Fall soccer

Soccer has begun for Eli.  He had his first practice.  He missed the cut off for age, but he was allowed to play up a league. He's the youngest on the team,  but also the biggest. He's a moose. :)

Go Fire!

First day of school

The kids are back at St. John's for another year.  Haidyn is in 2nd grade and Eli in PreK 3. They were both excited for another year!

Swim!

Haidyn just completed a swim builder camp.  4 days a week for 2 weeks. She did awesome!  We went to a swim school instead of just the classes at our park district.  What a difference!  She was so excited about going each day. She moved up two levels  within the 2 weeks. She's turning into quite the swimmer!  We need to get through soccer and we'll do another round of lessons. Next time,  Eli gets a turn.

Family vacation 2015

We had a great time up in Wisconsin Dells! We stayed at Springbrook Resort. It's so much nicer to stay at a house than just a hotel room.  Minus the power going out and having to move to another house,  it's a nice resort.  We enjoyed their pool and the boys got to play a couple rounds of golf on their course. We spent one day downtown mini golfing and riding the Original Wisconsin Ducks, another day at Mount Olympus water and theme park.  Eli loved the roller coaster, Haidyn loved the big wave pool. And then one day to just hang around the house,  go for a walk,   and hit the pool. We had a great time!

VBS 2015

Haidyn had her second year of Vacation Bible School and Eli had his first. St. John's had a week of Camp Discovery! It was a lot of fun,  but a bit tiring since it went from 6-8:30pm. Haidyn was in the Sing-a-Longs group and Eli was in the S'mores. Haidyns project took all week,  they built a stool. Eli has a fun different craft to do each night. And we all learned a bunch of songs! That they still sing.  All. The. Time. Ask them,  they'll sing for you.  :)

Fourth of July

Happy fourth of July! We went to the Osage Iowa parade today and the kids got tons of candy! Besides getting candy, Eli's favorite thing was the karate guys and Haidyns was the marching band and the horses. Last weekend we saw the fireworks at Grandma Weilers in Carpentersville. This year the loud fireworks weren't as scary for the kids.  :)

Extravaganza 2015

Mega gymnastics,  where both kids take classes,  had their annual extravaganza.  It's a chance for the kids to show off what they've learned in their classes. This is Haidyns 3rd time and Eli's 1st. I wasn't sure how Eli would enjoy it,  but he loved having an audience! And getting a medal was pretty cool too! And to top it off,  their best friends were there also.