future rock star?

after all, he already has the style...

Noah drew some of the bugs from his bug book

Shanah Tovah!

We had lots of fun with cousin Cara, and Nana and Grampy!

(and Adam made an awesome Challah from scratch. 

With Golden Rule Honey, so good!)

The Thunderman cape logo is created!

Now we just need to get cracking on the rest of it!

Drumlin Farm with Aunt Jaki!

Is that a monkey swinging from the tree?

Later, back at home....

Aunt Jaki is a VERY good sport...

come visit us again soon!

while waiting for Aunt Jaki, we played in the park!

Sophie, you're supposed to go DOWN the slide!

Yay, Aunt Jaki's here!

 

We went apple picking with the Walshes!

Noah and Ezra horsing around!

Attempting to get a picture of all five kids!

Mama and Sophie on the hayride back to the farmstand.

we went for a walk.  we found a grasshopper.

Noah carried the grasshopper to safety in the nearby park. 

Have we mentioned that he wants to be an entomologist when he grows up?

Spending Daddy's birthday at the Stone Zoo

checking out the gibbons

 my new camera is pretty cool

hey, what are those dudes looking at?

tarantulas!

 up close and personal with a black bear

bye Denise! We'll miss you!

we promise to visit soon...

but now I'm going to school with my big brother!

sharing ice cream with soph

Jason and Alyssa got married!!

the day of the wedding, we went to the small aquarium in town,
where of course, Noah held some hermit crabs, spider crabs, and starfiish

then we went to wedding!

Noah waiting to be the ringbearer...
which didn't work out so well during the ceremony but was great during the party

maybe the best part for the kiddos were the awesome cupcakes!

we were too busy having fun to take many pictures -
but you can see their professional pictures here.
(note to grandparents, aunts and uncles -
prints have already been ordered including for you -
don't order from the website yourself!)

hey jude - noah style from Serena on Vimeo.

(to watch the video use the password: "noah")

silly sophie

bare chested banana muffins from Serena on Vimeo.

noah teaches us how to make banana muffins

(password is "noah")

a deer came right into our front yard this morning!
(click on the image to make it bigger)

beach #5 is awesome

Daddy and Soph are tired out from all that time in the lake!

"fishing" with grampy from Serena on Vimeo.

a masterpiece!