Claire wrote my name herself on the driveway today - awww!
Papa held Maverick so he could go back to sleep - awww!
Mara AnnMarie - 11 months
Maverick Barrett - 14 months
Maxwell Christopher - 2 3/4 years
Broden Riley - 3 1/2 years
Claire Elizabeth - 4 1/4 years
We see little Mara growing up so quickly each day. Here she is, caught climbing on the table
Oh yea, baby, we caught you! Check out the ruffled skirt!
Brody loves every opportunity to help Uncle Sean and Papa "farm". Getting dirty is just a bonus!
Brody has perfected the bead stringing...
Mara loves to take apart the dollhouse. Can't wait to watch her put it together and organize it.
Mara and Maverick are busy with the workbench at the Park basement, even though the repetitive noise gives Omi a headache.
Brody and Claire love any chance to drive around the farm on their gator!
Claire and Maverick share a quiet moment. Both are cuddlers!!
When we were little, our Grandma Mieska (Edna) came to our house on the farm all the time to help - with gardening, canning, harvesting, cooking. Today so reminded me of this. GG was shelling peas and snapping beans. Brody may have eaten more than he shelled, but...
Some things never change - the taste of fresh peas from the garden, sitting with your grandma and learning how to harvest produce
Uncle Sean and Auntie Heather bought the kids a McDonald's play set. They love it.
It does everything! Max loves taking your order and punching it it, and getting paid!
They all take turns taking the order, wearing the headset and microphone. Future??
Omi wanted to capture the kids all together again. They have on their matching neck buffs from the family reunion. Sometimes the cutest pics are just goofy.
More goofy, they all want to check out each other and see how they look.
Oops, sometimes they look like they are in a lineup!
Awww, perfect. Aren't they something!
Bethanie's basement daycare location on Mondays. Quite the train going!
Max is just out of the shot, but he was a member of the group. They sure had fun!
Don't know why Max has a grumpy face, he was a very kind bus driver. Brody was eating.
Everyone - come play in the tent! It is now McDonald's. "Want fries with that?"
Mara and Claire in matching outfits.
They both ended up in the little rocker. Mara is wearing a big-girl outfit,
pink striped tshirt and jean skirt - along with Claire skirt outfit.
Mara is standing on her own by furniture and Claire likes to play by her.
Matching pink corduroy skirts,
Mara always crosses her ankles. We'll watch her as she grows and see how long it lasts.
OK, that's about enough photo attempts, Omi!
Cuties!
Claire loves to jump into the water. Aunt Sue caught her over, and over, and over...
Maverick is enjoying a boat ride,
beached!
Barry (and Brody) is always willing to pull folks on Big Mabel with the jetski!
Whitney, Claire, Everleigh and Andy were on board this trip.
More jumping...
Another ride with Max this time.
Omi is helping the boys make sand castles. Max's MO was to knock them right over!
Max also spent a lot of time choosing awesome rocks too.
GG is working with Brody on projects. Glue in shapes and then add sprinkles.
This was an attempt at Ellie (Maverick's sleep elephant).
He ate all the sprinkles that didn't stick to the glue, I mean all of them!
Claire and Mara are having fun with baby bottles, and just laughing...
and cracking up...
demo...
Brody and Claire went to Lonsdale Bible Camp in August - all alone this time, too!
Here they are with their teacher (Cheryl) and helper and the class.
Mara likes to hide under the table and peek a boo!
