Kentucky

Our

 trip

to

Kentucky

provided

plenty

of

opportunities

for

fun,

cute

photos.

I

 told

you

so.

Macy Grace

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John's Christmas Snapshots

 

Emma's Christmas Snapshots

I'm still planning on doing traditional scrapbooking for our Christmas album.  That way I can easily include the pictures that you take the time to send us at Christmas time.  Thank you!  (and sorry we didn't get around to doing that this year...again)  Anyway, I'm still going to do two pages for the kids' books.  It was hard to narrow down Emma's pics, but here's what I came up with.  (If you'd like to see the pictures larger, you can click on them and they should open up larger.)

I created these pages using the Holiday Magic kit by Shabby Princess.

Macy Van Manen

Matt and Jackie welcomed an adorable little girl into their family today at 1:24 PM EST (12:24 PM CST).  Macy weighs 7 pounds and is 19 inches long.  Welcome to the family, Macy! 
Love, Uncle Scott, Aunt Julie, John, and Emma

 

We're Expecting...

a niece or nephew in January. My brother Matt and his wife Jackie are expecting their first baby in January, and we are so excited! Matt and Jackie told me about it at Andrea and Philip's wedding and I kept it a secret from Scott until we met them at Village Park for a picnic lunch the next week.

John and Emma were trying to get the leaves, so Matt lowered the branch slightly.

Check out these chunky legs!

Cool dude!

Matt and Scott entertained John by throwing the soccer ball over the shelter and watching for where it would land. Jackie and I didn't appreciate the loud crashing noises on the metal shelter. Emma, on the other hand, didn't care because she kept trying to wander away.

Scott's Birthday = Camping!!!

Scott's birthday was on Friday, and we've made it a tradition to go camping on his birthday weekend. Thankfully, it was also his first day home for the summer. =) We packed up the camper and headed to Thomas Mitchell Park, which is east of Altoona. Grandma VM and Matt came for the campfire that night.

John had fun playing football with Scott and Uncle Matt. I think it was actually more a game of tackle keep-away.

Yes, that's Emma attempting to drink a wine cooler.

Emma had fun climbing in John's chair, and John had fun playing with the jumbo bubbles...even if he was putting them in his mouth like a walrus.


Can you say America's Funniest Home Videos anyone?

Signs of Summer

John with Daddy - Don't they look great?!?
Cubs or Cardinals? - GO CUBS!

Iowa Cubs Baseball

Emma at the I-Cubs game

Playing in the fountain at Principal Park

Outside Principal Park

Playing Outside

Scraped-up Knees (Emma)

Scraped-up Knees (John)

GrillingFor more pictures from the Iowa Cubs game and dinner at Mom's house, please click here.

"Wii" Had Fun

After dinner and the horse race, we headed to Grandpa VM's house and played the Wii for awhile.

Scott and Matt boxing

They knocked each other down at the same time...Jackie and I had done the same thing. That was pretty cool to watch on the replay.

Emma's giving Matt pointers on his golf game.

Peek-a-boo!

Our First Horse Race

After dinner at the Triple Crown Buffet (at Prairie Meadows), we went out to watch the horses. Our timing was good...we only had to wait a few minutes to see a race. Number 6 was the winner.

Aunt Jackie, Emma, Uncle Matt, John, Grandpa VM, Scott

Getting into the starting gates

Just about to the finish line

The winner