Today is Gianna’s 16 birthday! Happy Birthday Gianna!
Gianna riding Shelby!
Sittin’ at the park!
So cute!
It’s more fun with two than one!
Sisters!
Window clings!!!
Gianna and Melissa on Celebrante for a late night ride!
You should see her on ice!
Gianna helps save on gas!
Gianna we are so blessed to have you in our family! You are such a sweet daughter and sister! We love you!
Brad Watson invited us to watch him calf rope!
We stood along the fence to watch!
8.0 and clear!
Some of the guys waiting for their turn!
Matthew, our cousin, came along with us!
These are some of the cute little calves waiting to be roped!
This palomino was very pretty, but you had to be careful, because he bites!
Boots was a kinder horse! She and Dana got along quite well!
Ben!
Stephanie
Jake watching!
I thought this sign was pretty funny; there was only a tiny strip of grass!
Taking a peek at what’s happening!
Caitlin and Ben!
Brad’s saddle! It was neat looking around at all of the saddles, most of them were awarded like Brads!
Then, after a long day of roping, it was time to go!
Then, on Sunday, our church had it’s annual Pig Roast!
Fire roasted corn!
Pork sandwiches!
Fellowship!
Volleyball!
Baseball!
And even siestas!
The boys played a lot of baseball!
Dad was the pitcher! He used to be a pitcher for his baseball team!
If you look closely you can see the tip of Jake’s bat, he hit the ball really far-as usual! When the girls play baseball with Jake, they all want him on their team!
Corbin was asking Dad to pitch a really good ball for one of the other dads!
Playing hide and go seek!
Eleanor Swarbrick!
Dana talking with the little girls!
And also with her hand!!!
The new pavilion! This part that has the caution tape is for the shed!
Get it over Dana!
Andrew served a good one!
Gianna!
Stephanie!
Mrs. Volle!
Caleb and Ben!
I guess Bob was a little full!
Usually we have a big Fourth of July party, but Dad said that 160 people were too many, 
and that we had to cut down! So this year, we had a small party with only about 65 people! 
Caleb
Stephanie and Megan
Rachel and Ethan
Dana
Maggie and Jamie
Maggie and Lauren
Hannah, and Jeremiah
Ryland
We made a flag cake to celebrate the occasion…
Star Cookies…
Chocolate Cheese Bars…
Two Cherry, and two Apple Pies…
And Chocolate Mint Bars!
David and Mark
Stephanie and Jonathan
Alex, Caleb and Ben watch the game from the sidelines!
Jake
Uncle Jimmy
Sophia
Ultimate Frisbee was played!
Then, as tradition, we all went to Sharon to see the fireworks!
In early June we went to the Sweetery in Belvidere. It is such a cute little ice cream shop!
Ben enjoyed his huge ice cream cone! (Can you guess what time this picture was taken?!?)
Caleb sat on a stool at the counter to eat his ice cream. The place reminded us of “It’s a Wonderful Life”!
The back wall was shelves of candy – the old-fashioned kind!
Dana is smiling, not only for the picture, but because she likes her ice cream!
More candy!
Ben couldn’t resist it any longer and joined Caleb on the stools by the counter!
This was a neat brick wall next to the Sweetery! So many of the buildings have painted sides!
Dana
Stephanie
As we were leaving we told the boys they were done with pictures and could go to the van…
Yep, they ran from the camera! Jake first…
Ben second…
And Caleb third. He didn’t quite make it fully into the frame, I guess the photographer was too fast! Oops!
This is just a cute sign on the corner!
The girls were asked to sing at the Herb Faire last Sunday! It was very windy that day! We had just gotten a new sound system, so not only was Jeff trying to work the sound board, but was also dealing with the wind!
Caitlin, Gianna, Stephanie, Elizabeth, Dana
Elizabeth, Stephanie, Gianna
Caitlin
Interesting face Steph…
Dana
Caitlin, Gianna, Dana
Dana, Elizabeth, Stephanie
Pattie, Alli, Abbe, and Brooke listening to the girls sing!
Happy Father’s Day Dad! Yes, we are a few days late, but some of the pictures weren’t showing up when we tried to post them, so we waited until they would post! So, with that being said, Dad, you are the greatest Dad on earth!!!
Dad, being the perfect Dad that he is, grilled for US on Father’s Day!
