Back on Track!

I know, I know!  It's been SO long since my last post.  I don't know what happened...life I guess!  I've been meaning to update the blog so many times, but I think I get overwhelmed by how much time has passed.  So, my plan is to just post some pics from each month since the last pic until I'm caught up to the present.  So, this month is the rest of June 2013!!  Enjoy!

Channy Boy's baptism in June.  Emma LOVES "Channy Boyyyyyy"

In 2012, Josh and Cooper went camping with the Malcolm and Everitt boys for Father's Day weekend. In 2013, the girls were invited too!  It is a great camp spot at Half Moon Pond State Park.  It was an amazing weekend, and can't wait to do it again this year! 

Lots of fishing! 

All the kids, except for Harley, she hadn't arrived with Christine yet. 

All 5 Quinns in a canoe.  We didn't tip over= Successful trip. 

Isabel's fish! 

And Emma's fish!  She and Josh caught a huge bass that had swallowed the perch that ate their bait.  Quite an exciting catch!  We have a great video I'll try to post soon. 

Over 12 inch bass!

An awesome sandy beach

There's Harley!

Jed=MVP of camping weekend.  His camping  meals put my anytime meals to shame!  

The Malcolm boys!

Smores

A few pics from Isabel's gymnastics.  She loves gymnastics.  It's fun to watch her have fun and show some coordination!

Swimming in Robbie and Joanne's pool!  Jim and Nancy must have been here this weekend.  

Stay tuned for July 2013 (hopefully in the next few days)!

Emma's 2nd Birthday Weekend

We had a great weekend with lots to celebrate.  We started out the weekend at Cooper's baseball game on Friday night.  His last one of the season.   He's had a lot of fun, has improved with his hitting, but is still afraid of catching the ball.  

So happy to have Eva here with us all this weekend!  We are looking forward to all meeting at her house this coming weekend for Chan's baptism!  

A video chat with Grammy and Gramps on Emma's birthday!  Grammy even had candles for her! 

Thankyou hugs for Gogo!

A beautiful couple celebrating 40 years of marriage on the same day Emma turns 2!  I've been trying to get their secret all weekend!  

The birthday girl.  Too bad there's no sound with this picture.  She now loves to say "cheeeeeeeeeeeese" for all pictures! 

A lovely? family picture.  I just poked Isabel in the eye, Emma is eating her candle, and not sure what Cooper is doing...

A new cash register from Gogo and Gumma

Emma opening her gifts with lots of help

She LOVED this vacuum.  See video below.  Thanks cousins Alice and Dana!  (This was the first gift she opened, and almost the last due to lack of interest in opening anything else)! 

These were from the night of Cooper's baseball game.   

Janet attacking her mother.  

Hugs for Gumma

Emma attacking her father.

But he still loves her! 

Gumma and Emma

So much Daddy love! 

Cooper's Visit to the State House

Cooper's school and the State of Vermont participated in a "Learning is an Investment" project.  Essentially the kids read books about finance and money and then their names were entered into a drawing.  There were about 4000 kids in the drawing and Cooper was one of 10 that won a $250 savings account for college.  Not very much money in the big scheme of things, but Josh and I were elated that Cooper may actually be luckier than his parents (who never win ANYTHING)!  The best  part was a trip to the State House in Montpelier where there was a little ceremony for the kids and then they did a tour after.  Unfortunately for me, I couldn't make it, but Josh, Gumma and Gogo were able to be there for the festivities.  The person handing out the awards said "nice hand shake!" after Cooper received his award.  He made his parents and grand-parents very proud (we had been practicing for 2 days)!  

The Birthdays...

Sorry, I'm way behind in my posts, so my writing will be brief.  We had great birthdays for Cooper, Josh, Gumma and me.  The pictures below are a little out of order, but I'm sure you can follow along!

A great gift from Gramma Ali.  Cooper loves to learn about our "world"

Daddy's birthday fell on Easter this year.  We celebrated the night before with a surf and turf dinner with Grammy and Gramps.  

Cooper had his birthday party the next weekend.  He had his two buddies, Angus and Camden, over for a sleep over.  It was a really great night.  They even let Isabel sleep in the room with them.  We even did a fire and smores (this was my lazy way of avoiding making a cake).

The next morning Angus' sister and Isabel's friend, Ida, came over for a couple hours to play.  These girls are adorable!!!  

Movie star pose! 

We celebrated Gumma's birthday about a week later.   This was a pre-dinner dance party.  Not sure why Gumma didn't take off her pants, apparently she didn't get the memo.  

Breakfast after the sleepover

Isabel and Ida

And this is Josh and his black eye!  Isabel accidently hit him just below the eye with one of her dolls (you know the bald ones with really hard heads?).  I think he's had a lot of fun explaining that one.

Wacky Wednesday

They are celebrating Dr. Suess' birthday this week at school, so they are having a "Wacky Wednesday" for which Cooper wanted colored hair and a mohawk.  I thought this sounded kinda fun, so I obliged.  For my first mohawk styling, I thought it turned out pretty well!  

The Blind Leading the Blind...

While our skiing has drastically improved this year, we still had yet to get the kids on ice skates.  I'm not much of a skater and Josh refuses to even get on the ice, so neither of us have really pushed it.  We've asked the kids a few times if they wanted to go, and they never really were that excited about it (I wonder why).  But this weekend, we had a very quiet Sunday morning, and started to get a little cabin fever, so Josh actually suggested we take the kids.  They were up for it, so off we went.  I don't think I've been in skates in probably over 15 years, so I was a little rusty!  The town rink is great though, and we were able to get rentals for all of us (minus Josh and Emma), and a some milk crates to help us along!  

The kids had a blast!  The first few minutes were pretty slow and I didn't think we were going to last very long, but they quickly gained some confidence and excitement.  I bounced between the two kids (rather skated quite unsteadily) and then Cooper was quickly off on  his own gaining speed with the crates.  Isabel soon got rid of the crates and preferred to do it "like an adult."  She would barely let me even hold her and by the end was even able to get up on her own after a fall.  

The kids are already asking when we'll be back, so we may have to get on ebay and invest in some skates.  These winter sports are tough, we're going to need to build an addition to house all of the equipment (not to mention second jobs to fund them)!  Check it out below!  (I just added what I have, some are not that exciting)!