Friday, July 17, 2009

Sumner Days - Part One

Every year, our town has a Little Miss/Little Mister contest for 5-7 year olds. Austin was never interested in doing it, which was fine, but Aidan was approached by a lady at church (who owns a massage place in town) who wanted to sponser him. We discussed it and he decided he would love to be in the parade, so he wanted to run. On Friday night, there were four boys and ten girls who ran. They each are individually interviewed and then they decide a winner. While Aidan didn't win, he had a fantastic time and loved every second of it! And, he gets to ride on the huge boat in the parade Saturday!!

Aidan waiting with the other boys to be interviewed.
{It was 62 degrees outside this evening, which is why everyone else is dressed warmly...Aidan would NOT change what we had bought to wear and decided to freeze instead!}
Aidan during his interview.
He did an awesome job answering questions!

Aidan with Lisa, his sponser.


Nathanial pitching a fit afterwards...right outside our front door.
It was later than bedtime and he was exhausted.



Noah came back outside to pretend he was throwing a fit.
It kind of ruins the illusion when you giggle through your pretend fit, though!



Saturday, July 4, 2009

Fourth of July

For the Fourth, we enjoyed some time with Steve's family. The boys love going and looking at the animals...and getting filthy dirty.


Coming back to the house
Aidan and Noah
Troy with Ethan...Thano in the background checking out his filth.


I don't actually think they'll notice...it's not too dirty.


But, Daddy, I'm not that messy.
And I had fun!



Checking the pond.


While the boys had fun getting dirty, the {only} girls had fun inside.
{Hannah and Kendra}




Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Memories

Last night, the boys lined up at the front door and watched everthing going on outside. It reminded me so much of the hours they would spend doing exactly that when they were just little bitty guys. I couldn't find a photo of all three of them at the window at once from when they were little - but I remember it so clearly!

Last night's photo:
{Nathanial, Ethan, and Noah}


When they were not even ten months old:
{Ethan and Nathanial}

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

I was going through the put away boxes of Hannah's clothes (clothes that were too big) and deciding what to keep out/what to still store. Hannah was sitting in her crib happily playing with her little elephants until she realized what I was doing.

Ohhh....what is this, Mama??
I just have never seen so many wonderful things!
What is a girl to do???
Hmmmm....what should I pick??

What do you think, Mama??


Ohhh, I just love them all!!!