Susannah's Princess Party!

Susannah turned 8 February 11th! She had a princess party at Claire's where her and her friends got to dress up and walk the runway wearing anything they wanted from the store. Their makeup was also done by Tiffany who was in charge of and made the whole party possible, thank you Tiffany! Here are some of the best shots of the night, enjoy!

CHRISTmas [2011]

This year was a great Christmas for our family. We got to spend the day whole day at "Aunt Daffys" house enjoying family, opening presents, and eating way to much candy. Here are some of the best shots from our immediate and extended family Celebrations.

river house!

once again, we hit the mississippi with the trunnell's and hummel's! lots of tubing, skiing, swimming, and riding the wave runners! we had the best year yet, and here are some pictures to prove it!

colorado

our family just took our first "real" vacation visiting, colorado! we had a great time and got to see some amazing animals! we stayed in denver, and met up with some old friends from when we lived here previously!

little cuties :)

susannah was in the yard playing outside on the first day we were all off of school, and she gave me some cute smiles :)

ella & payton

the family just took a trip to Des Moines to see our new twin cousins, payton & ella! they are so little and adorable, we couldn't get enough turns holding them!

playing in the sprinkler!

The Grotto

On Friday the 6th John, Sarah, and Stephen took a roadtrip to Sheldon Iowa to drop off all the shoes we collected for "Soles for Soules" we had a great time and got to go visit the Grotto. Here are some pictures, even though it does much more to see it in person!

Spring Break!

This year for spring break our family took a road trip to Iowa City. Kelly and Sarah got several wonderful hours shopping in the mall, while the boys and Susannah went to a history museum and had a great time! Here are some of the pictures that John took while they were there. toward the end the trip, we went to "planet X" on our way home and played for the last few hours of the trip.

Learning to ride a bike!

Susannah got a new bike for her 7th birthday in February, and it has been so cold outside and she has not had a chance to ride it, but today was the day to break out the bike and learn how to ride it!

Happy Birthday Susannah!

Susannah turned 7 years old today! She is in first grade and loves every bit of it, to the homework and class time to friends and recess. Susannah had 6 friends over for her party witch included playing games and the wii, opening presents, eating treats and candy and having a blast! Here are some shots of her birthday party.

Superbowl!

Superbowl Sunday is an exiting Sunday for the Churches! For a few years we have been sharing the tradition of celebrating the Superbowl with the Trunnell's. We just hung around and chatted, ate lots of yummy snacks, and watched the exiting game! Here are some of the pictures I was able to grab, enjoy!