Father's Day Goodies

Look at these super cute gifts the kids made for Brad... I wish I could take some credit for them but it was all day care. I birthed them... that should count for something, right?

summer cookout goodness

This past weekend we hosted 3 other couples and their babies for a cookout. That is 8 adults (more or less), 6 toddlers, and 2 babies. It was a huge success.. and I'm measuring that by the fact that I didn't notice we had a back yard full of kids and mine slept great that night. : )

Brad must be a great cook because all of these kids stayed in one place to eat! I can't help but notice Parker chose to sit by the new love of his life... Ava (so sorry Lila... he is a fickle boy)

We hooked up an old school slip n slide to the bottom of the slide for extra fun-goodness! Brad is holding the hose so the proper amount of water hits the slide for maximum distance. Sean is supervising. Aidan is checking out the mechanics and Laney is trying it out!

Big hit!

Cookout diva's pre Bourbon slush

More water games!

Thanks to everyone who pitched in so I didn't have to cook at my cook out. : ) We will be doing this again soon.

Hair do(s)

This is what the day care girls did to my baby girl this week. Who knew she was old enough to have pig tails.

Parker lost his winter's worth of curlz this last weekend. Brad and I hated to do it but he was hot and miserable. It was a haircut or a headband. Still cute as ever.

swings

This is my "busy weekend" no time to post- post. More Summer time goodness to come...

Aunt Karen

When Aunt Karen heard that Parker is now out of diapers and in big boy underwear she rushed right over with potty gifts! An Elmo cup and plate that Parker adored!

Here is Karen getting reacquainted with the new and improved mood - Kate!

Come back soon Karen... the kids love you and miss you!

baby face

Louisville weekend Part II - well really Ohio

On Day two of our road trip we met up with our friends the Fleeners for some King's Island goodness. I was surprised at how much their kid area has grown. Parker and Eli loved the rides and had a great time.



The adults got to sneak off and ride a few coasters as well!





Above.. Parker and his Mommy riding his first roller coaster! So proud of the little guy.

Here it is... the best ice cream in the whole world.

One of my favorite parts of the day was when the KI girl was measuring Parker to see if he was tall enough to ride and he hugged her. Couldn't tell him no after that... smart guy!

The trip was a huge success and we will be doing this again!

This is how Kate spent pretty much the entire day... but didn't mind. (who is this kid?)

Terri, Brad, and the boys... checking out a cool kiddy ride.

Louisville weekend part I

Last weekend we loaded up the car and headed South to Louisville to visit our friends Andy, Ashley and baby Jack. We are so lucky to have friends that live in such a fun area to visit.

We spent Saturday afternoon at the Louisville zoo where Jack shared his wagon, and the boys were loving them some animals. Kate was a dream baby and perfectly happy to sit in her stroller and people watch. (A girl after my own heart.)

Here is Parker telling me about the "yucky" snakes. But still smiling... he is a boy after all.

Bird's eye view

Parker finally touching a goat - off his bucket list!

Thanks uncle Andy... for pulling us around all day.

Parker... loving him some Ashley

We were so happy to get to spend time with our Louisville friends.. Parker can't stop talking about being "gentle" around baby jack. He was also a big fan of the mickey mouse pancakes Ashley made him on Sunday morning. (Looks like my bowl of cheerios won't cut it much longer). We are already looking forward to our next visit!

daddy time

K8 update

Kate has come a long way. After having tubes put in her ears we have noticed a very different baby. She is happy most of the time and is a curious, sassy little girl that wakes up each day smiling. I call her sweetie most of the time because she really is. I'm so lucky to have such a sweet baby girl to squeeze every day. Thanks for all of your prayers to get us thru the hard months. (Those were the hard months right??)

Sleepy heads

Flower

Today Parker ran in from the back yard screaming he had a flower for me... I made him promise to stand still while I grabbed my camera. I use to pull weeds er.. uhm flowers for my mom all the time and I now know she must have loved them.

I love this picture... how do kids know to blow on these things?