Dustin's Blog

My brother, Dustin, just started his own blog where he will be posting poetry and songs that he writes... He is really gifted and I encourage any of you that have an appreciation for that sort of thing to check it out! He is looking for honest feedback of all kinds and he welcomes your comments. His site is www.poetofchrist.blogspot.com so get to it! :)

Special Visitors

Today we had a very special visit from Ryan's mom (aka Grandma Kim) and she brought with her two very special little people... Joel's, Jude's, and Rory's cousins J.J. and Sammy! They live near Nashville, TN so we don't get to see them very often and everyone was really excited. J.J. is a few months older than Jude so they had alot of fun playing together (and Joel loved having someone else to follow him around!). Sammy is a few weeks younger than Rory so they played marvelously together too! We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over a fire in the back yard and afterward played like crazy people out front! Here are some fun pictures of our time together.

Park Day

It was in the 70's today and absolutely beautiful!!!! Needless to say we couldn't stay inside, so we had a little excursion at the local park... Joel started school yesterday so it was just the little guys. We missed Joel. :)

Rory was having a blast playing hide-n-seek with Jude and Ryan!

Jude is a master climber.

Rory loves the swings! It's hard to get her to do anything else at the park!

Jude was actually climbing down from the four wheeler because he was mad at me for trying to take his picture! Tee-hee!

Boy Time

Here are a few pictures of the Hanewinkel men enjoying some quality time together... For your viewing pleasure! Ryan spends a lot of time reading to/with the kids (especially Joel and Jude) and they just soak it up. He is such a wonderful daddy!

Let's Catch Up...

Just thought I would show you all how much fun we had on the 4th of July since I haven't been very diligent about posting updates lately! Joel was super stoked this year b/c he got to shoot off some rockets all by himself! And Jude and Rory, well, let the pictures show you how much fun they had... They really liked the black snakes that grow on the ground when you light them. Ha! More updates and pictures to come soon!

Hi! We're Still Alive!

Hi all! Here's the deal... My batteries are dead in my camera so I haven't been able to get new pics to post on here. For some reason I just can't bring myself to post many updates w/out a good picture to go along w/ it! Why not just buy new batteries you say? Yes, that would solve the problem... If I could remember to leave Walmart w/ the stupid things actually in my bag! Oh well. Until then, peace out.

The Zoo!!!

We took a family trip to the zoo on Monday and it was so much fun! Her are a few pics... Of course, I forgot to pull the camera out when the kiddos decided to play under a little water fall (obviously man made). Oh well.

Rory and me! Joel and Jude are behind me looking at the prairie dogs.

Huge African elephants (these are Jude's favorite at the zoo).

Hmm... Well, it was that time of year for the tortoises! All of the kids around were like "Mom and Dad, what are they doing?" and all of us parents were like "Um, just giving each other piggy back rides, dear.". Joel is still convinced the big one on top was just trying to climb out! :)