Tim and Hannah's wedding

What a wonderful time we had celebrating the wedding of my brother Tim to his new bride, Hannah.  

The Rehearsal   

Ethan: the ring bearer 

 Flower girl:  Hannah

at the rehearsal dinner

siblings..boy do I love them!

 our little flower girl with her tshirt from Uncle Tim and Aunt Hannah

 Beth and Adam 

 The Big Day!  Tim spent his last night at Beth and Adams...it was fun to be there with him on the morning of his wedding day. 

Tim and his best man

me and my not so little, little brother.  

My Little Hannah Grace

 Hannah Christine...getting ready for her big day!

 Looking so beautiful and ready to meet her groom

 love this pic of Hannah and her Pop

 Handsome little Isaac

 love that little smirk :)

 My boys...

 me and my little man...love him!

 Mom, Hannah, Tim, and Dad

 Tim and Hannah with their little Hannah :)

 my parents...love 'em!

 two Hannah's 

 havin' so much fun!

 my kiddo's

 Ethan

Hannah and her Uncle Tim

 Was hoping for a great family pictures...but Hannah must have used up all of her good smiles by now.  She really did do a GREAT job all day though!

 Seth was such a great sport all day long.  He took care of Isaac and Hannah while I stood up in the wedding and did all the pictures, etc.  He's a great Daddy!

 first dance...

 I loved spending the day/weekend with my sister...our times together are so special.  

 Congrats Tim...we love you!!

A Perfect Day for the Zoo

We have had lots of fall rain.  Last week it rained everyday...except for Tuesday morning.  Kimberly and I had been trying to work out a day to go to the zoo together and we stumbled upon the perfect day.  There was practically no one there, and the weather was perfect!  

My kiddos on the Tiger

One of the best things about the day was getting to see the lions again (they were on vacation while their new exhibit was being built).  We got to see them up close and they were active..very fun!  

Hannah and her Kimmy watching the giraffes

enjoying and apple :)

this peacock came right up to us at lunch...he was glad for all the scraps that Isaac thew him.  

the classic polar bear pic

Isaac feeling the cold wall...brrr...

watchin' the seals  

Isaac's favorite part was the butterfly house

 he pointed to every butterfly he saw

 Just another fun day at the zoo!

Preschool: September

We are doing home school preschool this year.  This is a continuation of what we called "toddler school" from last year.  Hannah LOVES to learn...so she just begs to do school all day long.  It's a JOY to be her teacher :)  

We started preschool at the beginning of September.   Here she is on her first day.  I'm planning to take this same pic all the way through her school years to see how her handwriting changes and how she grows.

Here she is writing her sight words 

 probably one of her favorite thing about school is cutting with scissors

 wight word practice

 we made a chicka chicka boom boom tree to play with letters  

 more cutting

 We learn a new character trait every week.  With each character trait we learn a Bible story and Bible verse.  We have read aloud that also help illustrate the character trait.  Her character traits so far have been: orderly, attentive, teachable, and obedient.  She loves using the word through out the week and we are both learning to apply these character traits to our lives.  It's a joy to be learning and growing together.  

One of her favorite stories so far has been "Listen Buddy".  We made "listening ears" to go along with the story.  She of course loved cutting them and wore theme everywhere!  

 Isaac got in on the fun too!

 my little listening bunnies

 We review one letter each week.  Last week the letter was "S".  To help remember the letter and sound we do exercises together to go with the letter.  Here's Hannah doing some sit ups for the letter Ss.  Check out the face..she's working hard!  :) 

More to come....