Our latest family photos

Okay, so we are down to the countdown for our new baby! 11 days and counting! Here is a 3D image of him from about 3 months ago....

We think he looks a lot like Isaac, we will find out soon!

After having 6 babies we finally decided to do a baby "bump" family photo shoot. It was a lot of fun and we got alot of great photos. Here are just a few....

All of the girls

All of the boys

We also took the opportunity to get some individuals of each of the kids.....

Jonathan, 12 years

Gabriel, 9 years

Lukas, 6 years

Annelise, 4 years

Aliyah, 2 years

Isaac, 1 year

Our Summer Project

So this summer we had some friends move in.......

Last summer the same thing happened. A whole colony of honeybees built a hive on the chain of one of our bikes. Me, being afraid of the kids, (and myself!) getting stung had Ryan kill the whole colony with bug spray.

This summer, we had another colony move in! We decided to embark on a family project, Build a Beehive!

Once it was built, we made the big attempt to move them from the bike to the hive.....

Everything was going well and we were all excited to have our own real beehive! But, as you can see in the next photo there was already A LOT of honey in the previous hive..... So unfortunately we had more of a bee masacre than anything else. The bees ended up drowning in their own honey :( We were all very sad, especially after having worked so hard on the beehive. We learned a lot for next time, and hope to have the chance to "Build a Better Beehive" next time!

School started!

So, the summer break is OFFICIALLY over! Jonathan and Gabriel started school 3 weeks ago, and Lukas and Annelise started last week. It is nice to have everyone in a routine again! They are all riding the bus to school and home. Aliyah and Issac are enjoying their lazy days home with mom, and I am definately enjoying not having to drive Annelise to nursery anymore! Here are a few pictures of the kids at the park a few days ago...

Jonathan and Isaac racing home......

Aliyah on the Jungle Gym