Well, so last weekend was so crazy busy that we got behind a week in posts. So get a drink and settle in, because there is a lot to catch up on! :) Let's start with two weeks ago...One of the highlights around this time of year is the Easter Hilliard and Bergherm party - and this year was even more special when they added an impromptu play featuring the life of Jesus with children 'actors'. The weather was a bit warm and humid - hence several pictures are hazy and the hair is sweaty, but you can still see the fun shining through!
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| A white tent sent up in the front lawn....reminiscent of an old fashioned party - it was lovely! |
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| The ladies enjoying a visit. |
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| Kaleb was in the play as Joseph - this was as he slept, when God told him about the coming Jesus! |
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| Snuggling up with Zachary - not too old yet to sit on Mom's lap! |
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| Humidity is making the camera hazy.... |
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| Love the spring-time colors! |
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| Addison riding a horse! |
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| And a selfie.... |
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| Let the hunting begin! |
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| Sitting still for a moment to take a picture with their younger sisters - love these kiddos! |
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| And the hunt begins.... |
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| Addison and Victoria playing soccer |
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| The fun is in looking through your eggs afterwards... |
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| The Z-family |
Last Friday, Amy took the day off to spend with Zachary for his birthday - such a great fun memory to make! It wasn't his actual birthday day, but he was off school so it makes for an easy way to have some fun together. The day started off with a field trip to Canine Companions for Independence, which is basically is a training center for service dogs. Mostly Golden Retrievers and Golden Labs (or ideally a mix) - and it costs 50,000 to train one dog! They make amazing pets, so if anyone ever wanted a dog, this would be the place to get a dog that didn't "graduate" from the program - fully trained and ready for all kinds of situations!
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| Learning about how they train the dogs |
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| The school group at the end (Kaleb on the left hand side of the sign in the front with the paper, and Zach is on the right hand side of the sign in grey (front row). |
In the afternoon, Amy took the boys and their friends go-carting that afternoon, which was a first for them all. They had a lot of fun, and the Zs will be sure to see this place again in the future!
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| Get your engines running! |
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| Johnny (yellow car) David beside him in red car (hard to see), Blake and Zach in the back with Evan and Kaleb in the front |
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| And they're off! |
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| The two sweet Z boys! |
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| Capturing the little ones before they take off |
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| And the big brothers had a blast on the fast track! |
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| Hot, sweaty, but happy boys! |
Afterwards, the kids were so hot that we did stop for a small treat at Dairy Queen before they went home to dive into the pool with Daddy now supervising as Amy dashed out to a consignment sale (must get cheap clothes for these kids!)
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| Playing pool basketball... |
That night, we decided that no moment should remain unspoken for, so we invited Touchards over. We had a blast playing charades - with even the dads joining in.
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| Ice cream cake from DQ - all kids getting a chance to blow out candles after Zachary had his fill |
We also had the boys' birthday bash last Sunday, but this post has now gotten long enough that we'll save those pictures for next week - otherwise our readership may fall asleep from sheer exhaustion!
Random pictures:
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| Hamming it up! |
Addison always wants to help - she is probably our biggest happy helper in the family (go figure, the youngest one!). She was helping Karis wash out his little spreader here - wrecking her shoes in the meantime but let's not focus on the small details.... Also, gotta love her farmer hat in this picture - we'll put a bigger picture on the blog but it is a "super girl" hat! :)
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