Maggie's first day of 3 year old preschool

August 26, 2013- First day of preschool at St John's Lutheran School

Aaron's first day of kindergarten

August 22nd, 2013- Aaron's first day of kindergarten!

Random end of the summer fun!

Morning muffin making

Painting outside on the patio

Making a mess-terpiece!

Making a drum set from old paint cans in the messy garage!

Enjoying some shave ice at Tropical Snow!

Smilin' in her shades!

Princess Maggie

Lunch at the Train Restaurant with Connor, Sawyer, Asher, and Lucien

Playing at Connor & Sawyer's house

Lunch in the backyard

Maggie always has to wear the "monkey backpack" when she visits!

Aaron shows off his soccer jersey!

Aaron & Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn and Emily

Cousins!

Summer get-together with the girls and kids in FD

The little ladies- Maggie, Claire, and Isabelle

Having ice cream at Nettie's - "girls" table (plus Benny)

"Boys" table (plus Mamas)

We have quite the gaggle of children between the 5 of us!

The Johnson kids- Ella, Lilly, and Eli

The Pfaltzgraff boys- Reed and Drake

Coenen cuties- Aaron & Maggie

Thompson kiddos- Brett and Claire

Playing outside in the wagon

Gathering corn and other veggies from the garden

Amy is giving a lesson on what to pick and what to leave!

Reed loves Millie!

Drake found a good one!

This is the best we could do for a group photo!

Downtown Day

A good downtown day always starts with DoRite Donuts!

Then you move on to the Picaso statue to slide, hide, and good around!

Then on to Millenium Park to take in the sites and splash around in the fountain

Pritzker Pavilion on the lawn

Cloud Gate, aka "The Bean"

The view when you go under the bean and look up!

The Family Fun Festival at Millenium Park is so much fun!  Maggie is walking the tight rope!

Building a giant structures with the wooden slats