The Summers Family

Baby Boy Ashton!!!

2008-03-11T14:09:00.000-07:00

Here's some pictures of Michelle and Joel's newest family member - still Baby Boy Ashton. The girls were so excited to see their new baby brother, and we were so glad to tag along with them. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz., and 20 inches long. He's such a cutie!

On the way to the hospital!! The kids were pretty excited.

New Blogs

2007-11-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

So like Brigit - I've decided to start our own blog, that way its not confusing anyone of whose who on the Summer Family page. We'll still try to post pictures on the family blog, but now we can customize it to include our BYU Cougars, and SF Cougars!!! (don't tell shawn!) CHeck it out at www.shawnandmegan.blogspot.com It is still a work in the making.

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-11-01T13:04:00.001-07:00

2007-11-01T08:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some final pictures of our Halloween! Enjoy!

Elasti-Girl To the Rescue

2007-10-30T13:05:00.001-07:00

Okay so this is such a proud moment for me - and you might be wondering why?? We had our ward trunk or treat on Saturday, and after being heckled by some of my friends for not having a costume I decided to try. 15 minutes before we had to leave I still had nothing, but then it came to me - Elasti-girl. I had all of the stuff, I just needed to put together my red clothes, draw the Incredibles symbol on a piece of printer paper, zip up my black boots, and slip on my rubber dishwashing gloves! Oh yes and the mask - it wasn't "tailored" to my face as I would want it to be, but it worked. So needless to say this is one of those moments where only a mom could pull something this homespun out of the closet in 10 minutes!!

I guess I should mention Sam - (super hero trying to hog the spotlight). He was a Lion, and was so not excited about trick or treating. Wierd I know but that's that. He did manage to pose with his friends Hallie and Maggie Allred, and Brooklyn and Landon Tolboe.

Fall Fun!!

2007-10-20T09:51:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Sam Howell's Pumpkin Patch and at the Waukee Fire Station Safety Day. He loved the fire truck, and we got see them in action when they got called out to a fire while we were there. Yeah we feel pretty cool! Oh, and we tried out "big boy underwear" = let's just say he they didn't last very long!

Spider Bigger Than Buicks

2007-10-12T16:00:00.001-07:00

Here's an up close look at the nasty spider Shawn bravely killed yesterday! Wow we love Iowa!!! Make sure to click on the picture to get a bigger image, b/c you can see its eyes! That's right, its wee, beedy eyes!

2007-10-11T13:09:00.000-07:00

Michelle's House

2007-10-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

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Cole's Baby

2007-09-24T12:05:00.001-07:00

Just Keep Swimming!

2007-09-21T17:27:00.000-07:00

We had some fun today trying out a "possible" Halloween costume, Nemo. Shawn and I aren't sure yet if Nemo is a little too feminine for Sam. Also we've been trying to do things revolving around a letter each week. This was week one, so A was the letter of the week, and we made and alligator out of an egg carton. I stole the idea from a friend of mine out here. I can't believe how much fun Sam is!

Sam's New Room, Ocean, Angels Game, Disneyland, & BYU Football

2007-09-12T09:24:00.001-07:00

Sorry there are so many pictures - but we had a great trip and Sam loved Disneyland and the ocean especially. Of course his favorite thing was Lightning McQueen and Mater! He was literally awe struck by them.

Abbie's First Day of Preschool

2007-09-09T20:42:00.001-07:00

HI!

I just wanted to share a few pictures from the first day of preschool! I hope everything is going well.

Love,

Brigit

Labor Day Weekend

2007-09-03T19:55:00.000-07:00

I hope that everyone had an enjoyable weekend. We had a lot of fun. On Friday I got an itch to get out of town, so I called and booked us a hotel room in Rapid City, South Dakota! We woke up on Saturday and made the 5 hour drive. The hotel we stayed at had a huge waterpark, so we spent all evening swimming. Afterward, we ordered pizza and watched a movie in our hotel room.

Sunday morning we woke up and drove to Mount Rushmore. It was awesome!! The kids loved it and became "Junior Rangers". We then toured some caves and drove back to Colorado. It was a really quick trip, but we managed to wear the kids out!!!

