New Baby in the Family!

Well, I've been working on my August post, but before I do that I would like to welcome the newest little baby to the family!  Adeline Grace Ziniker born on November 13 at 2:45pm weighing 6 lbs 12 oz and 20 inches long!  Can't wait to meet her!!

Summer in November!

Well, I've waited so long to get back to my blog that we are in a completely new season!! Ugh! That's what I get for putting it off, and then putting it off some more! Then I began to wonder if it was even worth it, but as I looked through all the pictures I really didn't want to just skip it all, so I'm going to try and do this in monthly installments! Which brings me back to July...

After our few days up at the cabin we went back to Mom and Dad's Weiser house so we could meet up with Sean, Kyra and the boys and get to see some of the extended Ziniker family.  One of the days we went up to Grandpa and Grandma Z's house for the afternoon.  We had lunch out on the front porch and as you can see from these pictures Chloe and Elijah enjoyed a bowl of delicious cherries!!

Their clothes never recovered from this yummy snack!

Sweet Sammy

Great Grandpa Z and Samuel Otto!

A favorite every time we visit!

Back at the River House there was a lot of Queen Anne's Lace (I think) on our way out to the river.

There were a lot of these thistles too, which are just as pretty, but watch out!!

Nothing like an evening Walmart run to keep things fun!

On Saturday we had a big potluck/Bar-b-que.  Bryan made his famous instant ice cream for everyone!

Lana, me, and Joe standing around all the good food!

Cute picture of Johnny, Nicole, Jessica and Auntie Christy!

Dad and Sean relaxing

Grandpa, Grandma and Johnny

Aunt Susie and some of the big boys

The slip n' slide was great entertainment for all the kids!

Chloe splashing down

The boys racing for the slide

Gal Pals + Lincoln!! So cute!

They were having so much fun.

A couple of cuties!

Dessert time!

The boys driving the "tractor" and a couple of hood ornaments! :)

Auntie Nicole taking the kids on a canoe ride in the slough.

Joe is eternally hopeful that he's going to catch the big one!!

A boat full!!

The fishermen

Heading up from the slough.

Grammy and Sammy... I love that it rhymes! :)

It doesn't get much cuter than this!

Playing with their cat tails that Auntie got for them on their boat ride!

Big brown eyes!

Cousins goofing off!

Well, let's see how long it takes me to get August done? Maybe we can get through the summer before Thanksgiving is upon us!!

 

My Baby is 1!!

I can hardly believe it's true: my baby is one!  It must be so though, because he is starting to walk more than crawl, and he is absolutely into everything!! He is still mostly sweet, but we have definitely seen a temper from this little guy!  He "talks" all the time although we don't really know what he is saying he definitely gets his point across and we figure he will start talking in complete sentences when he does! :) We love the added entertainment this little boy adds to our family and we can't wait to watch as he grows! Happy Birthday Sammy Boy!

The cake table and all the goodies!

These were popcorn cupcakes! So cute and really easy... Just cut marshmallows on top and then sprayed with yellow frosting spray!

Sammy's cake!

The Circus tent cake... It was actually a lot harder than I thought it was going to be... I tried to cover the whole thing in one piece the first time... That didn't work (the fondant ripped and made a mess) so I had to do it in two pieces... The top of the tent and the bottom of the tent as separate pieces! Not fun reeeeeaaaalllly early in the morning!! :) But it worked out in the end.  Not my favorite, but still cute!

Lots of Lollipops!

Cotton candy, clown noses, and Peter Spier's Circus! book (it's got great illustrations!)

Animal crackers, (of course) paper straws, and mustaches!

Bubbles, bubble gum, and Jelly Belly's!

Posing with kissy lips and handlebar mustache!

Everyone had fun in the "photo booth!!"

A couple of cuties anxious for the party to start!

I told Chloe she was going to hate this picture when she gets older and she asked me what hate means!! ;)

Nicole and Heather having fun!

Some of the kids!

Adults clownin' around!

Mika!

Andrew!

Mika again!

Me and the birthday boy!!

Elizabeth!

The props!

The games... I didn't formally organize the games (this crowd is pretty young so that seemed like a lot of work!!) but the games were there if they wanted to play them!

Kid table!

Sweet Juliet!

Playing around!

The bounce house is always fun with the 5 and under crowd!

Time for cake!

Sammy had NO problem digging in!!

This is good stuff!

Face first!!

Makin' a mess!

All done!!

Getting the glazed over look!

Too much Birthday!

Sooo tired!! But such a fun day!!