Here's a picture of Joe's family together. This is the first time in 2 years that all of the siblings have been at one place at the same time. I think it will happen again in July because Amy is getting married then. Kind of crazy to think that only Joe's youngest sibling will be unwed and that she is getting closer to graduating high school.

The Rankin cousins together. Notice that the only girls are Joe's sisters. Rankins are good at having boys. Maybe Alison will have another girl to add to the mix of grandchildren, seeing as Mackenzie is the only girl so far, and Adam and Meredith are having a boy this time around.

Samuel is talking more and more each day. He no longer says magilk and uses chocolate milk. He loves to race around on his "cycle." He is now in a big boy bed. Unfortunately, that means that he can get out of bed when he wants to. Last night he slept in bed with me; I just hope I didn't get him sick. He also says "stuck-ed" when something gets caught somewhere. He loves to sleep with Samson and Ribbit (his bear and frog), as well as piggy car. Samuel also has a sense of clothes that he likes to wear. His favorites are: a shirt that says stay cool, a hoody with a pumpkin, dinosaur socks, and pants.

Joseph is starting to take martial arts classes and is enjoying it. He also starts soccer in a couple of weeks. I get to coach his team...yeah, we will see how that goes. I have a training on Tuesday night and I have contacted all of his team members. We also registered Joseph for kindergarten at Provost Elementary.

We are closing on our house in the next week if all goes well. It will be nice to have our own place again.