Lanie's First Shoes

July 11 Allison and Lanie met me at Chesterfield to buy her first pair of shoes.  This was our first shopping trip together.  There will be many more to come.

This was the only pair of size 4 they had in the shoes Lanie liked.

O'Fallon Parade

Don't fall over...Jim and I walked with the K&N Patriots in the O'Fallon 4th of July Parade on Sat. July 3rd.  Here are some pictures.

This is Nancy, Ed, Jim and I.  Nancy is recovering from cancer treatment, so Ed pushed her in a wheelchair.  You wouldn't believe the number of people who were clapping for us.  We handed out K&N pamphlets and pocket Constitutions. 

Betsy Ross and Thomas Paine joined us in our walk.

This is our banner we use at Hwys. K&N every Saturday.

Even though we were at the parade, about 25 people were still at the protested at K&N.

The Fife and Drum Corpes played the whole way.  Notice their feet.  They were great.

Rattlesnake

 Jim and Ed went for a boat ride on the Missouri River.  On the way home, they noticed a large snake in the road.  It was a diamond back rattler.  It was over 4.5 feet long and had 11 rattles.

Good Pics

I snapped a couple of good pictures on my trip to the Ozarks.

This is Beth and John during the party.

This is Beth and her childhood & current friend, Mary.

She came for a couple days also for Logan's birthday.

Logan had his coat on and his camofl. shorts, so I tied a headband on him to take this picture.

Can you believe he is only 4?

This is Seth and his cousin/friend Matthew.  Seth is now 5'4" and weighs about 145lbs.

Look how thick his neck is - football?

This is Helen and her sister Harriett.  Harriett came to hang out with Helen for her birthday.

They are looking at albums from high school.  Can you tell they grew up in St. Louis?

Happy Birthday Helen and Logan

June 28th is Helen's birthday and June 29th is Logan's birthday!

We went to get ice cream after dinner on Monday 6/28.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good!

Logan was restless, so I had him jumping off the bench many times.

He finally asked, "Can we go home now?"

He wore himself out.

This is Harrison.  He has 5 teeth now and army crawls. He is a happy boy!

Logan had Star Wars cake. You can see the dark and light on the icing.

He loved it.

This is one of his gifts.  The older kids took turns playing with it, too.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the men in the family who are good Fathers and great Dads.

John with Logan

Lanie hanging out with Geoff last weekend.

Jim and Lanie having a fun time just this morning.  Lanie loves the faces and sounds Jim makes. Thanks for bringing her by Allison.

Travis in Chicago with Jim, Sara, Jackson, & Mckinley

Bob, Mom and Lanie Belle

Mark and Seth

Happy Birthday Jackson and Mckinley

Tonight we celebrated Jackson and Mckinley's birthdays. Jackson is now 5 and Mckinley is now 3.

Kuhl's minus Travis (we missed you) came for dinner. Jackson ate A LOT of chicken. Mckinley once again displayed her love of chocolate ice cream by eating 2 helpings of ice cream and one bite of her cup cake.

                                 

Happy Birthday Jackson and Mckinley!

We love you.