Daddy (Gene) has a BIRTHDAY!

Its the big #41 for Gene this year. Last year he got a tennis raquet...and this year he got a tennis trainer...the man LOVES tennis (and every other known sport). :)
Here is the man himself with one of his birthday pumpkin pies!


Goofball Gene...Daddy!! He knows better than to put a pie in MY face! ;)


There we go....he CAN be narmal! lol! LOVE you Love!

PS...DON'T mind my messy kitchen!

Isaac's Baptism Oct 9, 2010

This was a very special day for Isaac, and for the rest of the family too. We are so proud of Isaac for choosing to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Here is Isaac with Dad on the left and Mom on the right just before being baptized.


Dad and Isaac

I should mention that Isaac's "Ahlborn cousins" from Indiana also came as well as the Izu family (Rachel Ahlborn Izu is Gene's cousin) but we neglected to take pictures of them.

Isaac's #8 Birthday Party Sept 18 2010

It really is hard to believe that our sweet boy Isaac is 8 yrs old!!! We are SOOOOO glad he is ours though. He is so kind and thoughtfull and a peacemaker...and a good friend...I could go on and on....

Here is Isaac at his birthday party (held at home, mostly in the backyard) with the cake Daddy made, and his buddies Ethan and Blake.


They played MANY party games...this one they had to see who could make a standing structure using marshmellows and toothpicks the fastest.


Isaac has a messy face because they played a game where they had to put their face into a plate of whipped cream to find a piece of gum...and whoever found it the fastest AND blew the first bubble with their gum won! :)






The entire group of Party Animals! ;)

First Day of School Aug 2010

For some reason I just haven't found my groove with the First Day of School pictures. Hopefully my children will forgive me! I got one decent shot of Isaac and Audrey on their way out the door...but not a one of Austin. Alas, I will keep trying.... :)

Lost...but not forgotten Summer 2010 Happenings

So one day this summer Audrey heard on the news that if you dressed up like a cow and went to Chick Fil A you could get a free meal. Then she got it into her head that the whole family should do it. Somehow she made it all happen, even though Austin got a bit shy about actually going into Chick Fil A dressed like a cow, they DID, each and everyone of them, get a FREE meal!! :)


Another "happening"...not to be forgotten...is that our sweet William not only mastered swimming just a few days after turning 4 yrs old...he also mastered jumping off the diving board AND swimming to the side (while Mommy held her breath each and every time)to get out ALL BY HIMSELF! Way 2 Go William!


Its kind of hard to capture a girl doing a back flip off the diving board, but Mom tried her best! Can you tell WHAT girl mastered the back flip this summer??? That would be Audrey!!! She's awesome!


We were SOOO lucky to get a visit from the Fillmore family this summmer!! Boy did we have fun with them! Here are Brock and Trevor hanging out with William and Isaac.


Here are the kids at the tennis match (well a warm up)...they were able to see more VERY well known tennis players play this year. Audrey even won a t-shirt at the event for having the fastest tennis serve in her age bracket!! AND Mom and Dad got to go ALONE to watch Nadal and Sharapova play. Fun Stuff!!