We were able to go to convention in Ohio for Sat. and Sun. We sure enjoyed the short time we were there.We were worried we wouldn't be able to go because Jake had been sick. Luckily we did get to go for Sat. and Sun. However, when we got back Jackson came down with the virus and it kept him out of school for a day and a half. Thankfully Jilian and Jude and I didn't get it (Jon did, of course). Jake started preschool at United Methodist Preschool yesterday. It seems like a really good school and I think he will like it a lot. He seems to get bored pretty quickly w/o any brothers or sister to entertain him. I wish he was still a baby but I guess they have to grow up whether you want them to or not.
We are looking forward to convention this week. Sounds like it is going to be HOT!
Jilian, posing pretty
Lake and Jake
Lake came to spend a couple nights with us, it was fun to have him here!
Sweet baby Jake
Meet Tubby Hoversland
Who could say no to this??
Too cute for words...
Need new rock? Here's the guy to call...
Uncle John brought us some new gravel.
Jake was in love with that big truck! I was in love with that beautiful gravel! It makes everything look so nice!
this little guy guards the door
As you can see, the boys really like the new bed.
the border Jon chose for the room is very cool
The top bunk of the new bed
It's great for pretend camping.
testing the new camera
Halloween 2008
Watch out Indian Bead Road, here they come!
The kids got a ton of candy again this year.
Spiderman is ready to get some candy!
Jude's glow in the dark skeleton was neat.
Jackson's mummy costume was reallly cool.
I hope noone needed gauze at the hospital because Jon brought it all home!
Jilian was a sweetheart bat.
SPIDERMAN!!
Jake was very pleased with his costume this year. He didn't want to take it off!
Jake's fall party at school.
That cookie looks yummy!
Pretty fall leaves
Doorman
Breakfast at 10:30. We love fall break!
Jake likes the binoculars better than the football game.
Purdue Homecoming Football Game
Go Purdue! Yes, they lost again:(
Jackson's fall party at school
He made a leaf magnet for the fridge
Jilian's Fall party at school.
She made a pumpkin magnet for the fridge.
More Jack Be Nimble
Jack Be Nimble...
Jude had to dress up as a Nursery Rhyme character. Jack Be Nimble was easy w/ just pjs and a candlestick. He's in the middle.
Helms/Hoversland/Boehm/Myer Thanksgiving theme.
Why have turkey if no one likes it??
Swan Farm in Franksville Wisconsin
The kids were happy to make our annual trip to Swan's. Can't have fall w/o one trip there.
Alyssa and Jake take time to discuss the beautiful surroundings.
I really think they are discussing whether or not they should jump in the water below.
Turkey Run State Park
Hoversland & Brown kids on our expedition.
Jeffy matches the wood floor. Great camo!
We took Junie and Jeffy with us, four dogs can be quite crazy!
Step 5: take a nap
Grandpa makes a comfy bed.
Best of buds!
apple pickin hat
Jilian has lost both front teeth now, it looks like she has fangs. Just in time for Halloween!
Cheese and apples
I couldn't count how many apples the kids ate.
Step 4: press apples into cider
This is the best stuff ever!!
Step 3: chip apples
The bees came from out of nowhere!
Step 2: cut the apples in half
Luckily for us Jon didn't cut his finger in half.
Step 1: Pick the apples.
There were so many yummy apples to pick.
Apple picking with Grandpa Roger
Thankfully I didn't see my kids in the scoop of the tractor, I would have been a bit worried.
Feast of the Hunter's Moon with Grandma and Pa
Beans, cornbread, buffalo stew and burgers...yum. The kids loved their new swords and beautiul parisol.
Jackson and Uncle Jack
I am afraid they have more in common than just their names:)
All four kids together
We checked out the Mini golf place in Lafayette.
The kids had a good time but I think they like lunch at Igloo more than putt putt.
Tree/Door frog
This frog stayed on the window of our front door for two days. It was really cute. I think it was trying to ring the doorbell.
Even Junie and Jeffy participated in this camping trip. They both slept in the tent all night.
Jilian LOVES camping. I can see her backpacking like her dad and grandparents pretty soon.
Jake is a true Hoversland...He doesn't care that the smoke is blowing right in his face.
Nothing like a cheeto mouth!
Jackson decided he really does like camping. It's not scary at all!
Our "camping" trip in the front yard
Ths is perfect! You can have a real bathroom and it's easy to run in the house and get what you forgot!
