Alex and the Diving Board

At the beginning of the summer, Alex didn't even want to swim. He was fine in waist deep water, but any deeper and it was a no go. Daddy broke that pretty quickly at the beach. Now this boy thinks he's a fish! A couple of weeks ago, he jumped off the diving board for the first time. He was so proud of himself! He cheerfully expressed to me that he wanted Daddy to see him and he wanted me to take his picture! So, I had to bring my camera along and capture his first season of diving! Way to go Alex!

Bowling on Aya's B-Day

Happy b-day Aya!

Daddy teaching Grace...

The bowling, gutter ball dance!

We celebrated Aunt Aya's birthday with dinner and a night of bowling! This was the first bowling experience for the kids! They loved it. Grace was a bit of a perfectionist and ended up pouting b/c she didn't bowl a strike. She recovered quickly and had so much fun! Mommy had the hot hand for some strange reason that night. Alex had a blast too. He did try and run down the lane one time, scary but he was fine! Good times had by all.

Photo Booth Pictures

Hey friends!  I know I haven't been blogging lately!  I've been slammed with editing deadlines, so when I'm on my computer, I'm usually working!  I'll catch you all up soon!  We shot a HUGE wedding this weekend.  Saturday alone, we shot for over 13 hours.  This wedding showcased the best of the best vendors, great for video!!!  I was so excited to hear that they were going to have an old-fashioned photo booth at their reception!  Of course, Keith and I had to take a few pics!!! Great souvie!!  Enjoy the hilarious pics!

Cheer Camp 09

Grace tried out the pom poms for the first time this summer!  She attended Cedar Springs Cheer Camp all week long, and LOVED it!  I have fond childhood memories of cheer camp, and thought Grace might like to cheer.  Each girl got a cute t-shirt, but Grace would only wear her HSM cheerleading outfit.  So, it was a little big, but she sure looked cute!  On Friday, the girls had a little performance for us.  It was so precious!  Grace had us cracking up with her, "Ready, okay!"  After the big dance, the kids celebrated with ice cream!  Go unicorns!

Splash Pad 09

Sweet Caroline!

The Akards and the Mizes

Grace and Kate 

Serious competitors!

The water was a little cold, but the kids had a blast at the Splash Pad today!  It was our first time out there this summer.  It was a Pep Moms playdate, so the kids had lots of friends to play with this morning.  We even ran into the Mize family!  I had to post that sweet picture of Caroline.  She is so stinkin' cute (I know her Mommy agrees)!  What a fun day!

Making Progress

Bubby likes the new bath tub!

Bubby is sitting where the potty will be!

Framing of the bathroom, laundry room and closet!

Uncle Kevin loves to work on the roof!

The addition is coming along!  We are so blessed to have such great friends and family!  Uncle Kevin has put in so many hours on this project.  There are just some things that Keith can't do alone, and that's where our friends and family come in!!  Thank you everyone!!!  Big Daddy deserves a shout out too!!!  

Home Addition

Welcome to our home addition!  We are adding on a master suite and workshop to our house! Since we have baby number 3 on the way, we decided to start the project now!  After months of planning and research, Keith broke ground on my birthday, April 25th.  Keith will also build a beautiful deck and make our basement into a walk out!  I think I'm most excited about pulling up  that nasty 1970's carpet downstairs!  Okay, so maybe the giant bathroom or walk in closet are my favs, but seriously I'm pumped about the new basement floor to come!!! Here's what we have so far!

Brick removed from back of house

No, not a casket, it's an old septic tank!  Who knew?

Before footers and....after!

Notice deck missing.

Footers poured.....

You might be wondering what that hole is in the orange pipe.  That would be the gas line.  Yes, we should have signed up for the show Renovation Reality, b/c we would have made a good episode!  Let me set the stage for you, I was at a spa night at Monica's.  I got a call from Keith.  He told me not to be alarmed, but we had at our house the fire department, police and KUB.  What?  As I pulled up to our street, I saw the spectacle!  Every neighbor was out and it looked like a circus.  Here's how it happened.  Remember the pic of that old septic tank, well Keith was digging (YES, the gas lines were marked) and struck the gas line that was right next to the tank.  The emergency crews told him he should buy a lottery ticket b/c the chances of that happening were slim to none.  After a quick call to 911, the gas line was eventually fixed and the neighbors had something to talk about the next day!  What an adventure.  Hopefully that will be our only drama for this big reno project!