The Kennedy Circus

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

August 2010

August was a hard month. Arby, our 10 year old golden retriever, was suddenly struggling with paralysis. $1000 in vet bills later we discovered he had cancer. We brought him home to have a last few days (we thought) with him and say our goodbyes. Here are some pictures from that month.

Abby is my night owl. Ezra is my thumb-sucker. Eli is my light sleeper. But Sarah is my DEEP sleeper! Thank goodness I have at least one...

The day after we found out Arby was sick. We often carried him out the in backyard to watch the kids play.

Power equipment! Nothing makes him happier.

Except maybe markers.

Our morning ritual of saying bye to Daddy (except on those EARLY mornings!).

One of our days at the neighborhood pool. We try to swim every Friday morning. It's fun for the kids. It's an exercise in terror for Mommy, with 2 non-swimmers and 1 sorta-kinda swimmer (Ezra).

Learning to clean up our own mess.

June and July 2010

Crazy 2 months, but a few pictures made it out!

No child loves danger and dirt as much as this one...

A last picture on the old couch before sending it off to live with our babysitter.

This one LOVES the computer. And I love his hair long like this. But it drives him crazy.

Happy Birthday to Daddy!

Abby (and Arby's) favorite place to snuggle up with a book.

Change of Command pictures: Eli and Daddy.

All the Kennedys (and the Jordans too!)

As Andy said, "everyone should have a family picture with a machine gun."

Home at last!

May 2010

Abby's first piano recital ... big success! She did great, very little nerves. Eli and Sarah were total disasters, though. Mommy missed most of the recital while walking them outside.

Thing 1 and Thing 2.

The Three Musketeers.

It's triathlon time! Abby did great again ... her biking time was AWESOME, and she wasn't even riding a geared bike. Ezra is determined to do it next year when he is 5.

And here is the 1 yr old. Can someone please tell him he's not 4 years old yet?

April 2010

Lots of Easter pictures from this month....

All the kids on our street gathered for a "flashlight" egg hunt.

Let the egg hunt begin!

Family pictures after church. Reminds me of that song from Sesame Street: "one of these kids is doing her own thing ... can you guess which one it is?"

This is as good as it got with the squirmy one!

Apparently he squirmed completely out of this one!

TRULY my favorite one! This is what family pictures REALLY look like at our house...

Later in the month it was the AWANA Grand Prix at church (pinewood derby car racing). The Kennedy clan, led by master car builder Daddy, cleaned up! Not sure if Ezra is more excited about the trophy or the giant candy bar...