Time for the Indiana State Fair

It's August in Indiana so that means it's time for the Indiana State Fair!  With wonderful weather (75 degrees) and a small crowd, the Meek family had a great day at the fair!!

 Ryan loved the pony rides

Carter loved the midway rides

Ashley loved being apart of the mix

Everyone loved feeding the goats.....well, Mom loves to watch

Mom and Dad love spending family time with the kiddos!

picture update

how about an update full of summer pictures...

The kids (Carter: 4, Ryan: 2, Ashely: 7 mos.)

Hello Disney World!

Epcot with cousins (Aidan: 5, Grayson: 2)

 Off to the hotel pool.  Like the beach bag?

 Girls & their mouse ears.  Ryan loved them...Ashely, not so much

 Disney Castle.  95 degrees outside and Ryan insists on having her blankie everywhere she went.

 In line for Dumbo

 How do you keep kids happy while waiting for lunch? Give them your phone, of course.

 Arr, we R pirates.  The kids loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. 

 Last day at Disney with Aunt Amy, Grayson and Uncle Kevin.  Goodbye Disney!

 Cottage time w/ Aunt Jane & Uncle Terry

 Last night in the hotel before moving into our house.

 When Ryan dresses herself...

 Beach fun

 Dolly!

 4th of July girls.  So very HOT!

 We spent lots of time in Nana & Papa Big's pool this summer.

 Kids spent lots of quality time with Nana.

 Jacobers visit Indy and the kids get to hang with Aunt Robin, Wilder and Montana.

 Carter loves, loves, loves his older cousin Mitchel.

 We're looking forward to fall. Cooler temps and back to school!  Yay!!

Crazy Days of Summer

This summer has been wildly busy.  We just got back from a great family vacation, "Fearrin Fest" in Cape Cod.  Looking back on my photos I have so many things to write about but I'm afraid I won't get to all of it.  So how about a recap on the kiddos instead:
Carter:

This summer Carter has turned into a Star Wars nut.  The boy has 5-6 light sabers, he plays the Star Wars legos game on the Wii, he's seen all 6 episodes and knows all the movie characters.  He loves to pretend he's Aniken Skywalker and is always looking for someone to play light sabers with.  Good thing there were so many boy cousins at Fearrin Fest.  Everyone got into the light saber action!

Swimming has been another major activity for Carter this summer. He has learned to swim on his own and can now jump off the diving board and swim in the deep end of the pool.  He loves to wear goggles and likes to do flips under water.

Ryan:

What can I say about Ryan.  She is a total 2 year old.  She can be stubborn, she can be needy, she can be funny and she can be so sweet.  Ryan still shows no interest in the potty, but loves the idea of wearing big girl underwear.  Ryan is our little helper.  She must say, "I wanna help you", nine hundred times a day.  Ryan also keeps us entertained all the time with her quirky sayings like, "who dat", whenever she hears a loud noise.  Ryan is starting to warm up to the idea of being a big sister.  She always tells us when "dolly's cryin" and she likes to collect as many toys as she can for Ashley.

Ashley:



Ashley is now 8 months old.  Still no teeth but she can now sit up on her own and army crawl.  Poor Ashely got the chicken pox while on our Cape Cod vacation.  Good thing there were so many family members there who loved her, held her and nursed her back to health.  It was a lot for the little girl to go through! 

Ashely loves the water.  She may be a bigger water baby then Carter or Ryan (if that's even possible). She LOVES to swim and is always happy for bath time.  Ashely is a sweet baby who loves attention.  She likes to be the star of the room.

Where to begin

What a busy summer we're having! 

We saw this guy:

Went to the cottage, a week long soccer camp while visiting Grandpa & Grandma Meek, swam at Nonna pool (alot!) and stayed in multiple hotels while we were waiting to move into our new house:

Now that we have Internet there will be a flood of new posts about all the exciting things that have happened.  Stay tuned.  We also have the Jacobers (Robin, Montana and Wilder) coming to visit tomorrow and then Fearrin Fest in Cape Cod.  This summer is jam packed!!

School with Ryan

It was parents day in Ryan's class this week.  We invited Nonna to come with us to enjoy in the fun.  We got to see what the kids do while they're in class. 

Ryan showed us all the toys in the classroom.  Here she is in the play kitchen feeding a bottle to a baby.

We also watched her make an art craft with paints,

and plant flower seeds with her teacher.



We watched the kids sing bible songs and have a special snack. All the kids were adorable and so sweet to watch.

Dolly liked being at school with her big sister!

The school year is almost over and Ryan has grown so much since the first day.  She loves school and runs in with a smile everyday....unless we drop Carter off at his class first.  Then she cries about how much she misses him and wants to be with him!  Ryan loves to sing at school.  Her other favorite activities at school are running in the church gym and playing outside.  Summer will be great, but I imagine this girl will be counting the days until she gets to go back in the fall!  

God Bless

In our bedtime prayers we ask God to bless the people we love.  Carter's decided it's much quicker to say God bless all the people in the whole world......and God bless firemen.

Carter is a big fan of firemen.  And as you can see, our kids love to dress up like them whenever possible.

eating already

Guess who's eating baby food already.  I know! Can you believe Ashely is already starting rice cereal?  She hasn't mastered the spoon yet.  Almost everything comes right back out, but she seems to like it.  Fruits and veggies are soon to come.  Yay!

This little girl will be 5 months old in just a couple of days!  It has gone quickly, but somehow I'm still just as tired as when she was 2 weeks old.  Perhaps that's just the way it will be for awhile....a long while.