Hitters

Kateri

Mara

Vaccination day

This was the before picture for Pia.

Siblings

In birth order from left: Charlie, Marilyn, Phil, Galen and James. Second youngest Fred was not in Kansas.

Stuff Mara says

Occasionally at the dinner table, and once during Mass: "I smell cow poop!"

Whenever she sees a frog: "It gonna eat me!" (This is often accompanied by tears.)

When she feels the need to give me instructions on keeping some item safe: "Don't let the chicken get it!"

Ready for my close-ups!

Four days of fever

But she made it through last night and was her old self today. Boy did she look rundown for a while.

Pia and Grandma

Isaiah is 8

Birthday season is in full swing.

Walk

Summer swing

Never a dull moment

6? 6!

Bernadette just keeps growing.

Tabletop soccer

Isaiah set it up himself.

Kateri has had a long week.

Inquiring mind

Bernadette has been asking some really interesting questions lately. Here's a small sample:

How do people make seeds?

Are butterflies waterproof?

How do people make diamonds?

Will some people live until the end of the world?

How do people clean water?

Check back for updates as she asks more and/or we remember more of them. :)

Marshall County Fair

Making the Lego racetrack.

The ride Isaiah regrets.

Isaiah telling the club about his project, for which he received a blue ribbon.

In motion

Pia's baptism

Archbishop Naumann baptized Pia at the cathedral in KCK. Rob Peschel and Mary Ryan are her godparents. 

July

Grandma Friedrichs and the kids decorated the cake.

Isaiah and Mara