Newest member of family

Hi all-

My sister, Katie (Natalie), had her baby this morning.  Connor Thomas was born at 10:54 am weighing 7lbs 7oz and was 22 inches long.  We went to the hospital last night at 11:30pm and waited patiently all night for him to come.  It has been a VERY long time since I've pulled an all nighter (with a psychology test at 8:30 this morning to boot) but it was so worth it!  Fred, Kate and Connor are doing great!

Trip to Crayola factory

We took a road trip to the Crayola factory this past week.  Our friends, Joe and Stephanie and their girls went along with us.  The kids had a great time and got lots of new crayons, markers, etc.  The adults were delighted to find out how the crayons are made and to our relief they're still made her in the good ole' USA (Pennsylvania even).

Mike and Alexis making beautiful things with the melted crayon wax.

Family portrait with Mr Crayon Matt goofin' around.

Aj and Matt playing with their new modeling clay!

50th anniversary weekend

Here are a few pictures from this weekend from Mike's parents 50th anniversary party.  All of Mike's sisters and brothers were in with all the kids.  Some from Arizona, some from Tennessee and some from Colorado.  It was a great time even though Alexis was sick the whole time(she still managed to give a great smile for any pictures taken). I don't have one of the special couple but when I get it I'll upload it for you all to see.  The kids really enjoyed having all their aunts, uncles and cousins here to play with.

This is Matthew's first suit.  He loved it so much he wanted to wear it on Sunday to breakfast!

The kids were attached to Uncle John and Jack all weekend.  They loved having all the family to play with.  The other picture is Matthew's dessert-pretty nice for a child's dessert!