Out on the Swing

Luke took these pictures the other day while the girls and I were out playing on the swing in our backyard. The girls were making funny faces and some of the pictures are quite hilarious!

Downtown Fun

This Is The Place

Last Friday was the "free"day at This Is The Place and so we took the kids up. It rained a bit while we were there but we still had fun! Of course the girls loved the train ride and the animals the best.

Free Photoshoot!

Luke is having a contest/give-a-way on his blog right now and the prize is a

family portrait session for free with a disc of images included!

All you have to do is leave a comment on his blog to enter. Or email him at plukehansen@gmail.com. The winner will randomly be chosen on Wednesday, June 16th.

Wheeler Farm with my Cousins!

These are my cousins LeAnn and Reese, and the little one is Tess (my daughter). We spent Friday afternoon at Wheeler Farm. My Aunt JoLynn, cousin Nate, and Grandma were also there. The weather was just perfect and we had a great time.

The kids really enjoyed what they called "duck mania." We had some leftover rolls from dinner and they took the rolls over to the ducks. Soon they were totally surrounded! I wish we had gotten some pictures of it.

Playing some cards at the picnic table.

Grandma at the "outhouse"!

Soccer

We got Ava in a neighborhood soccer league and today was the first day. Ava got a new green soccer ball and pink shin guards. We took a few pictures this morning while we were waiting for the team to arrive.

Tess played at the park while Luke took pictures of Ava. Instead of helping her climb on the equipment he took pictures as she fell. (She was fine though.) See the following sequence below:

Just one random sepia colored picture for variety I guess.

Ava's team, "the Tigers" passed out their jersey's before practice today. Ava is number 5.

Practicing before the game.

Team cheer: Go Orange!

Luke is an assistant coach, helping with practice before the game and substitutions during the game.

Ava played really well and was assertive in trying to get the ball.

Here she used her body to box out the blue team! Way to go!

Ava almost scored a goal. The ball hit the cone and bounced out. She was sad about that but we cheered her on anyway. In the end her team lost 1 - 0. This picture is her walking back to me after the game.

I took most of the action pictures which is why they're a bit out of focus. Ava has 5 more weeks of soccer to go, so we'll be posting more pictures again soon!