Kallen opening her birthday presents.

 Kallen eating her first cupcake on her first birthday.

 Just north of Xenia there is a huge sunflower field that lots of people stop and take pictures of every year.  One day this summer when Keesha and Emery were out together they stopped for a photo shoot.

 Emery's first day of school was back in early September.  Although these first 2 pictures don't show it, she was really very excited about starting her last year of preschool!

 Pictures from Kenton's first day of first grade, back in August.

 Kenton had his birthday party at a bowling alley this year.  Everyone seemed to have a great time!

 Back in August we celebrated Kenton's 7th birthday!

 Playing in Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago.

 Years ago Keesha and I had gone to the Sears Tower, but things had changed a little bit since we've been there.  Now, it is officially called Willis Tower and then there's the skydeck.  The kids had no problem going out on it.  Keesha and I were just a little hesitant!

  Some more pics of famous sites in Chicago.  We all enjoyed Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park and The Bean (Cloudscape--or something like that is the real name) in Millinnium Park.

 In Chicago we went to Navy Pier and did a little shopping.  Everyone was happy with what they got from Build-A-Bear (even Kallen).

 The walk between our hotel and the museum campus was a short hike through beautiful Grant Park.  These are a few pics we took from Grant Park.

 Here are some more pictures from our trip to Chicago.  These are in the Hall of Dinosaurs in the Field Museum.

 Back in August we went to Chicago for a few days and had a great time.  One of the greatest moments for Kenton was FINALLY getting to go to the Field Museum and see Sue the T-Rex.  I thought it might be a disappointment because of the months (probably years) of anticipation, but it was not.  He was thrilled and had a great time checking Sue out and telling Emery everything he knew about it.

 Well it has been a few months, but once again I am going to try and get better about updating this blog.  These pic are from Emery's birthday back in early August.  She got a bag full of art supplies and was thrilled!