Happy Birthday Riley!!!

We went to Pinetop for the long weekend and we had Riley's birthday there. We had so much fun. Riley got some great presents (thank you grandma and grandpa Schagel). Chris's parents went with us. They watched the boys for us a couple of times so that Chris and I could go riding. It is always fun to get away.
The day after Riley's birthday, he falls and busts his lip open. We had to take a nice trip to the ER. What a fun place to go when you are on vacation. Oh, well. He had to get 3 stitches and he was awesome. The doctor thought he was asleep (it was really late) while he was stitching him up because he did not move an inch. What a tough kid.

Cousins

Last week we were able to go to my sister, Stacy's place and have dinner with them. The kids always have so much fun when they are together. I am so glad they get along (for the most part, they are getting much better). Cousins are the greatest.

Camping

We went camping again this weekend. We love camping if you haven't noticed. This time we went with our church. It was really fun. The only bad thing was that the mosquitoes were out like crazy. Poor Parker looks like he has the chicken-pocks.

Riley always has to be dirty.Parker always wants to go for a ride.

The boys spent most of their time in the water. I don't know if Jacob ever got out. He was working really hard to get that dam to not brake.

Parker loved the corn. You can see the bites a little better in this picture.We had a ton of fun and made some great new friends along the way.

Park-Man

Parker is getting so big and he is learning all kinds of new things.

Parker loves to swing. I couldn't get him to get off the swing.

Parker has also turned into a monkey.

He figured out how to climb up the bunk beds. I am so excited about that, NOT! He has to stick out his tongue as he climbs up, maybe it helps him. It is really funny. When he gets up on top of the bed, he is so proud of himself, he starts laughing and gets really excited. Funny stuff. He also stays as close to the back wall as he can, good for me, because he doesn't want anyone to reach him and take him off. What a crazy kid! We have a lot of fun together when the boys are at school. He walks around the house like he is the big boy. What a personality he has.

Birthday time!

I had another birthday last week. I am posting about only because I want everyone to see my awesome cake that my sister Stevie made for me. (Thank you Saundra for posting these pictures so I could steal them). It is a mad hatter cake with edible pictures of my wonderful family on it. Stevie is just amazing.
It was also really nice that I had all my sisters there. It seems like it is a lot harder for us all to get together these days. So, when we do we have a lot of fun.

Back to school

I can't believe that I have 2 kids in school. Crazy! I think that Riley was the most excited about school starting. He got all ready and he still had 20 minutes until we had to leave. Jacob was also excited but he knew what was going to happen, Riley didn't.
Parker isn't going to know what to do now that it is only going to be mom at home. I think is will be great.

Lacey Nymeyer

Lacey is so awesome. She swam in the 4x100 free relay Saturday night and took home the silver. She will be swimming again tonight in the individual 100 free. I am so very excited to watch her. I have known Lacey all my life. Our families are very close. Watching someone you know really well, makes the Olympics way better. Lacey you ROCK!!!

I also really like watching Michael Phelps, really who doesn't. He is amazing.