lots of pictures

all four at the apple orchard

melanie tired on the way to meet-the-teacher

brandon, ethan, and melanie with grandma on her birthday

brandon driving the gocart--our neighbor lets the kids take rides on it

bella loves to be outside!

finally found a place to park at como town!

melanie and ethan on the first ride of the day at como town!

teacups at como town!

getting ready to ride!

melanie at como town

dad and ethan ready to do bumper cars!

ethan at "driving lessons" :)

in line at the carosel

ethan and melanie on the carosel

brandon hanging out playing legos and listening to some tunes in his room

bonfire with grandma and grandpa on labor day

sparklers!

petechiea on melanie's hand

this is the tissue around melanie's tube that died when the blood supply got cut off

ethan's first day of kindergarten!

on the way to school

the first day melanie went to 1st grade

melanie at her school

melanie's locker at school

ethan getting off the bus

goalie ethan!

swimming at a hotel

brandon at the pool

all the kids at the pool

limo time!

melanie talking on the phone at the hospital

bella sitting on the couch like a big girl; she is letting us know she is getting to be a "big girl"--not wanting to lay back much anymore

until she gets too sleepy :)

mommy and bella at rochester fest parade . . .which ended up being cancelled

bella has found her hands and loves to suck on her fist!

ethan at the parade

bella in the moby at the parade

melanie and ethan getting ready to ride in "big red" the limo! ready to go!

singing karaoke in the limo!

ethan, rachel, and melanie--thanks so much rachel and family for the fun ride! ethan and melanie sang "who let the dogs out" all the way to bed tonight!

melanie and ethan saying good-bye to their friends

summer fun

sweet bella, 15 weeks old

all four kids playing on the floor

melanie making bella smile

rare occasion of bella smiling in the carseat (she does NOT like the carseat!)

melanie throwing chocolate a piece of hotdog during the hotdog toss at the k9 carnival 6/19 (melanie in one of her new dresses from ruth--thank you!)

melanie getting ready to throw the hot dog

ethan and chocolate WIN "musical frisbee" at the K9 carnival

ethan and chocolate playing musical frisbee

brandon and melanie at the K9 carnival

our family at the K9 carnival

brandon after his shower and bella after her bath

melanie in the other new dress from ruth--thank you!!!

melanie, grandma, ethan, and brandon at the parade in viola. it was cool enough that melanie got to be out of the van and catch candy!!!

melanie at the parade in pine island. the first year it has been cool enough for her to sit outside and watch the parade (she usually sits in grandpa's air conditioned truck to watch)

melanie crashed all of a sudden and fell alseep on the floor while playing with her cousin

brandon and ethan at the pool with cousins dylan and ireland

ethan and cousin ireland swimming

we made homemade play-doh

PICTURES FROM THE CHEESE FEST 6/12:

ethan very excited after going on the scrambler with dad

ethan and dad on the scrambler, ethan loved it! brandon was not a fan when he went on

melanie and cousin ireland on the swings

ethan on the swings

ethan on the merry-go-round

melanie on the merry-go-round

daddy and grandma helping melanie off the ferris wheel

brandon and cousin dylan on the ferris wheel

ethan, grandpa,a and ireland on the ferris wheel

waiting in line for the ferris wheel

making silly faces before walking to the cheese fest

bella is alwasys sticking her tongue out!