Emma and Johnny relaxing with Andrew and Lenzie. Andrew works for Jonathan and he married Lenzie this summer. They come over every Thursday night for a meal and the weekly episode of The Office. We are in Life Group (Bible study) together and we all lead the youth group at our church. We enjoy their company tons! The kids love them too.
I was making bread last week when disaster struck. I was adding flour to the mixer as it was kneading the dough when the measuring cup got too close to the dough hook and was pulled into the bowl. Before I could turn the machine off, the measuring cup scooped up a big cup full of dough and then got catapulted out. Emma was the lucky recipient. She and my counter were covered with dough and flour. She was a good sport about it all. At first she said, "Sorry, mommy." When I told her it wasn't her fault and that I did it she said, "Mom, why did you do that to me???" I told her it was an accident and that I was sorry. :) Especially since I had to clean up the mess.
Big sister Annie playing with Anderson on the kitchen rug.

Emma enjoying her Halloween basket from Granny and Grandpa the night before the big day. Candy sure does make her weirdly happy.
Annie finds a sucker in her basket.

Our little chicken wandering aimlessly.
John enjoying his gum.
Emma and her friend Joby bowling for candy.
Emma the ladybug, Annie the chicken, Johnny the lion, and Anderson the little chile pepper. We went to First Baptist Santa Fe for their annual Harvest Festival. The kids get to play games to win candy. With four kids to deal with we didn't get too many pictures this year. :)

Bedtime stories.

While Granny was here she took the big kids to the Albuquerque zoo.
I scream...
You scream...
We all scream for ice cream!
The flamingos were a big hit, Granny said.

Anderson on daddy's shoulder. He's 2 weeks old and has such a strong neck.
Getting burped by mom.
Enjoying his activity mat.
I do think John got SOME of the ice cream in his mouth!
So handsome.

Daddy at the hospital with Anderson. We had to spend the night there when he was 4 days old because he had a high case of jaundice. He had to sleep under special lights. As of last Friday, his levels were great...no more tests!
Parts of the night he slept on me and we turned the ligths on us. It was the brightest night I have had in a while.

It turned out perfect because we had a granny and a grandma in New Mexico at the time. They stayed home with the big kids while we were gone over night with Anderson. They came to visit us on Sunday morning. Thanks gals for all you did. :)



Annie being cute.

We've had a couple of requests for a picture of the 4th Grassmick child before he makes his entrance into the world. Last night Melissa and I went to a party for her 30th birthday and I got this picture of her.

We spent Labor Day weekend at Maranatha Bible and Missioniary Camp on Lake Michigan with the Grassmick clan. Everyone got to be there and we had a great time. Jim, our brother in law was the speaker for the weekend. It was great to hear what he had to say.
In this picture Lake Michigan is behind us. It was a beautiful place.

Jonathan at the beach with the kids. Emma LOVED the water. John could definitely do without.

Annie getting some lovin' from Daddy.

John running from the waves of Lake Michigan.

George, Emma, and Johnny after an afternoon swim.

Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Andrew, and Aunt Heather with all the kids expect Grace (she made a huge mess at dinner and had to go back to the room and change!)

The kids buried in the sand.

Uncle Jim with George and Johnny trying to find Emma's toes.

We spent several days at Jonathan's sister's house. There family is Jim and Lisa and kids George, Grace, and Abigail. This is the big kids taking a bath.

Uncle Jim was a great bedtime story reader.

The big kids got to eat in the "boat" as George called it.

Uncle Andrew reading to Annie.

The kids are having fun at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. They were playing bank in this shot.

Our big family vacation this year was to Michigan for a Grassmick Family reunion. Before we went to MI the girls and I flew to Wisconsin to see the Wold Family (Chet, Jessica, Anna, and Travis). They are the friends that moved away from NM last spring. Jonathan drove up with Johnny a few days later and then from there we drove to MI. This is Emma, Johnny, and Anna in the field behind the Wold's house. It was green and beautiful when we were there.

Annie and Travis in the bath.

Emma and Anna in the bath.

The kids enjoying doughnuts at the local bakery. Yum!

Jessica let Emma pick out her outfit and hair accessories for the day. Jess put the bow in Emma's hair too. It was a flashback to the 80's.

Anna and Emma wearing cowgirl hats and loving it.

Johnny sporting Granny's glasses during her recent visit.

My mom brought her Aunt Shirley when she came. Annie enjoyed the extra attention.

Daddy has a full lap. Where's the next one going to go???

Annie enjoying some good ole summer time watermelon.

Jonathan and me with two other youth leaders, Andrew and Lenzie (on the far left) and 3 youth during a recent service project. The girls pulled weeds and the guys cut down some dead trees and chipped them for the lady in our church that does the nursery class.
Our family enjoyed a day at the amusement park in Albuquerque with the youth.


Emma and Johnny helping out with Grandma's Molasses Cookies (daddy's favorite). They got to press them with a sugar-bottomed cup.