Gabe's 10th Birthday

We had Gabe's birthday at the rec dept on Friday. We had it on Friday because it was the beginning of spring Break and we were worried people would be leaving for vacation on Saturday. We had a lot show up and they had a blast!

We broke them up into 2 groups to play dodgeball. Here Clay is telling everyone the rules. Then it is game on! They played for about an hour, everyone was sweating but had tons of fun.

Then it was to the party room for pizza, cake, and presents!

After cake and all, it was back out to the court for more ball, first basketball, then kickball for another 30 to 40 mintues.

Here is the mötley crew! Check out theslideshow of the rest of the party below.

Catfishing with the Boys

Clay left Wednesday to go on his annual catfish camping trip with his cousin and friends. Gabe and Cecelia took the boys after school on Friday. They fished for 4 nights and caught over 200 catfish.

The first night they caught over 80. They took up most of the boat.

Each day it took several hours to clean all the fish. Clay, Josh, and Phil spent a lot of time at the fish cleaning station.

Clay looking over his stash of catfish. Man that is a boat load.


Each morning they would go out on the boat to check the lines and pick up any fish they caught. It gets pretty cool in the morning time.

They have to go out in the evening to bait the hooks.
Behind Pierce you can see the shoals, one of their favorite places to put lines.

When they are not catching fish or baiting hooks, the boys like to ride bikes.

Gabe even taught Pierce how to ride a bike with no hands! Eek! Let's hope we don't have to go to the hospital again for a broken bone.

Monkey Joe's

Friday we had no school, so Kaye and I decided to take the kids to do something. We had hoped for a hiking trip to the mountains but the rain prevailed. So, off to Monkey Joe's to get some energy out!

Most of the pictures were horrible. Blurry, kids running through the picture with only a head, or just a jumping thing (kids long gone) in the picture. But Jamie, Gabe, Pierce, and Jodie had fun even while I chased them around trying to get a good picture or two.

A brief moment of calm.

We are thirsty! So slushies were a must! But mama wasn't aloud to have a sip! Greedy turkeys! Kaye was smart and bought her own.

I had to wait until they were at the bottom to get this picture. But man, it is cute.
So are those kids!

Even the mamas had a good time while the rugrats played.

Kayaking on the Hudson River

We bought the boys smaller kayaks like ours. Clay had been looking for some for a long time and found these on Craig's list in Carnesville. Yes, I said Carnesville! They were meant for us.

Gabe and Pierce now have their own kayaks. They fly on these like they are pros.

Gabe is trying to look at me.

Clay is too cool.

My boys look good going down the river.

Clay and Gabe

Pierce loves his new kayak.

After kayaking, we went to check the fish basket. We didn't catch much, a few horny heads, carp, and one that I can't remember the name of. But no catfish.

Pierce heading back to the truck.

Madison's Birthday at Funopolis

Madison had her 7th birthday at Funopolis! Check out the slideshow to see the fun.