TMNT

Olivia and I ran to Target today and they had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle onsesie in the men's department.  Here is the bonus... Scott tried on the onesie and let me take his picture! Enjoy! 

Prayer

Dinner took forever the other night because Ryan kept forgetting to pray about some important stuff... The neighbors watch, Legos, blankie, Darth Vader, Spiderman, Lego marvel game, etc... He would take a bite then saw he forgot to pray about something. The things that are important to a 5 year old.  

Lake part 2

We ended up going to the lake again and renting a boat with friends.  Here are some fantastic pics.  LOL!  

Nice hand placement there, Brodey.   

Here is a rare gem.  Me in my bathing suit jumping in the pool.  

Ribs, Wings, and Fun!

Tubing on the lake

Olivia, Ethan, and Brodey tubing.  

Callum kids.  

Brodey 

1st day of school

All 3 on the first day of school.  Ryan was less than thrilled.  

Ryan waiting for the bus with his friends.  

Ryan getting on the bus. 

Lake Fun

We were invited to Lake Panorama with one of Ethan friends.  Here are the kids showing off their muscles.  

Jumping in the lake.  

Tubing

And ryan learning to knit handcuffs.  

Brodey

Brodey is like family to us.  Ethan, Olivia, Drew and Brodey spent a lot of time together growing up.  He is like my son from another mother.  Today is his 15th birthday.  Here are some flashback pics of all of them.  

Spiderman

Just your friendly neighborhood Spiderman preventing crime in the city.  He had time to pose for a picture with Olivia and me. 

Salmon Ladder

Alex attempting the salmon ladder.  He almost had it.  I guess Jill is going to have to build one now.  :) 

Birthday Party

I put together an impromptu birthday party at the last minute so Jake and Ryan could celebrate their birthdays together.  Jake's birthday is July 23rd, he turned 6 and Ryan's is August 12th.  He will be 5. It was fun considering it only took 15 minutes to pull off.  

Fishing

Fishing! 

Ethan thinks kissing the fish is lucky.  He does catch a lot of fish! 

Alex's turn to kids the fish! 

Olivia refused to kiss the fish.  

Friends in Iowa

We had a few stow aways when we left Ohio.  Jacob, Savannah, and Georgia.  

My 3 kids, 3 Ohio friends, and 3 Iowa friends.  

Returning to Ohio.  We had a lot of fun! 

Ohio fun

Mom's birthday lunch to the Grandville Inn.  

USA Days

Parade

Truck pulls with my dad. 

My birthday

Being goofy

WB studio tour

We took a tour of the Warner Brother Studio. It was very interesting.  Ryan couldn't go so we split up.  Of course Olivia and I took way more pictures than Scott and Ethan.  

Olivia posing with the actual superman coustume.  

If you watch Big Bang Theroy you know why this is funny.  

On the set of Friends.  They only kept the coffee shop.  Did you know that friends is still the most successful sitcom? 

Hollywood, CA

We went to Hollywood, CA last week for vacation.  The twins wanted to see some celebrities. We just happened to run into a few of them on Hollywood Blvd.  

Here is George Lopez and Olivia.  Simon Cowell is photo bombing them.  That Simon.  He is so funny.  LOL! 

Rihanna even let them pose with her on stage.  

Betty white is so nice.  She looks good for being in her 90's.  

Tom Hanks was in Forest Gump mode.  He kept saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates."

ET phone home.  How crazy is it we saw ET?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They took a break from shooting just for us.  

Go Grease Lightning, Go! 

Olivia was happy to run into Justin Timberlake.  

Ethan and Olivia skate boarding with Tony Hawk and even got to shoot some hoops with the LA Lakers.  

Ethan was not intemidated by Vin Disels muscles.  Ha! 

Ryan even saw Spiderman and some other space dude.  

Thank you, thank you very much. 

Ethan riding the Wolverines bike.  Check out those blades.  

The King of Pop, Michael Jackson.  Photo bomb by Elton John.  

Thank you Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum for the memories.  We had a lot of fun!