Happy 6th Birthday Big Boy Aidan!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR LITTLE MAN!!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

Six years old!!! Oh my.... we had a birthday party for Aidan at Silver Creek when we were camping over Memorial Day weekend. Most of his friends were there anyway so we thought we might as well have it there. Aidan did invite a few other friends from T-ball so he was so excited!! I can't believe how old he is getting. My baby is six!!! Do I feel old!!!

Memorial Day weekend........

What a wonderful weekend camping with great friends!! We had wonderful weather, food and fun!! Here are just a few pictures.... I was having too much fun to get my camera out at times!! The kids had a blast!! On Sunday there were about 40 kids there! They had a great game of whiffle ball going! What a blast for the kids and adults! Can't wait for next year!!

Where did the month of May go????

Here are the boys at the school picnic- what a beautiful day! I can't believe another school year has come and gone!! I do feel a little sad about that! I think come August I will be ready for it to begin all over again, though! I can't believe Jacob is going to be in the Middle School!! I feel so sad about that! I know that he will be fine but it's still so scary! I am very proud of him! Mr. E, hands out awards at the end of the year and he recieved the most in his class. The first one is The Michael Jordan award-for showing great athletic promise, the Math Brainiac award-for understanding math concepts well beyond his time (takes after his dad- Thank God!!) The
Behind the Scene award- for quietly doing things right the first time without ever being asked-The George Washington award - for being a leader others want to follow. I am so proud of this boy!! I can not tell you how amazed we are that he is the way he is! He is such a good boy and we are so lucky for him!! He is a great example for his younger brothers!! Zachary had a great year, also! He loved both of his teachers this year. He does so well with school- I don't think we will have to ever worry about him and his grades. He's a very bright boy. Mrs. B & B told us that he would finish his work and they would then have him take a few kids out in the hall that were struggling and he would help them with their work. He loves to do that! He thinks he would like to be a teacher when he gets older- I think he would be great at that!! So proud of little Z man!! Elijah finished 1st grade with all 4's too. He too, was actually chosen to be in an accelerated reading group this year along with Jacob and Zachary- He did very well in school, too. He made a lot of new friends and was very quiet in school. We couldn't believe what Mrs. Wolffis was telling us about Eli- she couldn't believe when we told her he has a temper and he's so strong willed. I am so glad that he knows when the appropriate time to behave in that manner. But, we love him for who he is!! Way to go, Pete!! Then there is Aidan! He will be going into Kindergarten next year. He loved school!! He has really become so much more confident this past year. Young 5's has been a great thing for him!! He had a wonderful teacher, too!! We are so blessed to have such smart and wonderful boys!! I wish my dad was here to see the boys and how they are growing up and becoming such wonderful kids!! I know he would be very proud!!!!!!

Zachary and his good friend Sam.

The boys on the last day of school- our traditional "ride our bike to school day" What a fun day!!! Aidan made it all the way there- but whining for most of the way!! Luckily, I still had the bike seat on the back of my bike and he rode in that on the way home from school. Last year for that with Jacob- Sniff Sniff :(
I love you boys with all my heart and soul!!!!!!!

Some pics of the last day of school and the school picnic. Where did the time go? I guess when you are busy with life it just passes you buy!!

Double Take.....

I didn't think that Jacob looked like Kevin but when I came across this picture of Kevin when he was 12 years old I was amazed!! Jacob does look like his dad!! Not only does he look like him he acts just like him!!! Just had to post it!!

RUNNING...RUNNING....AND MORE RUNNING!!!

Well, in case if anyone doesn't know - I am training for the 5/3 River Bank Run in Grand Rapids. It's a well known 15 mile road race here. So I'm sorry for not updating my blog - I have been literally running....driving the boys to and from baseball practice.... and running (throw in there making dinner, laundry, working and house cleaning, homework)- you get the picture!! Ughhhhh!!! With Kevin not around during the week because of his baseball team- it's up to me to get each boy to their designated practices. So, I promise I will get to this blog thing soon!! I need to dust off my camera and get it ready for some baseball pics too! So stay tuned- don't give up on me yet!!! Also, the race is May 9th- almost done on the running- THANK GOD!!!!!!

Elijah Roger is 7 years old!!!

Can you believe it??? Eli is 7! I know I can't! What can I say about Elijah. I can say he is truely the most passionate and loving little boy I know! He has so much of the Ream traits that I sometimes say he is my brother and dad all in one!! But, I can surely say he loves us with all his heart!!! He will probably be the only one of the boys that will take care of us when we get old and all the traits that he has now will certainly get him through the tough times ahead as a teenager and young adult. No one is going to tell him to do something- he will be a leader not a follower. He is so strong willed and stubborn that I could see him successfully doing anything that he sets out to do! We are so lucky to have a son like him! He keeps us on our toes and without him I don't know what we would talk about!! He certainly makes life interesting and we love him very much!!! We are so proud of him! Happy Birthday Pete!!! Eli had five of his friends over to spend the night. It was fun! At times, crazy! At times, maddening!! Like one of the mom's of the little boy said "you are crazy!" Eli hardly ever gets to have anyone of his friends over to spend the night so I thought he needs to have this! I know he had a blast and thought he was pretty cool!! His friends all to himself!! There was not much sleep that night. Last I checked around 1:00 Am they were still awake! Then they were all up before 6 AM! I'm getting too old for this!!

Shipshewana here we come!!!

We had a fun Mid-Winter Break in Shipshewana, Indiana. We took the boys to an indoor water park and they had a blast. Here is Zachary on the lazy river.

Elijah is also enjoying the lazy river.
Aidan loved it!!

Here is Aidan coming down one of the body slides.

Eli going down another body slide.

If you notice - no pics of Jacob. He only went on the big slides and I could never catch up to him to get his picture. It was a fun place but it's definately not as big as Great Wolf or Double JJ. By far Doule JJ is the boys' favorite place. But it was a welcome break from the business in our lives. We then went on to stay a few days with Dustie and Adam and had a great time! It was a nice, relaxing and family bonding trip! I think Kevin and I have as much fun as the boys going down the slides!! We love it!!!
Just a little funny story. If anyone knows Shipshewana they know it is primarily Amish country. The boys were amazed by them- they have been there alot of times but we never stopped and really seen them. Well, after seeing all the horse and buggies Eli speaks up and says "hey dad, it's like the 1970's huh!" We just laughed! Boy, did we feel old since we were born in the 1970's!!!