I hear the train a comin'

Sunday afternoon we drove up to Coldwater, Michigan to take the "pumpkin train" to Quincy. It's about a 30-minute ride on the train to get the pumpkins and then another 30-minute ride back. Mom, Bobby, Anitra, Seth, Brian and I took Janae, Brenna, Senica, Ty and Adria. It was a gorgeous day and the kids had a really good time. I think the adults did too! :) It was so much fun opening the windows and sticking our heads out.

Janae is 7!!

Happy Birthday Janae!

You are growing up to be such a beautiful young lady! You were adorable from the day you were born! I can remember being so proud of your mommy and I couldn't drive fast enough to Kentucky to show Aunt Anitra how pretty you were! I can't believe that was 7 years ago! I am so proud of you! You are such a smart girl and whenever you are around...we are sure to laugh! :) You do a great job at helping your mom and dad with your little sisters and even helping with Ty too!

I love you Janae and feel so lucky that God let me be your aunt! :)

Happy Birthday!!

Brothers

The boys came out to Indiana for a boys vacation of golfing! It also happened to be Jake's birthday week. :)

Senica and Ty loved having their uncles here to play with. Ty got to wrestle and Senica taught Jake how to count! ha As you can see, Papa was also extremely happy to have his boys here.

It's always to quick of a trip when they come out! :(

Vistiors, visitors!

So, do you think Jacinda is loved?

The nurse told us that she would let the family come up after 8pm, although that's when visiting hours ends, since April didn't have Jacinda until 6pm, I don't think she knew what she was saying yes to!

At one point, we had 7 children in the room and 15 adults!

Isn't that pic so cute of Ty kissing Jacinda? And then April and her two little mama's girls? And sweet Brenna crying because she didn't want to leave her mom.
**Anitra called and said she was skipping by the time they got to the elevator because Anitra said she could play with her Webkins!

The bottom collage shows you a little bit of the madness....and then the calm and quiet that April had with Adria. :)

Fun in the Sun

It was such a beautiful, HOT day! It was so hot that every single person got into the pool...including Seth! :) It was so much fun playing "PONY" at Papa calls it. Anitra beat him and she wasn't afraid to show how proud she was of herself. ha! The bottom collage shows Ty crawling out of the pool with his "pruned" feet. We missed Brian and wished he didn't have to work!!

Pool time

Thanks to Grandma Pottenger for letting us have the party at her house. As late as Friday, they were calling for PM showers. Thankfully, they were wrong!! It was a beautiful day and warm, so everyone enjoyed the pool! Grandma even stuck her feet in. There was swimming races, diving competitions, chicken fights and just lounging! Adria enjoyed having her own pool to herself! She kept sticking her head in the water like a duck. It was too funny!

No one under 6 allowed....

For the first time since Janae was born, the adults had a dinner at a nice restaurant WITHOUT children! When Janae was first born, Anitra and Seth lived in Kentucky. Then as the kids were born, schedules got busy and we just had not done it. But my cousin, Kaytie and her brave boyfriend Jordan (who the girls LOVE) came to April's to watch all 5 kids so we adults could go to dinner to celebrate Seth's birthday!

We went to the Boathouse in Warsaw and it was delicious!! The middle picture is us at dinner. It was nice to be able to spend time with my sisters and mom...as you can see we sat girls at one end, boys at the other.

We got home and the kids had been good. *Sigh* April was worried because Adria had been fussy most of the day (teething?) but Kaytie said she was fine. Thanks to Kaytie and Jordan for watching the kids!! :)

Party time

Sunday night, we had April's birthday party. Mom made a wonderful cake, actually, two and it tasted just like when Grandma Pauly made it!