Jilian and I are ready for bed after all that walking!
We stayed in Louisville and the kids got to practice their skills from swimming lessons.
Jilian on the bus to the cave.
It was 94 degrees outside. Imagine what it smelled like on that bus w/ 75 hot people.
This is called the "frozen niagra". It was amazing!
More tites and mites. Jackson really liked to look at the cave bacon. It looks just like bacon!
When the stalagtite and stalagmite meets it is called a column.
We saw some beautiful stalagtites and stalagmites.
It takes hundrends and hundreds of years to make one of these. Just from a drop of water!
Down we go, into the unknown...
When the lights were off it was a creepy kind of darkness and it was 50 degrees.
The nice tour guide took a family pic.
We were disappointed we didn't see any bats.
This is a natural entrance to a cave.
It was freezing inside this cave, most of the caves have man made entrances but this was is not.
more climbing...
Before we went in the cave we did a little hiking and rock climbing.
I think my kids are part mt. goat!
Mammoth Cave
We had a lot of fun touring the cave. It was beautiful inside!
Jude just wanted to get those dino skeletons off and play with them.
And most important, the AWESOME dinosaur skeleton cake.
Yummy!
Grandma Kate and Jackson take a break and read Jude's new book.
Carole plays skeet ball.
Joseph and Amanda get their groove on!
Go Joe, Go Amanda!
the "kids" he invited had fun too!
Birthday party at ChuckECheese
Jude was VERY excited about going there for his party.
"Thanks for the present dad, now move out of the driver's seat"
Off he goes.
Thankfully he hasn't hit any of our cars or a tree, yet.
Happy 6th Birthday Jude!!
This is his new go cart. Of course everyone wants to drive it first!
Finally! The tooth is out!!
The poor kid bled like a stuck pig! Then she said the tooth fairy was mean because she only got $2. Rotten or what?
um, gross!
Jilian is about to lose her front tooth.
Jake and Alyssa share a Spiderman cupcake. Yum!
It was kind of messy but reallly cute too!
Happy early birthday to Jude!
We got Jude a cake to celebrate with everyone Monday after convention.
Precious moments
He made this handprint paper for me to put on the fridge. SWEET!!
Up the stairs he goes..
I can't believe he's big enough to go to preschool. Where did my baby boy go??
Jake's first day of preschool
There he is at his new school. He had a great time.
Sick little Jackson
Day #8 of school and Jackson is sick. He missed 1 1/2 days because of a very high fever. Poor baby!
Yellow Springs
More kids...who's kids are those, anyway??I see some cute ones in there!
Yellow Springs convention
Here is a troop of monkeys found in the Peterson camper.
guess who else wanted to go to school today
Jake was NOT happy he wasn't going to school today like the other kids.
Better get the sillys out before going to school
Waiting for time to go to school...
Jude's first day of kindergarten
Jude was really excited and didn't seem nervous at all.
Jackson's first day of second grade
Jackson thought he had to get up way too early this morning.
Jilian's first day of second grade
Jilian was up bright and early to get ready for school.
And we HAD to go to Casa's while we were there.
Jake woke up from his nap to a plate of spaghetti.
We HAD to go to the Ft. Wayne zoo at least once this summer!
Here they are on the famous turtle.
Jude and Boo Boo
How many times did I hear, "can we bring Boo Boo home?"
Jake is eating an apple he picked from the apple tree
The kids said they are wanting to go back to G & G's to make apple cider!
Jilian on the haystack
Jude climbing the hay
Jackson climbing the haystack at Grandma Kate and Grandpa Roger's
This was a lot of fun for the kids, they wish we had a haystack at our house!
Our house in the summer sunshine
Sweet corn
My garden
front flower bed.
You can look at the older posts and see what this looked like a few months ago. much better now!
hibiscus
rose
The roses are blooming like crazy!
Hydrangea
I thought these would never bloom, they did but the flowers are pretty sparse and small. Pretty though.
Grandpa Roger and Grandma Kate's grandkids
Aiden is ready to play!
Happy Birthday Gunnar!
Gunnar is 6 years old now!!
The Lafayette meeting kids
We are excited to have a new addition to our meeting
Payson and the twins
Jackson is on cloud nine because he gets to hold the new baby
Baby Alex
Is he too cute or what??
Birthday donuts!!
They all looked like baby birds waiting for a worm!
