Sisters

"A sister is God's way of proving he doesn't want us to walk alone."
-Unknown

It meant so much to me to have 2 of my sisters come visit and help. I was expecting Falycia. While picking her up at the airport I was shocked to see Charisa following behind! What a fun surprise! We had a great time together. I feel so bad for not getting pictures (what were we thinking?!) and not being able to go out and do more things. But it was great to just be together. Thanks so much for coming girls! I love you!

Jared is 1 Month

Landen loves Jared! He asks to hold him all the time. He will sit and hold him for about 5 minutes sometimes!

Falycia took these last three pictures. She got some great ones of all the kids that Iwill post later. Thanks Fay!

First Day of School

First Grader!

Kindergartener!

The plan has always been to start Isaac in school in 2010. He turns 5 in November. In Michigan he is eligible for kindergarten this year. Just about everywhere else, he is not. We opted to do begindergarten, a pre-k program for those young 5s. However, after attending the first day, we did not feel good about the teacher and classroom and decided to put him in kindergarten. He loves it and is doing very well. He has suddenly grown up on me! I was not prepared to have my Isaac be a kindergartener and I must say I agree whole heartedly with what he said, "Mom I can't believe we have two kids in school now!"

Detroit Tigers

Dallin and Isaac finally made it to a Tigers game with dad. They sat through the entire game and loved it!

Grandmas Make Great Guests

While Grandma King was here we enjoyed great meals, a clean house 24/7, finished laundry, babysitting, and more! Dallin and Isaac LOVE their new transformer shirts from grandma!





Jared got a cute new outfit too





The kids had a great time at the Zoo, while mom had a great time resting at home!



Dallin's really likes the tree frogs.

Thanks mom for coming, and for all your wonderful help!

Our Newest Bundle of Joy

Jared Ricks was born August 19th - 8lbs. 5 oz. 21 1/2 inches long.

We are so happy to have him here. His brothers are very excited and love holding him. Even Landen (so far)! Jared is a name we have always liked and for some reason really fit this one well. We knew it was his name. His middle name, Ricks, is after some of Nate's ancestors. Joel Ricks crossed the plains with the mormon pioneers. His son Thomas Ricks, led the settlement the town of Rexburg, Idaho, and started Ricks College. Nate was named after Nathan Ricks, Joel's youngest son.

Pictures of the proud parents will come soon. Sometime when we don't look so tired and exhausted! :)

Our Summer So Far

Here's a bit of what we've been up to this summer.

Planting

This isn't our garden, I didn't get pictures of us working in our garden, but my neighbor said the kids could use this box to do some planting of their own. Isaac jumped at the chance to plant some flowers she had. He loved it!

Landen loved to play in the dirt of course!

Riding bikes

Dallin learned to ride a two wheeler!

Isaac finally decided to give the "big" bike a try - now that's it's almost too small for him.

Landen LOVES the trike

Enjoying our garden

picking beans

These are my 2 tomato plants supported by 7 cages. Now they are probably a foot taller. Too bad I'm the only one in the family who will eat tomatoes! Or maybe that's a good thing:)

Carrots!

Playing at parks

Dallin, trying to smile and hold on for dear life.

Learning to swim

Finding frogs

Going to carnivals

The city had a down town carnival weekend. Dallin and Isaac had a lot of fun. Here they are battling it out. Isaac didn't stand much of a chance!

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