Catching Up

Time to turn back the clock a bit to let you see what our family has been doing.

A fun family tradition:  Making Graham Cracker Houses at Christmastime with our friends the Fillmores.

Boys Fishing Trip

Ben and Matt LOVE to fish.  They finally found a weekend when Matt wasn't busy with marching band to take a couple days to fish.  They took along their friend and great fisherman Brandon and had a great time.  They came home with lots of fish.  Then they spent the next couple hours gutting the fish.  We had a yummy fish feed the next day.

Brandon's catch

Ben's catch

Matt admiring a fish

Their catches

Matt and a fish

Daniel and a fish that was found in the stomach of a fish

Allie loved holding the fish

Brandon teaching the guys how to do it

Matt learning how to filet a fish

Working into the night to finishing gutting the fish

First Day Of School 2011

Here are the pictures from the first day of school.  They are silly pictures.





Katelynn is a senior in High School
















Matthew is a freshman in High School














Allison is in 6th grade


















Daniel is in Kindergarten

Allie's Smile!

Allison got braces this morning. She is sore but not enough to keep her home. She is at a birthday party tonight. She was given the choice of colors for the bands on the braces. She chose the colors of the rainbow. She looks cute.

Catching up on Katelynn

Katelynn had her 17th birthday back in April. Her pictures will prove that it was a great party.

Daniel turns 6!

Daniel is now 6 years old. He enjoyed a great birthday. Grandma and Grandpa Janes came up just for the celebration. Daniel chose the dinner menu: Macaroni & Cheese, Doritos, Carrots, Cucumbers and Steak.

Summer Puppet Show

Allison and Daniel and some neighborhood friends put on a puppet show on the front lawn. They each had a chance to choose their puppets and then put on the puppet show for all to see. Very creative kids and very funny.