Ryan and Gabe

Ryan and Gabe played so awesome together, which made my heart so happy.  The kids always tend to pair up when they are all together.  Even though they all get along, there is that natural pairing thing that goes on.  Ryan usually pairs up with one of the bigger boys, which leaves Gabe paired up with his brother.  Zac is a fantastic brother, but I'm sure Gabe gets his share of his brother - much like we all do with our own siblings!  

I just really enjoyed watching this pair play.  Ryan even insisted they sleep together.

This is how they started the night.

This is how I found them in the morning.  Ha!

Beautiful Babes

They decided they were going for a kayak ride.

The Baumann Slide

There is endless fun at the Baumann house.  Seriously.  The kids are still talking about this!

Lunch at Baumanns

Ben and Trisha had us all over for lunch.  They have a total kid play land.  The kids, once again, had the best time.  Unlce Benny took the tubing, they went down the slide, they jumped on the trampoline and the boys did some more fishing.  They also hit floating golf balls off the dock and then had to retrieve them.  So. Much. Fun!  We all just loved having another day of being together!

Zac checking out the live well.

This set-up is amazing!  What more can a kid want!

Jumping Babes.

My little red-headed wonder.

Bathing Beauty.

And a line-up of Bathing Beauties!

Beautiful Baumann Girls!

Kendallina Ballerina

Kendall received this tutu, tights and ballet shoes for her "fake" birthday from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ken.  She is so proud to wear it, and looks so precious in it!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Uncle Ben's Fishing Adventure

Uncle Ben decided to take 10 kids fishing by himself.  Who decides that, but Ben?!  We helped him load the boat, and away they went.  They were gone for over an hour!  We couldn't believe it.

When they returned they had lots of stories to tell!

I ran down to help unload the boat, and got 9 kids out. Seconds before I grabbed Natalie - the 10th ad final kid - she got a hook in her finger.  It wasn't serious at all, but we couldn't believe the luck.  They went unscathed for that long in the boat, and then that happened.

After the crying subsided, they started unloading the live well.  First came Ryan's fish - a 25 inch Northern.  Awesome!  Then came Zac's fish - a 32 inch Northern.  TOTALLY AWESOME!  The fish was almost bigger than Zac!  Emma and Grace caught fish, too.  It would have been fun to have a video camera filming that adventure.

What lucky kids!

 

A Pair of Monkeys

Zac kept throwing the balls from the Ladderball game into the trees.  They were able to fetch the first set by using a football.  The second time wasn't so easy, so Ben climbed the tree to get it down.  Such simple things provide so much entertainment!  The kids loved watching the retrieval unfold.

What a pair of monkeys these two are!