The Shanks Boys farming with Uncle Todd

Labor Day Races

Noah and Daddy lined up ready to go!
The competetive side of Chad was gearing him up for the big race!

Cameryn and Jane showing their prizes after the three legged race

Cameryn on her bike

Oh the glorious days of no teeth

Noah's day at the airshow

The First Day of School

At Open House the night before

Cam and Addy on the first day!

Stacie and Addy

Cameryn probably bossing Addy around...

Thinking hard

Our visit to Aunt Missy's

The Chef teaching Cameryn how to make awesome pizza!

Her finished product!

Uncle Mike teaching Noah some life lessons

Grandma Bayer and Chef Cameryn

Bradley letting Noah take "Grave Digger" for a spin

Noah talking to Daddy from the beach

Summer Time Continued!

Did I really forget to put pictures of my kids dying Easter eggs?!

A tribute to all the father's I love...

Thank you for all that you do, I am so blessed!

Look what Chad has the kids doing for him because it's Father's Day!

This is what our family dinners are all about...

Rub a Dub Dub, Four Cousins in a Tub!

Taylor and me before prom, he likes to think he is cool!

Cameryn and Noah playing with Duke

Cam and Noah playing in the mud puddles, a favorite activity at our house.

Can't believe Kindergarten is almost over!

This year has gone by so fast and Cameryn has loved her first year in school. We have all been blessed with the teacher she has. She only had 13 other kids in her class so the teacher had a lot of one on one time with the kids. It is rare to have a class that small these days and we really lucked out! Cameryn has come so far and is impressing us with her reading and math skills. This picture is of her best buddy in her class, James. I say they have a love/hate relationship because they argue as much as they play. He is a very sweet boy with LOTS of personality. He told me at Cameryn's birthday party that she was a "nutcase"! Really I am not surprised at all, she acts just like me!!

Check it out, Mom made the news!

Click here: Once and Again

Please Pray

I know there are many children in this world who are sick right now but this one is really tugging at my heart strings. Click on the "Pray for Stellan" to the left to read updates about him. I have been following this family's blog for over a year now and this just breaks my heart!

Living in Missouri...

This was at 10:00 this morning...
Matthew and Noah making snowballs

Aunt Stacy, Matthew, Cameryn, Addy, & Noah building a snowman.

This is at 1:00 in the afternoon

Only thing left of our winter storm is this lonely snowman