Some recent pictures of the boys.

Luke is enjoying playing the piano with his Daddy...He really loves that...whenever he's cranky, Todd plays and it suddenly makes him happy! We are loving this!


Jacob lost his 5th loose tooth a couple nights ago and he's here posing with his empty spot! He's so proud of it! LOL

Joshua certainly is our little fish....he just loves being in the pool...you end up having to drag him out at the end of a day!

Summer has been a whirlwind and it's almost Jake's Birthday! Yeah!

Hey there everyone;

It's been a crazy busy summer with everything happening all at once! I've really got my eyes set on the countdown to back to school now though!!! I'm nervously looking forward to the new adventure our family will be going on this year with the boys in their new school. I'm really hoping that it'll be a great change for us and the boys will really enjoy it! Of course, I have my Mommy worries like any other Mommy about them meeting new friends and such...I am a little nervous about them not being in a Christian school anymore, but Cathe reassures me that this school is great too, so I'm counting on that recommendation! The boys are so excited, because we went back to school shopping and I let them pick all brand new everythings...pencils and markers and erasers and sharpeners and backpacks and and and and.....can you say guilt shopping? LOL

Jacob is doing his countdown to his birthday party right now! He has one celebration this weekend with Todd's family, and then his real birthday on the 29th with my family (and celebrating Dad's b'day too!) and then his friend's party on the 30th. He gives me the cutest little countdown every single morning when he wakes up! He's totally excited! He also lost another tooth the other day too...he's growing up faster than I can handle...he didn't stay little like Joshua did...Josh was still little at 5, not Jake man...he's more like he's 10 already! He is so funny....he really thinks he's much older than he really is!

We are also taking the boys on a real vacation this weekend too....our vacation plans kept getting screwed up this year for one reason or another, so we decided to pack them up and take them to Toronto to celebrate going back to school/end of summer. We're really excited about it, I think the boys will have a blast....we're even going to take them on the subway...I know, sounds lame to you and I, but I bet the boys go nuts over it! LOL

Luke is doing well...he's got a terrible summer cold right now, but on the bright side, he's walking a little bit more each day....still not walking solid...he looks more like a drunken sailor, but it sure is cute!

Hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their summer and I'll post some new pics of the boys soon!

Lucas is walking! At least a little anyway!

Hey there!

Well...camp certainly has overcome our lives this summer! Much more than I think either Todd or I ever thought it would! It's fun for the most part, but sure is a lot of work! I don't know how Gwen ever did it full time! That's 6 full time jobs far as I can see!!! The staff is absolutely wonderful this year (as all years) and I'm soooo thrilled to meet two wonderful brothers, Rick Walsh (summer director) and Jeff Walsh (chef). It's going very well up there! It's been a real team effort needed. The various committee members have really worked hard this year to be sure that the families and children notice very little change while we make our transition to Theresa as full time director in November. Todd is soooo excited to be able to work with Theresa and is really looking forward to seeing what she decides to do with Camp Kintail in the future. It's exciting, but darn, a lot of work! I'll be happy to see Christmas come this year I think! LOL

So I have some really exciting news to share! Lucas has decided to not only take his first little piddly steps at camp in June, but he took 6 - 8 little steps on his own this past week at Sprouts camp! It was toooo cute! The staff went nuts! Cheering him on and clapping for him! He felt like a genuine celebrity!!! LOL I think it's awefully cute now, but as I was reminded, he's easier to deal with and lots slower when he's still crawling! So, I'm not sure when he'll walk full out, but for now, this is really adorable! He still much prefers to crawl, for now anyway! LOL

Joshua went off to Explorers Camp the 3rd week of summer vacation and he really enjoyed that! He loved being there by himself, all but one day he said he cried because he missed us! I'm glad he did at least a little....makes me feel better that he still "needs" me! Joshua and Jacob went to Sprouts this year (actually just this week, Sun - Wed) and we were able to bring Ben and Matthew and Josh R. along with us this summer! I was sooooo thrilled that Cathe and Karleen were willing to send them! They all had such a great time! It was crazy! I kept checking on them, but sure enough....they were just fine the entire time! They has the time of their lives! It was tooo funny that Ben started a whole new tradition on one of the songs at campfire! It will forever be remembered by the staff! LOL

I am back up to camp for Family camp this weekend, but will be done our camps after that. I might go up at least for a couple more days of Music and Drama camp and Todd is staying for day camp too....so it's not officially over quite yet!

Anyway....it's getting late, so I'm going to go! Hope this finds everyone having a happy and healthy summer!

Lots of love!
Kim and the family
xxoo