Please post pics and let us know what you are up to!!

Love you all!!

Brigit

2007-08-22T14:24:00.000-07:00

The First Day of First Grade

2007-08-20T16:17:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is in first grade!! It was quite exciting when I realized the "full-time student" of the family wasn't Dan!!! Tyce was so excited to use his new "backpack suitcase" and his new lunch box. Overall he had a fun day, but he was pretty tired when he got home.

Balloon Festival

2007-08-10T15:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun pictures we've taken of the balloon festival we went too. Sam loved watching the balloons take off and then try to hit the target right in front of us.

My Friends Tim and Faith

2007-08-01T19:44:00.001-07:00

Hi All,

I just thought I would post some pics from the concert last night. It was a ton of fun!!

Love,

Brigit

Happy Anniversary!

2007-07-26T18:34:00.000-07:00

We hope you have a wonderful day!! Love you both!!!

Independence Campout

2007-07-24T06:12:00.000-07:00

We decided to hit the road before Shawn heads back to school. We went camping around the Kansas City Area with our friends the Tolboe's and saw some church history sites.

Far West - Haun's Mill - Shawn cooking dutch oven cobbler

The Community of Christ Temple - kinda crazy! Liberty Jail and the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman were some of our favorite stops.

Because it is the middle of July it was pretty humid and hot, other than that we had a great trip!

Playing catch with Sam - Cooking dutch oven chicago style pizza - YUM!! - The temple lot site - owned by the Church of Christ another break of church.

Ka - Chow

2007-07-24T05:14:00.000-07:00

Sam's Birthday Cake - He had a Car's Birthday, and was able to have two parties - one in Idaho and one in Iowa. He got a bunch of "Cars" toys, and all sorts of other goodies.

4th of July

2007-07-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

Sam enjoying his favorite treat = Melon!!

Shawn's Good Friend Mitt Romney - he was in our local Waukee 4th of July Parade, and Shawn took advantage of the opportunity to shake his hand. Don't you love Mormon Celebrities?

Tyce's T-Ball Team

2007-07-17T20:44:00.001-07:00

Our Fourth of July

2007-07-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

I thought I would send a few pictures of our family that we took last week. I hope everyone is doing well. Please send pictures of the houses. We are so excited to see them!!

Love,
Brigit

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-07-16T13:51:00.001-07:00

Our Big Boy

2007-06-03T08:12:00.000-07:00

Sam fell asleep with his baby, watching his favorite show - "Cars."

He also discovered the wonder of his fingers and his nose!

Meg & Shawn

2007-06-03T08:06:00.000-07:00

Finally a great picture of Shawn - scarfing down a brat at the Iowa Cubs Game.
and . . . A photo of my trip to Boston/Palmyra/Kirtland Ohio. It was so fun!

2007-06-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of our "landscaping" - we had a really fun time tearing out our lawn and planting flowers.

Here are some recent pictures of Sam. He's been so funny lately.

Fun in the Sun

2007-06-03T07:57:00.000-07:00

Sam had a great time playing at a friends house on their slip and slide. He had to borrow a pair of swimming shorts - they were a little big, but he doesn't seem to mind.

2007-04-11T08:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Sam, mostly from Easter. The one on the the top left is an incident with him and my makeup bag - we're so proud of him!!

Easter Sunday

2007-04-10T22:42:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of Mom!! She is already a pro at the blog. She was the first to set up an account and comment.

Here are a few pictures of the kids in their Easter clothes. Cole was a little stinker. I couldn't get a good picture of him.

Love you all!!

Easter Eggs and Cupcakes

2007-04-09T13:28:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

My sister-in-law Alison started a blog for the Robinson family. I thought it woud be fun to try one for our family. If you need help, let me know.

Here is pic of Tyce and Abbie coloring Easter eggs on Saturday. Since we had snow on the ground, we didn't get to participate in any egg hunts.

We love and miss you all!!

2007-03-29T22:09:00.001-07:00

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