Donut Eating Contest

Annual Neighborhood Pool Party Donut Eating Contest 

Go Harrison!  remember, NO HANDS! 

 go Jackson!!!

 almost finished!

 Harrison WON!



the messy winner!!!

Annual Stoneridge Neighborhood Pool Party

 sponge races

 frozen t-shirt game

 she's getting braver!

We always enjoy our neighborhood parties, and the pool party is especially fun!  This year Mimi and Papa were able to join us!  Who doesn't enjoy food, friends, swimming, and games?!?! :)  Two of our favorite games are the donut eating contest and the frozen t-shirt game.  The boys really get into the competition too!  It's fun to see kids trying to eat a donut dangling from a string while not being able to use their hands!  Makes for a sticky, FUN, mess!  It's also hilarious to see groups of kids trying to get a frozen t-shirt thawed out so that someone can put it on to be the winner.  It's a challenging gamea and brings lots of laughs! 

So thankful for great friends and neighbors!  We really do enjoy hanging out at the pool all summer together.  Makes for lots of fun memories that I know our kids will cherish as they get older.

friday at the pool

We spent the morning at the indoor kiddie pool at the YMCA. SO FUN! Jackson and Addison LOVE it. I'm trying to make it our 'Friday' thing. I am so thankful to Anthony that we can be members of the YMCA. It is such a blessing for our family! He doesn't get to go and have all the fun we do because he is working so much but the fact that he provides it for us means so much to me. I'm there Tuesday-Thursday running and then we try to hit the pool on Friday's. The staff is GREAT and I know my children are being loved on by childcare workers/life guards that truly enjoy working with children. What a blessing!

Here are a few pix from our trip to the pool last week with Mimi and Papa! The only bummer...Harrison was at school. :(



Kristine, Taylor, and Jack were able to play too.


Addison LOVED being in the pool!

not my best look! :) she loved playing with the water! I need a new suit BAD but don't want to buy one yet. mine looks ridiculous! got a little bit more to loose and then Land's End...here I come! :)




Jackson had SO much fun jumping off the slide to Papa!


Isn't her suit CUTE! My mom got it for her!




Our family LOVES the pool! Can't wait 'till the outdoor and neighborhood pools open! I know we'll be in one of them possible every day of the week! :)

adidson's FIRST time in the pool

we took our dinner to the pool friday night, august 8, 2008. it was a great time of fun and relaxing. addison loved the water! she loves bath time, as most babies do, and the pool water was so warm that evening. anthony was out of town so i had to ask a neighbor to take pictures. we couldn't miss this "first"! i know there will be many more times like these. before we know it, she'll be a little fish just like her brothers!

jackson and his friends taylor and jack really enjoy the pool shower. when you've had enough of the pool, the shower really hits the spot! :)

we've had her all comfy this year at the pool. fan and all! :) she quickly passed out from her big 15 minutes in the pool! ;)