Random pics

The Cromwell, Gohmann, Howard and Johnsen crew

pumpkin painting

painting pumpkins at the IUS Fall Festival

The robot and cupcake trying out their halloween costumes

Two burritos in a blanket

Jace's Soccer Season Begins with Coach Daddy

Jace has begun his second season of soccer, but instead of playing for the YMCA this year we are trying SIU soccer (Southern Indiana United). Matt volunteered to coach Jace's team, too, so he's been quite busy with seven 4 year-olds. Jace practices and plays every Monday night at Community Park at 6:00 if you'd like to come cheer him on!

Team picture day

Big Cheese!

Team time out

Lexi cheering on the team with her snacks and shades

Rehydrating in the heat

Jace in action

Jace and Lexi's First Day of School

Thursday was Jace and Lexi's first day of school! This is Jace's last year at Kids of the Kingdom before he moves on to kindergarten. They both did great for their first day. Only a few tears from Lexi, but she was fine after Matt and I left. After school, Jace was so pooped that he fell asleep at the bottom of the stairs with his dog. Notice the hand down the pants. Typical boy :-) Wonder where he learned that from...

Cheese!

All smiles with their backpacks

Hubers Trip

Too cool Lexi

Jace makes a pretty good cow

Riding the car in the petting zoo

Day at Hubers

Silly man

June and July...Gone...

Our Florida trip to Panama City with the Noble's was fun with a lot of beach/pool time and exploring the city along with Jeremy and Brandi's wedding on the beach! We stayed in a condo at Seychelles Resort right on the ocean.

Lexi and Ethan hangin out

The yummy restaurant we ate ate next to our condo

Our resort with the "blue wave" as Jace called it




One of the days we went on a pirate ship cruise.
It was action packed with a lot of activities for the kids.
We even got to see some dolphins on the cruise.



I liked this sign

Jace and Lexi's pirate fingers were creepy :-)

Opening the treasure chest and getting some loot!

Finding the sunken treature was one of the missions on the cruise

Pulling the rope to bring in the sunken teasure

A little sword fighting

It was really hot that day and Lexi was feeling a little scurvy, ARRG!

The pirates made the kids mop the deck! Right up Jace's alley :-)

The captain of the ship. He was good!

Jace and daddy riding the bumper boats

Yeah, I'm smooth

We ate at the Mellow Mushroom (pizza place) one

night and there was a huge Transformer there

We had to find a park with swings for Lexi

(she can spot a playground from a mile away :-)

The boat ride to Seashell Island

Braden and Jace in their room

Playing a few arcade games

We found a dead crab and Lexi carried it around in this sifter

Jace and Braden loved the beach, but Lexi and Ethan not so much.

We ended up buying Lexi a pair of water shoes so she would walk on the sand

Lunch at Jimmy Buffet's

Jeremy and Brandi's wedding on the beach.

Lexi would not put her feet in the sand,

so one of us had to hold her the entire time

handsome boys

The happy couple

The humidity did a number on the camera

Jace and his sparklers on 4th of July

Lexi and her "chucky" doll from Great Grandma

Mommy turns 33!

Lexi and Jace sporting Great Grandma's famous 4th of July outfits

Jace's teeball season

running to first

the end to a great season