cousins and sunshine :)

Here is Carissa, Noah, and Micah on their bikes. Joey is pushing the lil car coupe. He doesn't ride in it (unless being pushed) which I think is funny. But he'll push it around everywhere! In the distance you can see cousin Alex on a scooter!
Cousin Matthew is giving Josiah a ride in the coupe! He'd take off running and Josiah would just laugh and hold his feet up!

Classic youngest child - Josiah trying desperately to be a big kid and keep up! He just can't quite swing that leg up and over the seat!

Eric - always a kid at heart! He played with the kids outside for over an hour. Katie and the boys had come over for the afternoon to hang out. Eric's stepbrother, is in Iraq and we miss him. Matthew made a comment to Katie that "Uncle Eric was kinda like a 2nd dad and he even has the same name as my dad too..." Aww man.. way to tug at those heart strings. We sure wanna do more together much more frequently!

Alex on Carissa's scooter! I took this for Erik B (bro-in-law) cuz I knew he'd be so proud of his boy riding in style!!! HA HA

Carissa...diva girl in pink. :)
Eric got a workout letting Joey practice slam dunks! Micah's in the foreground on his bike.

Kid's a playin! We looked like a daycare with 6 kids, 7 years old and younger, running around!! And between the 3 bikes, 1 scooter, 1 coupe car, 1 riding toy, and 2 baby strollers... there were many kinds of wheels to choose from!

Noah figured out how to use the dog leash to keep the top down so he had a cave like box. Ingenious kid and good with problem solving!

Earlier in the day the kids entertained themselves outside with some big boxes! They took crayons out and drew and wrote inside their boxes. I love cheap entertainment! :)

And can I just say again how much I love our backyard! Thanks God.. what a blessing!