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Saturday, November 07, 2015

Summer Doings

We enjoyed several days at the zoo. Here are Wyatt and Wade hiding out in the penguin house rocks next to the exhibit. A fun place for kids to pretend!
 

Getting their height measured at the penguin spot.



 
Some everyday shots at Smashburger...

 
Not sure why Wyatt was acting sad... ??

 
Camping in Reverend's Ridge was a lot of fun, as usual.


 
Well, maybe not a ton of fun for Wade because he got a fat lip when we were out on a family bike ride. :( He fell off and hit his lip when the boys got scared by a truck coming quickly around a corner. But as you can see, he was a real trooper! Look at that brave smile for Daddy.

 
But this is more how it felt...

 
Favorite part of the camping trip for the boys was the campfire and S'mores!

 
Garrett and Wyatt impressed me with their ability to put the cushions together to fold down the bed and they did that each night pretty well.

 
They loved playing in the dust! (cough, cough...)

 
Fishing was another big highlight! I discovered that it pretty much means junk food and sodas to them. ;-)

 
We love going over to Krylie Pond.

 
Wade loves his little spot next to Jim on the side of the big bed.







 
Garrett read to the other boys one night...

 
Yours truly...

 
That's Wade's "spot" to sleep.

 
And what would summer be without lots of water play??


Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Fun & Crazy Times!

After a fun week in Indiana, we met Gretchen and the boys in Terre Haute, IN and started our fun & crazy trip to Colorado together, getting their new van back part way to CA.
 
Lots of McDonald's stops, two full days of driving, and a nice luxurious night's sleep at the Drury Inn in Missouri in between to keep our sanity up...... It was fun and wild and we almost went crazy about half-way through Kansas.... but we did it and we made some fun memories together, too! ;-)
 
Creepy Ronald McDonald somewhere in Illinois......
 
 
It was so fun to get to know little Ollie a little better! He's a little "cricket" as Grandma calls him - a bundle of constant energy and sweet smiles.

 
The boys loved getting to jump from bed to bed at the Drury Inn!




 



 
Gotta get all of that male energy out!


 
Back home, we went to town keeping the boys busy and occupied, with mud, toys, lego tower building sessions with Uncle Jim, parks, water play, you name it....I got up in the morning and laced up my tennis shoes ready to go! Gretchen and I were running all day long!







 
We loved seeing Lars and Wade connect with each other...at the last day or so they finally seemed to discover each other and loved playing "bad guys" and "rocket ship" and who knows what else. They are two peas in a pod!

 
Ollie loved playing with the fine motor toys and Gretchen and I got to talk about homeschool and plan for the coming year of starting Anders on My Father's World Adventures in U.S. History.

 
Showing Chris the big lego tower. It was nice to have some time with him before they all drove back to California!


 
A fun and memorable time together! I'm so glad we made it work. :)