A full day with the Johnsons

Jackson was always wanting to hold Naomi. The first night they got here, he ran to the bathroom and washed his hands (without anyone telling him to) came back and said "I washed my hands, can I hold Naomi now?"

Playing in a neighbors leaf pile.

Naomi is such a good baby. I cannot even stand how cute this picture is!

Gwen and Caleb on the piles of dirt at the site of our new home.

The boys just figured out that rolling down the hill was quite fun.

A full day

I have been to Caleb's class twice to do art with the kids. Last week we talked about Eric Carle and read some of his books. The kids then painted tissue paper to give it more texture. Then, today I went in and had the kids create these 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' pictures. I thought they turned out great.

This one is Caleb's.

After school we went right over to Jane's to make applesauce.

And then tonight the Johnson ladies came to visit us! Here they are at story time with Erik at 9:30 at night! The kids were so excited to be together again and we loved having them here. Thanks for making the drive up Linnea.

more fall colors

A neat looking tree right by Caleb's school.

This is a view of camp from across the lake.

The beauty of fall in the U.P.

Here are some beautiful pictures of camp this time of year. The boys and I don't mind the drive to town so much when then trees all look this beautiful.

The boys were huge helpers while we cut and stacked our wood for the winter.

These are some trees behind the Stroms cabin...so pretty!

A weekend visit from Uncle Dave and Papa. Storytime before bed.

Saw this huge pile of wood wile driving around today.

And Emmett is sporting his new 'G diaper' from Gramma and Poppa. Love those 'G Diapers'!!

"one, two!"

Today is Emmett's birthday. When you ask him how old he is, he holds up his fingers and says, "one, two!" It is really cute, we make him do it ALL the time!

The big brothers helped open his presents.

There was story time at the library today (I LOVE our library...so much fun stuff happening there for my kids). Emmett got this special crown and everyone sang to him.

This was the second week of story time. Last week there were 32 kids (plus care givers) and this week there were 50 kids!!! It is so great to see all these little ones, just anxious to get to know everyone better.

We picked up Caleb from school and went to Scott's for ice cream (thanks Uncle Kyle, Auntie Jenny and Charlotte for the gift cards!)

Here is our big 2 year old. How has it already been 2 years. Our Emmett is so full of life. He is constantly talking and moving and trying to keep up with his brothers. We love you so much Emmett!

I ended up driving the boys to school this morning, so Emmett and I spent 2 hours "out on the town!" I was too cheap to actually pay for this horse ride, but some old man came and gave Emmett the $0.50 he needed...good times.

Here is Jackson having snack in his classroom.

And Jackson with his backpack by his classroom door.

jackson rides the bus

We were so happy to get a call from the preschool on Monday saying there was an opening for Jackson! Here he is on his first day of preschool in Iron River. He got into the morning class which means he can ride the bus to school with Caleb. I think it will be good for Caleb to have a buddy on the bus. As you can see Jackson was pretty excited about the big yellow bus. (Emmett is already asking to go on the bus too)

Me and Samuel

cousins bath time

I know these aren't really the best pictures but they are a little funny to me!

Taking the bus

The second day of school the bus driver stopped at our house and surprise...his bus driver was Scott (of Scott's Subs in town)! Caleb hopped right on and was off to school. Meanwhile, I had the van all packed up for a little visit to Chicago. I got Jackson and Emmett loaded up and we drove to school to meet Caleb when he got off the bus. We got there just in time and helped him learn what to do once he gets to school. Soon enough the bell rang and we walked Caleb to his class and said goodbye. We hit the road at 8:00 and made it to Linnea's at 2:00! The boys were amazing in the car which made the trip even better.

We had a packed couple of days but most important was spending as much time with our new cousin, Samuel Atticus Asher Rummelhoff who was just one week old! Welcome to the world little buddy, we love you so much (and are so glad you can reuse all our boy clothes!!)