New years eve 2007/08

Zach, Harrison and Quentin making lots of noise.
Quentin pulling a popper open.
Tom and Casey
We had a fairly quiet New Year's celebration. We had a couple of our friends and their kids over for snacks and pizza. And Tom got to put his new margarita machine to a test. It passed.

Quentin loses his 2nd tooth!

Quentin finally let me pull his tooth because it kept getting stuck behind the one next to it. He decided he'd rather endure a second of pain than the constant annoyance of tangled teeth! 12-29-07

Christmas 2007

Quentin got a drum set!
Tanner with Guitar Hero 3!
Harrison and a new set of golf clubs!

Quentin and Tom at Dave and Colleen's on Christmas eve.
Dave and Colleen

Tanner and Dutch
The boys playing with Matt's helicopters

We started off the Holiday season celebrating at the other Hughes household. (Tom's brother) The most popular things were Matt's new puppy, Dutch, his helicopter toys and Harrison got dart tag from Aunt Colleen and Uncle Dave. All the boys had fun with that! Colleen says next year they'll all get them! John and Penny will be finding darts for 6 months!

The next stop is hanging out with Colleen and Dave on Christmas eve.

Then on Christmas day, my mom, Angel, Jim, and Emily come over.

Kalahari 11-17-07

Quentin and Harrison with the mascot for the Kalahari, Kenya.
Tom on the surf machine.
Quentin coming down a slide.
Quentin with friend Savannah. (Sean's little sister)
And Harrison on the wave machine.

We went up to the Dells over the Thanksgiving break. The boys love being able to go swimming when it's cold out. We went up with a couple other families and we all had a great time hanging out. Harrison especially loved having his best friend Sean there.

Tanner's 18th!

Jessica, Tanner and Lauren at the restaurant.
The birthday kids
The birthday kids with Tom, Quentin, and Harrison
Jessica's and Tanner's birthdays are 1 year minus 4 days apart. This year she happened to be visiting us so we could celebrate them together. We went out for dinner at a Japanese steakhouse, then we went home for cake and ice cream.
October 2007

TIME FOR SCHOOL!!

All dressed up and ready to go. Our first day of school was August 29th. Quentin kept saying that he wasn't ready for kindergarden, but he barely even turned around to say goodbye to me!

Taking the (not so) long walk. We can see the school from our house.

Lining up and waiting to go inside!

Camping 2007!

Tanner and Lauren joined us this year!
The kids looooove the beach!

S'mores anyone?
The entire group except Jennifer. (She went to visit her aunt)

The "men" of the camping trip.
Obviously they have great ice cream at the beach house.
Ashley, Harrison, Jennifer, Emily, and Quentin.
One of our chefs.

Quentin is 5 now!

We all had so much fun at Quentin's birthday party. It was a hot day, so the kids really enjoyed the water slide. Aunt Colleen and Uncle Dave brought some live 17 year cicadas from another party they went to. We were all intrigued by them because we didn't get any in our area.

Nana and Quentin with the gifts she got him.

The kids had a blast playing on the waterslide!

Japan

Thanks to Tom winning a trip, we had a great tour of Tokyo and Kyoto. The country is rich in history and tradition. We had the opportunity to visit so many beautiful temples and gardens. It was a once in a lifetime, unforgettable vacation!