To Char

Hi Char,

I'm so glad you found our blog! How can I get in touch with you? Our email address is jamesaimee@kinfolkonline.net. Please email me or leave another comment with your email address and I'll email you.

It's great to hear from you!
Aimee

Us

Happy 10th Anniversary Sweetie!

This is actually a card James made for me when we were first married. Isn't he clever?


Before James' mission.

Our engagement picture.

I have lots of other pictures of the two of us, including wedding photos, but they are mostly all non-digital and our scanner isn't working so well right now. Maybe next year I'll post some of them.

The School Playground

Every summer the kids ask and ask to go play at the playground at their school. The big kids want to go because they like having the playground to themselves rather than crowded like it is at recess. And the little kids like it because it's the school playground and anything having to do with the school is just cool! So yesterday we finally went. It was only about 65 degrees and pretty cloudy so you'll see jackets in some of the pictures.

Noah wasn't quite sure what to think of this bubble window. He liked it, but he wouldn't lean out into it. He started to a couple of times, but then always pulled back. I think he was afraid that it wasn't really there.

During this last school year Annie mastered the art of "skipping on the rings." She actually calls them monkey bars, but I call them rings. She is really good and fast though!

Ellen's New Do

Ellen has been asking me for a couple of months now to cut her hair. So yesterday I finally did it. I cut it right where she asked me to and I think it looks really cute!

Sleeping Brothers

James and I went out on a date last night and when we got home and checked on all the kiddos, this is what we found.

This morning Stephen said that Noah was sad at bed time, so he brought Noah to his bed and all was well.

Humphries/Haeberle Camp Out

We had such a wonderful time at our family camp out in Kilgore.

Squeezes from Grandpa

Oh, I love my family!

The Three Year Olds

Lalain, Hanna, Brad, Luke, Joseph, Naomi

The five of us.

I just love this picture.

My handsome friend, Joseph.

My Grandmothers

My Grandfathers

Dinner

Playing at Aldous Lake

Stephen and Miles

Playing with the potato gun.

Naomi's thoughts on the flag

James' parents have a flag pole in their front yard and always have a flag flying. After looking at it one day, Naomi said, "Look! It's the United States of America. On a stick."

Rexburg Spray Park

Last week Mom, the kids and I met up with James' Mom and sisters Alice and Rachel and sisters-in-law Julie and Kylie and all their children at the Rexburg Spray Park. The kids got nice and wet on a hot day and we had a nice picnic too. We sure are enjoying this time with cousins!

Joshua, Ruby, Godwin, Naomi, Xela, and Lida

Andrew, Benjamin, and Joshua (I think)

Noah finally getting brave enough to touch the water.

Scott and Stephen

Naomi, Xela, and Lida

Ellen, Annie,and Noah

Andrew, Stephen, and Benjamin

Noah and Helam

Sand Dunes

Quick note to explain a little more about Ellen's arm. She and a few of her cousins were all jumping on the trampoline together at James' parents house. They were having a great time when all of a sudden Ellen and Samuel (Stuart and Chaney's 2nd child) collided. It was actually Ellen's arm and Samuel's head. Samuel ended up with a big bump on his head.

The kids and I went to the Sand Dunes on Monday and had fun. It had rained early that morning so the sand was nice and wet and cool just under the top layer. After we had been there for about an hour, it started to get a little windy so we decided to leave. I'm glad we did because it just kept getting windier. We did have a very nice time as you can see in the pictures.

Another One Bites the Dust

This is old news to some, sorry for the delay for the rest of you.

We thought one broken arm was enough for our summer. Guess not, because Ellen broke her arm on the 4th.

She actually broke her wrist. But she's doing great and is like Stephen too because she didn't have to have a cast either. Her bones were all in the right place too so the Dr. said that if she would be careful she would be ok with just a splint. WHEW!!! Hers is a little easier to take on and off for baths, and it is black so no dirt is showing. If we had to have another broken arm, I'm glad it's turning out this way.

This is the only picture I have of both Stephen and Ellen wearing splints. (Stephen was supposed to be using the sling too, but as you can see it mostly just hung on his back.) But now Stephen doesn't have to wear the splint all the time. He's supposed to wear it if he's playing outside, but we've been pretty lax about that. He's been pretty careful though. After the 20th he is a free man. Ellen still has another 3-4 weeks to go.