Happy Father's Day

Joe and I on Father's Day
Grandpa came for dinner too

All of the kids after dinner

Taylor, Mallory, Bailey, Rachel, Natalie and Joseph

Joe got Oreo's from Taylor

Lots of fun was had by all

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil - 3 of our monkeys

Summer Hair Cuts

Rachel took Noodles to shaved, this is called a Lion's Cut
Her new name is Poodle Cat

Natalie got a summer buzz

Bailey and Natalie show off their shorter hair Bailey up close, may still need some work

Bailey got a summer buzz

Joseph got a summer buzz too, see a theme, everyone is much cooler

Track Videos

Bailey and Taylor participated in a one day track meet on Saturday.

Bailey competed in the shot put, high jump and the 100M dash.

Taylor competed in the shot put, high jump, 200M hurdles and triple jump.

Bailey throwing the Shot Put

Bailey clears 3'2" during the high jump

Taylor clears 4'4" during the high jump

Taylor jumps over 29' in the triple jump

Softball Playoffs

Bailey finally got to play first base
Bailey looks so cool waiting to make the play

Rachel and Taylor came to watch the game

Bailey popped up to the pitcher, but she dropped the ball

Bailey waits for a opportunity to steal second base

Mallory and Natalie

Mallory and Natalie are twins in the sun
Malory and Natalie take some chalk to the ground

Mallory helps Natalie write her name

Mallory's is on top, Natalie's is on botom

Mallory loves to write her own name

This started out as a Q and ended up a pig

Taylor and Mallory

Mallory hates to straighten her own har So Mallory got Taylor to do it for her

Natalie's T-Ball Movies

Natalie actually hits this ball

Natalie has gotten so much better at hitting the ball off the tee

Natalie loves running home and making everyone cheer with her

Great Coaches

Rachel and Mallory got these cool plaques from the head coach

for helping her with the recreation volleyball team
Mallory tries to be taller than Rachel

Rachel proves who is taller

Close-up of the Plaques

First Swim of the Summer

Not quite clear water won't keep the kids away

Natalie was not afraid of the water at all this year
Natalie was even swimming under the water on the first day

Bailey and Natalie had lots of fun in the pool

Bailey takes a dive

Joseph works on his cannonball

Folded in Half

Natalie is so flexible that she often sleeps folded in half like in this photo

Rachel's Been Sewing

Rachel got a sewing machine for Christmas. She finaly got it out of the box and set up in her room. She found my fabric stash and has been sewing up a storm.

She made this dress for Natalie
She made this purse for herself

She even put a pocket inside the purse

Here's a picture of the first dress on Natalie

Rachel made this skirt for herself without using a pattern

She made another dress for Natalie from a fabric remnant

State Track Meet 2009 - Day One

Taylor and Bailey participated in the 2009 Virginia State track meet

Taylor competed in the high jump. I only got this picture of her warming up. I missed her compete because I was watching Bailey compete in the shot put.

Taylor won the Gold medal with a personal best height of 4'6"
Bailey warms up with her 6 lb shot put
Bailey's age group competed with a 4 lb shot put.
She won the Bronze medal with a distance of 14'4".
Bailey also competed in the long jump

This is not her best event, but she likes it better than running

Bailey tied for 7th, with a jump of 7'1"

Grampa came along for both days and was a great cheerleader

State Track Meet 2009 - Day Two

Bailey competed in the high jump

She cleared 3' on her first attempt
Bailey knocked the bar off on her 1st attempt at 3'2"

Bailey cleared 3'2" on her second attempt

Bailey knocked the bar off with her hand on this attempt at 3'4"

Bailey did not clear this height, she won the Gold by clearing 3'2"

Taylor competed in the long jump today

Up, up and away

It looks like Taylor hit the ground very hard! She placed 5th

This picture was taken during the 200M hurdles

Taylor won the Gold medal in the 200M hurdles

Later in the day, Taylor ran in the 100M hurdles

Look at her front leg extension

Taylor also won the Gold medal in the 100M hurdles