The birthday boy, Jace
Jilian and Layne - the little mermaids
This is at the Wisecup's pool for Jace's birthday party
Tippicanoe 4-H fair
Jake made a mess w/ his cotton candy
Nothing better than cake and icecream!
Jilian is always happy when icecream is involved.
Jude is playing in the sand.
He had to go in the water and get wet before he rolled in the sand. yuck
Jackson is soo happy to be back "home" again in Wisconsin.
He wishes we'd move back to Wis. and get the old red minivan back. What a cheese head!!
Jake had fun putting around the course.
He was too cute in his new hat!
All done golfing! Good job kids!
The kids had a lot of fun, especially hitting their ball in the water!
Miniature golf
This was a lot of fun.
The family at Lake Michigan
The kids had to have at least one trip to the beach while we were in Wis.
Um, Uncle Brent has s'mores on his chin.
We enjoyed Brent and Julie's new fire pit by making s'mores.
John Deere cake!
Julie made this cake for him. It was really cute.
New bike from Aunt Julie and Uncle Brent!
He's not too sure about it! He's a bit tipsy!
Happy 3rd Birthday Jake!!
This was his birthday dinner at Bravo's with Grandma and Pa.
Mommy and Jake
Jake's cool glasses.
Jake thought these sunglasses would protect him from the loud fireworks
July 4th at Purdue's fireworks
We are waiting patiently for the fireworks to start.
Potty training is a pain in the neck
Thankfully this didn't end up on funniest home videos!
Helms Farm women
Mike and Phyllis Garner
Party guests
Toad man
Jude was determined he's never let this toad go.
Evan
That's a snake Jackson is holding!
Aiden says, "Cheese!"
Gunnar
How's the food?
Jilian, Kaity and Audrey
Jilian was thrilled to have her friends at her birthday party!
7 year olds
I cannot believe these two are 7 years old! Seems like yesterday we were trying to figure out how to juggle two babies. They were perfect little babies and even more perfect now! Aren't they adorable???
Bee Hive Cake
Awesome cake Aunt Julie!!
Some of the cousins and friends that were at the party.
We had a hard time getting the kids to stand still for this picture. I think they just wanted to get the cake!
Happy Birthday!
This is Jackson with his frog/bug cake he helped decorate.
Happy 7th Birthday to Jackson and Jilian!
This is Jilian's butterfly cake. She helped deocrate it herself!
Three little turtles
I really wish they made goggles that didn't make you look like a dork!
Swimming Pool!
Jackson enjoyed riding around on the lobster raft. He didn't like the fact that if you move the slightest bit you fall in the water.
Junie smoking a cigar
Junie just can't take it anymore! Jeffy has driven her to smoking.
Tea anyone?
Side view
Pretty tea party outfit
She got to pick out some fancy clothes to put on for the tea.
Tea Party
Jilian is eating peanut butter and jelly bears. They were really cute. Jilian was princess for the day!
A close up
OUCH!
Ice cream makes everything better, even a busted head!
Jake split his head open on the tailgate of Jon's truck.
Jilian and Zora
In our short time with Basil, Becca and Zora we sure thought Zora was adorable!
Jude and the little lamb
Jake loves Carol's dog
The kids liked Carol's dog, sheep, ducks and chicks
Grandpa enjoying the fire
Cyril and the kids
The kids loved playing with Cyril. This is the night of the cookout/bonfire
The Gator
Grandma is getting on the gator, probably to go check on the chicken
The zoo in DC
Once again we visit a zoo! This one was really fun, lots of neat animals to see.
The Natural History Museum in DC
This is the second year we've gone to this museum. The kids really liked the 3-D dinosaur movie
Happy Birthday Grandpa Roger!
We'll just show the picture of his birthday cake, not the birthday Subway sandwich w/ candles
Rockets!
Jackson and Jude took rockets to shoot off at Grandma and Grandpa's
Jackson, Jilian, Jude and Jake sitting on the steps at Grandma Dot's
This is a really cute picture but I didn't realize I was standing on an ant hill when I was taking it. OUCH!
How many Hoversland boys does it take to get things rolling?
This was the day they decided to start haying. It was REALLY HOT!!
Cowboy Jake Wyatt
Jake was wearing Grandpa's hat to keep the sun off his head
Swimming at the hotel
Jackson and Jilian were eager to test out their swimming skills at the hotel pool on our way to Maryland
Life is a bowl of cherries...
