From Iowa

Most of you know we went to Iowa this summer as well. But I thought I'd post a few of those pictures as well. I thought you'd especially like to see Sophia on a horse. She looked nervous at first but quickly warmed up and didn't want to get down then. We got Max on the horse but not for long and we just couldn't get Alex up there. I couldn't leave out the picture of Grandpa Steffen wrestling the kids. And then decided to add a picute of Alex, Max and Mark on Alex's favorite part of the visit to Karen and Mark's, riding the ranger. Last I added a picture of Max with the kitten he became quickly attached to while we were there. I guess I'll have to post more pictures of the other things we did in Iowa another time. We had a great time seeing everyone.

More Vacation & a Clone Tropper

On our way home from Ohio we stopped at Niagara Falls, we just couldn't stop vacationing. And then just the other day Max bought a Clone Tropper helmet with his birthday/Christmas money, complete with sounds and everything.

Hi! Did you think we fell off the planet? July was a very busy,& very fun month. We went to Ohio to a resort with a big bunch of Randy's family. There is a picture of a group playing bocchi ball, the boys goofy golfing, and Sophia taking a bath in the sink. Alex was the king fisherman of the week. He caught 5 fish! Max went rafting not only once but twice. I went horseback riding and Randy golfed, and Sophia played alot. We all went on the go-carts, sat around the camp fire, took in some local site- seeing and had a great time.