, nauseated, i am going to heave at any moment, no food looks good (nor does it smell good) kinda feeling that really only happens to me when one certain thing is going on in my life....

yep...I AM PREGNANT!

and, Yep...i have been really sick! :)

due date is: April 3, 2009...

we are really excited!

so..i promise when i start to feel better and when the computer screen does not give my stomach the twirlies...i will post more pics!

we are home!

we had a great month in Michigan, and now we are home....

hard to believe i did not get to do everything that i wanted to do while i was there..

we have so many pics...these are just a few...

i was actually able to get pics of the kids together over this trip....

enjoy!!

Summer 2008, Looking out over Lake Michigan

At the General Store

i just love this picture....

at the Frederick Meijer Gardens

Brielle and Uncle Ross

Braydon and Uncle Ross

Brielle, Braydon and Quinn...a quiet moment in the hot tub

Braydon and Quinn

on the pier at Holland State Park

look...sand...

cheese

Grandma and Grandpa Kidder

Grandma and Grandpa Bolt

braydon and quinn

feeding the ducks.

ice cream at Captain Sundae's

Brielle staring at Big Red (lighthouse)

with Grandma Kidder on the pier at Holland State Park

little love on the beach

goofy braydon

smiley brielle

daddy and kids..looking into Lake Michigan

"sand angels"