Saturday, September 13, 2008

Laney's Birthday & the Ellijay Apple Jubilee

We went up to Claudia & Rick's Mountain house for Laney's 1st Birthday Party!
Laney came over to get some of Ashley's ice cream...

Then, after the party, it was off to the Ellijay Apple Jubilee at one of the apple orchards. Wylie is racing Adam and Colin on the John Deere tricycles...
Adam not only helped Colin ride the tricycle, but he also helped Tyler, since neither of them could reach the pedals...
Wylie learned how to milk a cow...who knew the Apple Jubilee would be so educational?
Ashley wasn't sure about milking the cow, so I told her to just pose...
Mark, Lesley, and Laney riding on the wagon through the apple orchard...
Ashley, Megan, Wylie, and Olivia on the wagon...
Wylie, Adam, and Colin...
Ally and Tyler...
After the wagon ride, the kids headed to do some apple bobbing...


This slide was pretty fun. Everyone took a turn on it. I made the mistake of wearing a mini-skirt to the Jubilee, but I made it work going down the slide...
Tyler and Ally sliding down...
Olivia, sliding down with her apple slushie in hand...
Here's Colin sliding...
And, Wylie...
Ally took Tyler and Ashley...they look like they're having fun...
The pedal carts were next, but it was so hot, they only lasted one lap...Wylie was a real trooper trying to ride the pedal cart...his feet barely reached the pedals, but he was tenacious about doing it...
Olivia on the bungee...
Adam doing flips on the bungee...

Wylie saw Olivia and Adam doing the bungee and had to do it himself...

Then, Ashley had to follow in her big brother's footsteps...she was so light, the guy had to pull the strap on her harness to get her to bounce...you can see it on the video...

Back at the mountain house, Jess was playing computer games with the kids...
The kids had a picnic outside for dinner...

Monday, September 8, 2008

Gymnastics

Tonight was Ashley's second night of gymnastics. I put Wylie and Ashley in a class about a year ago, but now that she is older, she can really do a lot of the things they have in the circuits. She LOVES it! Daddy came tonight to watch her...she was so excited!

Since the class is at 6:45 p.m., they call it Bednastics and encourage you to bring your child in their pj's. So, here is Ashley in her Snow White pj's, in all her glory...

Tyler is also in the class...his Daddy came to watch tonight, too...
Ashley LOVES to swing on the rings...


And, of course, she loves to jump on the trampoline...my little jumping bean...
Here, Ashley is putting her hands on the pad, and then kicking her legs up in the air...
Uncle Jamie is showing Ashley how to do a flip over the bar...
She didn't really understand that she was supposed to keep holding on to the bar...
Now, Tyler's turn on the rings...

The Lake

Today, we went to a friend's house for playgroup...thanks again, Elizabeth for inviting us to your house for such a fun day! She lives on a lake, so we spent all day in the water and on their boat. Wylie and Ashley went tubing for the first time...they had a blast!!

At first, we hung out on the dock and the kids just played in the water and slid down the slide...



Then, it was on to the boat for some tubing...


Wylie and Christopher relaxing in the front of the boat...
Katherine is quite good at knee boarding...I was very impressed!
Ashley, enjoying the boat ride...
Wylie and Christopher were having a good time goofing off in the boat...
Here are Maverick and Maddox taking their turn at tubing...


Nicole and Ryker were hanging out in the boat watching the twins as they were tubing...
We came back to the dock for a break and some lunch, so the kids played some more on the dock and in the water...

Then, after lunch, the back of the boat was a popular place for a nice, cold treat...


Ryker, hamming it up for the camera...
Katherine is such a sweet girl, she was taking care of Ryker and Ashley, very motherly...



Now Christopher is hamming it up for the camera...cute little lion...
Maddox, Christopher, and Maverick posing for one last shot...