Another Update: Daddy's Work Party

I forgot about this really fun work party of Ben's. We went to the zoo and had a behind the scenes tour and saw some cool animals up close (some of the tour was boring even for our animal lover). There was a bounce house, a petting zoo, a place to make "green" grocery bags, games, food, and I even got to play "Who Wants To Be A Negotiator" with the cops. Very fun! :) Here are some pics of the day.

Best News of All

And to catch up the best news of all... I've been sick and tired a lot lately. We are expecting Baby #4 in December! Feel free to pray for me. I have a lot of anxiety about the baby stuff and the depression that is sure to follow after the birth but we are thrilled to be having another baby. Miranda knows it's a boy ("It IS going to be a BOY!") and Jill is really hoping for another baby sister (I think kindergarten has taught her that boys are annoying and icky - ha ha!). Either would be fine with me!

Catch Up Time: Birthday, Graduation, Playing at the Park

Miranda turned 4 and we had a fabulous celebration that I videotaped but I took only a couple pics of her eating cake, so it looks like I have no record of it! Oh well. :) She is a beautiful, hilarious, and very entertaining 4 year old. My parents and a niece and nephew were in town and we enjoyed their visit so much!

Jill had her kindergarten graduation a few days later. I left the little girls with a friend and Ben couldn't get away at work, so it was just me and it was great! No running around after kids or trying to keep them quiet. :) Unfortunately Jill didn't see me in the packed house, so she was a bit moody-looking until she KNEW I was there. Of course I would be there! Her teacher kept telling her, "I'm sure she's here Jill. She's at everything!" :) Ha ha. A good reputation to have, I guess. She did a fabulous job on her kindergarten program and sang and danced her heart out!

We like to get out to a park at least once a week with our church playgroup and I included a couple of pictures of Natalie at a park recently. She's cute too and deserves some pictures of just her in this post! :)

Catch Up Time: Field Trips

Yes, school is out but we went on another field trip. A friend of mine at church had a great idea to plan outings with the kids this summer and we had our first one on Monday. We went to Buffalo Gap Historic Village and it was a lot of fun. A nice hot day, of course, but the kids enjoyed seeing all the old-time stuff and got to rope animals, play on an old-time merry-go-round, and do a scavenger hunt for items in most of the buildings we toured. Here are some cute pics of our day.