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Blake turns 10!!!!!!!

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My little boy turned 10 on Sept 11th!!! I just cant believe the great son that I have!! He is just a blessing to us. Blake’s actual birthday was an extremely BUSY day to say the least ( first day of co-op, his birthday party, soccer game, Lads to Leaders scrapbooking….which we missed because we were wiped out!!

Below is Chloe giving Blake some loving …which in front of his friends, he didnt respond well.:)

Blake with his “slingshot cake”….his dad made for him!:)


Blake and Caleb enjoying his new chair..


Blake and his friends…he had a great time!! Thanks!!!

Trip to Pittsburgh Zoo

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Last Saturday we headed to the zoo with several friends from church!! It was a lot of fun..but very HOT!! We are all a little spoiled with having such a great summer that when it got to the 90’s for one week we all were ready for Fall.

Below is a picture of the shark tunnel…it is new at the zoo this year. It is really neat!! Our new family picture was taken in the same spot.

Below is one of the few pictures I have of Chloe at the zoo. She stayed a bit ahead of us with some of her friends. That is a monkey peaking over the tree at us.


We got to see the lions at an awesome time. But this lion was growling at the crowd. It went for several minutes….very neat.

Below is a place to measure how tall you to an elephant or a giraffe. Or Ben Roethlisberger …of course…only in Pittsburgh..LOL!!

Paul and his little friend Hannah pulling him along….

I think the polar bears were the best thing to see at the zoo!! They kept swimming around and we could watch them!!! They are soo cute…behind glass walls of course!!

Camye on a camel…

Kiddy Kingdom…here Paul comes!!

Camp~we are officially done for the summer!!

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We are officially done with camps this year. I am so relieved. Chloe left on July 12th for Secondary week, she returned on July 18th. Chloe, Blake, Camye and I left on July 19th for another week of camp and returned home on July 25th (our anniversary ❤ !!!) ….then the next day Camye and Blake left for Junior week and just returned on August 1st!!! I am so glad they are home! I was a little worried since we had been at another camp the week before and thought they might be too tired.

Camye had a great time at camp and we were both very glad she had a friend from church going with her. Her and Heather got along great and made some great camp memories!! Camye won 3 ribbons but lost them and was just devastated….the whole sobbing …because we couldnt find them and she didnt know what she won them for. I am calling around today to at least find out what she won. Blake did great !!! When I went to take more clothes to him on Wednesday (couldnt get caught up from the week at camp before)…he played Mr. Cool guy..and greeted me cooley…Camye on the other hand had both arms around my neck and both legs around my waist!! It is such a nice feeling to be missed.
Blake had all his awards and his trophy when I arrived and was beaming!! Blake won 1st place Checkers (highly sought after)(big trophy), 1st place-Frisbee Throw, Soccer and Long Jump 2nd place- Cleanest Cabin and 3rd place-kickball and 100 meters. He also recieved a Camp Concern Athelete 2009. We are very proud of him!!
These pics are of the cabins they stayed in all week, Chloe too. Although her pic is on her camera right now, 4 campers stay in the cabin.


I am very glad that Blake had a great friend Nathan to go with him. They had a great week!!

Camp~~~I cant believe its over!!!

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For the last 4 years I have been a counsler at the same camp I attended when I was camper for 10 years!! It is soo much fun!

This is Camye and one of my best friends from high school’s daughter!! They really hit it off and were inseperable all week!!

Blake was in an oreo eating concert…who could eat 3 oreos, swallow them and smile for the camera would win!!! And guess what he did!!!

Chloe (in the camper favorite class..CLAY)…she made some great little figures..check out our clay blog coming soon…

Chloe in the mud slide….

Blake in the mud slide…
and of course Camye and I did not do that!!!LOL!!

Sport’s Camp

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Well i havent been blogging for a few weeks, we have just been really REALLY busy. We have a few days of calmness until the kids camps start. I am going to play a little catch up the next few days, so here goes.

Blake and Camye went a sports daycamp here in Washington a few weeks ago. They had lots of fun!!!

Camye and her counsler for the week!! She was a very nice and sweet girl that Camye was obviously crazy about.

Blake and his friend Anthony, Blake had such a fun time..he is very competitive and enjoyed the competition all week.

Paul and his buddies playing around on the last day while we watched the kids play their last games.:) He enjoyed looking for roley poleys in the astro grass..LOL!!!

Blake didnt really want to be distracted by the camera during his serious soccer games!!

Blake’s Last Soccer Game

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Today was Blakes last Soccer game for his Spring Skills Program!!! He loves to play and is on 2 teams right now. 

And if I have to be truthful..he is really really good!! Two of his best friends Anthony and Caleb are on his team and they really play well together. They also plan a lot of sneak attacks. 
Great job Blake!:)