Grampa came over…
Tony came over…
And Matt came over! All to celebrate Father’s Day!
Ben tied the tractor to his bike to pull his nieces around the yard!
The guys played horseshoes!
It was a pretty intense game! Don’t they look excited!?!
Caleb and Grampa smile as they watch Dad and Matt!
Here is Rachel directing toddler traffic!
Ben held Ethan as they watched the guys playing horseshoes!
Brad stopped over with his little daughter!
Yesterday was Model A Day in Sharon. The girls had to sing, so we dressed up in period attire for the occasion!
Gianna had an actual dress from the 1920′s!
The first place the girls sang was in the center of town!
Jake and Ethan enjoying each other’s company!
The girls singing in the gazebo!
Ben found a nice shady place to rest and listen to the girls!
Uh-oh, you better be good or the Keystone Cops will come and get you!
The reason for the occasion: Model A’s
Kole Kenney
Caleb
Dad
Oh no! It’s Bonnie and Clyde!
They robbed the bank!
And they’re getting away!
Stop! Police!
Caught red handed!
Their life of crime has come to an end! (We hope!)
Keystone officers Kerry Kenney and Greg Savino reaccounting the successful capture of Bonnie and Clyde!
In the Sharon Community Center!
Magic Mike asked Caleb to come and assist him! He gave Caleb a few simple instructions: “Hold my wand, but don’t break it, zap anyone, or make anyone disappear. Okay?”
Oops! It looks like the wand broke!
“Okay, let’s try something else. Here, I will hand you these two little red balls. Close your hand and turn it over. I will tap on your hand once and, now, open it…
Wow! A lot more than just two came out of Caleb’s hand!
Magic Mike gave Caleb a long-tailed turtle for helping him!
Dana
Gianna
Ben and Caleb! Aren’t they cute!?!
Ben and Caleb again! No, this isn’t the same picture, Ben’s hands are in a different position!
Ben squinting from the bright sunlight!
Caleb squinting even more!
Stephanie (aka Bonnie)
After we were done singing we went on a photoshoot of Bonnie and Clyde!
Contemplating stealing the police car!
Well, it might have worked if the officers weren’t around!
The reward for capturing Bonnie and Clyde!
Gianna got to crank up the old police siren!
Bonnie really wanted ”her” money back!
Ouch! The revenge of Bonnie!
Happy Mother’s Day to the BEST Mom in the whole wide world!
We are very blessed to have you as our mother!
It’s been a long time since our last update! We have been quite busy, and are thankful that the snow has finally melted and that spring is finally emerging!!!
Here are a bunch of pictures from the last few weeks while we were having that “snow one day and melt the next day” weather:
We went ice skating!
The boys love ice skating!
Decorating an Easter egg (even though you can’t see it)!
Ben on Easter morning!
With all of the snow we were getting, Dana and Steph didn’t want to go outside, so instead they decided to play Don’t Break the Ice!
Stephanie has it all set up and ready to go!
Ben and Carissa! Aren’t they cute?!
It was warm enough to go outside without a heavy coat a few weeks ago!!!
So Ben decided to climb the maple in the front!
Either I’ve found a shoe or lost a brother!
The owner of the shoe!
Hmmmm….I think he might be hanging – no pun intended!!!
Ah, he’s going to make it!
Almost there! Actually, he wasn’t able to get his foot back in, someone had to retrieve his shoe from the tree’s grasp!
The tree ate Ben!
Luckily for Ben it was just a piece of bark he found and not the tree!
And the day after Ben climbed the tree, the boys made a really, really cute snowman!
Oops! I mean- Snowbear!
Ben thought that it was no fun only making one, so he made two more!
Those aren’t his arms, they are his ears! Ben is very creative!
After all the hard work of snow building, the boys decided to shoot!
Caleb pumped his gun so many times that it was getting harder to pump!
Ben’s only pumps once, so he doesn’t have any worries!
The best hot dog place on earth!!! We went here before going to see Great Gramma for her 95th birthday!
Great Gramma Savino!
Caleb arm wrestled with JR!
We actually have flowers growing now!!! Caleb brought Caitlin this one yesterday!
And we will end with Gianna on the tire swing!
I hope you had fun looking through the pictures, hopefully we will start posting more often than just once a month!
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