Wedding!

The oldest boy cousins on the Schoeny side (missing the 5 youngest).

All the girl cousins on the Schoeny side (they're outnumbered)!




Madeline climbing the steps at the Washington D.C. Temple. She's been talking about and planning her wedding, wedding dress, etc. every since this:) I guess we have a few years to plan:))

My brother, Joseph, got married to Alyssa this past summer. It was a beautiful wedding. It poured the entire weekend, but it turned to a mist outdoors while we got these and more pictures. I'm glad they got some pictures in front of the temple!







Us!


Chocolate Bars



Refreshing!



Madeline and Trevor dancing.


Trevor was a good sport for about an hour of Madeline dragging him around!





Luncheon.

Owen in his little tux!

Cousins.

Enjoying some sparkling punch.

Orioles game!

The kids all got free tickets to the Orioles game for reading this past summer.

We used them in August.

They had a blast with their cousins who also got free 'library' tickets.

Makena and Madeline enjoyed cheering.

I'm not sure if Madeline knew what she was cheering for,

but she enjoyed it anyway.

Scout Camp

Joshua had a great time at Scout Camp this year. They were able to have camp on the Bay, so they had classes like water skiing, boating, and other great water sports.

Joshua got to climb daily!

Joshua said the food was great!

Polar Bear Swim early in the morning, only Joshua said it was pretty hot, so he wouldn't call it a Polar Bear Swim.

More boating!

Exhausted after a week of adventure!

All City Swim Meet

We have been so busy lately, that it's hard for me to keep up with blogging much about all that's going on. I'm a little late in posting these pictures, but the boys did really well in their All City Swim Meet. They all placed in several events swimming against the whole city!!! Perhaps part of it is all that swimming they did while living in AZ. Above is Cameron starting one of his events (black and orange suit).


Joshua starting one of his events (black and orange suit).

Friend, William, Zachary, and cousin, Tyler.

Madeline wanted her picture taken with Cameron's purple ribbon!

Zachary with his 2nd place medal in All City!

Cousin Makena and Cameron before competing.

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Joshua with one of his 3rd place All City Medals!

Cameron, Joshua, and Zachary with their medals and ribbons! They tried their best, had a blast, and did great! What a fun day it was!

Happy Birthday Zachary!

OK, so I'm a little late in posting this, but Zachary turned 10 on July 30th! Whoo Hoo! He really wanted to have his party at his Uncle David and Aunt Joni's house.

He got some great gifts!

.....more gifts....



For some reason, Zachary picked out a giant bird as his pinata. We think it was a Parrot, but we weren't exactly sure. Whatever it was, the kids had a grand time hitting it and finally Cameron broke it and the kids got all the candy!!! I think some adults got candy too, I guess they thought they were some of the kids....don't know.

I made a bunch of pan pizza's from scratch (took me a whole day) a few days before the party, froze them, and reheated them on the grill. They actually turned out really well! They were some of the best pan pizza's I've ever tasted.

Some of the kids enjoying a pizza break.

More kids eating pizza. YUM!

WAR! Zachary wanted to have a war for his party. All I have to say is the kids had a great war. My brother has a pretty large and secluded yard, so yelling, screaming, squirting, running, acting like crazy people, and whatever else suits your fancy works in his yard. I don't know his neighbors either, so that's a PLUS!!!

More squirting and running around getting dirty. What a great party for mostly boys.

We are so so so glad that Zachary is a part of our family. Zachary's the one who tends to remain calm, cool, and collected, under times of stress. Zachary is the child with the good head on his shoulders. He's the kid that you go to when you need good advice, when you need a true friend. Zachary is the middle boy, the peacemaker, the child that puts you in your place when you're being irrational. He's the child that see's the true potential in everyone. Happy 10th Birthday Zachary! We love you! What would we ever do without you!?

Happy 4th!

These were our celebrations of the 4th. We all had a wonderful time swiming, splashing, socializing, laughing, canoeing, fishing, creating our very own fireworks show, eating, and then laughing some more!

New Glasses

Joshua went on his first temple trip here

with the youth from his ward.

He's sporting his cool new glasses here too!

Here is Joshua on a scout campout here.
He has a phenomenal scout troop here too, by the way!