Jilian is enjoying a day of sunshine and cherries
Sittin' around the fire
Lake, Brent and Julie stayed the night.
Aunt Julie and Jilian
After cleaning up the tornado damage we enjoyed hanging out in the gazebo here.
Dad cutting up a tree
The boys cut up and hauled trees all day. The girls helped too!
Eric and Sara's house
The front porch was pretty much taken out!
These are the trees down in Eric's yard. Notice the telephone or power line hanging down.
There was water standing everywhere! I guess nobody will be mowing the grass very soon!
Tree down by Donna's house
We were glad the kid's climbing tree didn't get knocked down!
Anyone know what kind of plant this is?
The flowers on this plant are so pretty but I have no idea what kind it is.
More flowers
This looks so much better than the way it was!
The Great Hoversland Wall is finished!!
Thank goodness for a nice Memorial Day! Jon finished the wall and we planted a lot of flowers and plants.
Front flowerbeds
We are hoping it will stay warm enough for some of these flowers to bloom!
Indianapolis 500
Jon enjoyed his time at the race.
Jackson and Forrest
These two made fast friends, they are playing a game of baseball.
When do we eat cake?
The party goers- Jilian, Jude, Graham and Jackson.
Teenager!!
Lake's party was at the Roachdale gunclub. Everyone had fun shooting and eating brats!
Lake's 13th birthday party
Lake's cakes had hunting and fishing pictures on them. yum!
The Wall is almost done!
The Great Hoversland Wall
Will it ever be done? Jon works on it in his spare time. haha
First day of first grade
They have grown a lot in a year!
Last day of first grade
I can't believe the year is already over. Jackson and Jilian loved first great and did an awesome job all year long!!
Science Award
It was no surprise to me or anyone else in the first grade that Jackson would get the science award. He was pretty proud of himself!
Jackson's picnic story
Jackson's story had to be about a picnic. His picnic was in the rainforest with monkeys.
Citizenship award
Jilian's teacher said Jilian was the one kid you could always count on to be a friend or help out in the classroom.
Award Day
Jilian is reading her "favorite weekend" story to the class and their parents. Hers was about the weekend Kate and Roger brought their four wheeler down and they went sledding.
ZZZzzzzz...
What was in that food?
Sissy one and Sissy two
Jilian loves playing mommy to Alyssa
Up in the famous climbing tree
The monkey family - Jackson,Evan,Jude and Jilian
Watch out!
Jake better watch out behind him!!
Pa and Jackson planting the garden
Jackson is quite pleased to be helping
Jude's friend Ryan
These two got in trouble for talking a lot.
Jude's buddy Nate
The class clowns??
Jeffy P Puggle
He's waiting to sneak in the house
Lit'l Bits
Wonder what Jake is feeding him???
Junie B Jones-Hoversland
Posing with this beautiful stick
My four munchkins
I sure do like being their mommy!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
We love you Grandma Lydia/Mom
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
We love you Grandma Kate/Momma Kate
Jilian on the frog
We caught up with Jilian's class and got this picture
Jake on caterpillar
I think Jake thought it was just a striped horse
Jude on the caterpillar
Jude liked climbing on the caterpillar and butterfly
Two bald eagles
These guys are so beautiful!
Mrs. Sennesac and Jude
Jude with his preschool teacher after graduation.
Dinner at Bravo's
We enjoyed our day at the 500 track and dinner at Bravo's with Gordon and Myrna, Ingrid, Gunnar and Aiden.
Preschool graduation
Jude has graduated from preschool! Here he is on the stage where he sang his little heart out.
Little Hovies at Sea World
The kids loved the animals at sea world!
About Me
- JHoversland
- I have decided to take an adventure. I have decided to eat only "clean" foods for 30 days.. This means I will eat nothing that can't be grown or raised. In 30 days I hope to look and feel healthy and happy.
2 comments:
Jake is SUCH a big boy....I hope he really likes pre-school. I feel sorry for him being without his brothers and sister! And poor Mommy...all that free time!
We had a good convention (McCordsville) - looks like the kids enjoyed Yellow Springs, too!
I can't believe Jake is in pre-school. These babies grow up so fast, I always heard people say that but never really understood until having kids.
I love the Yellow Springs pics...is that why the camper is called a party barge?! Yahoo, may it live on to see another year of conventions!
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