Tuesday, August 28, 2012

August in a nutshell

 Now there's somethin you don't see everyday right?? ha  a black spiderman princess and a ninja with cowboy boots on! yeah buddy.
 We took a weekend and hopped over to St. Louis and did the temple there and spent a few hrs at the zoo. It's free and huge. Plenty of roaming and exploring to be had! It was a well spent saturday since it's only 2 hrs from us!
 Our little dude started 1st grade. It's sad to have him leave us all day now, we miss him, but he so loves it! His school is small and only has 20 kids in his class and it takes me 2 min to get there, so I'm all about that! The principal and his teacher are great and they both know him by name, so that's nice. Meili started her own rotating preschool as well and loves it! She hasn't seemed to notice Kai's absence much. She asks around 2:00 for him, but other than that, she just keeps on truckin! I'm looking forward to spending more time with the other 2.


Enjoying quiet afternoons with these 2 :) 
I was super lucky to win a necklace from a friend, awesome bday gift! She's so talented!
Spent a night out in the backyard in our tent! Camping in the backyard is the best! It's so easy :)
 Before we went to bed the kids took turns telling scary stories. It was so cute. Kai told about 3 headed dragons and sharks and carnivores and Meili told about a wolf whose name was doug haha, not sure where she came up with that, but Rich and I were dying laughing. It was such a sweet few minutes. I love those times of the day :)
T is 17 mo and a little stink! He copies everything is saying some 2 syllable words and is into everything. He is sooo busy, but his opened mouthed kisses are so awesome :)

 And to leave you with one more burst of creativity. She is the cop, complete with gun in holster and he is her canine. What can I say, she's the boss...

Friday, August 3, 2012

weekend fun!

My sister rocks...
My sister is 'wicked' awesome... pun intended... She drove 8 hrs so I could go do this... 
I got to spend a fabulous weekend with these ladies in a beautiful hotel, eating fabulous food, shopping, relaxing, hanging out, and most importantly seeing Wicked. It was amazing. There are no words. The acting and singing was spectacular. I was tearing and laughing back and forth. It was fabulous. While I was gone my sister watched the kids while Rich worked some. They did so many fun things!  Froggin... 
 Fishing!
 Culvers!
 Made homemade taffy
 Snuggled
and went caving!
 while I played as well :)
 What a great weekend for all involved! Thanks so much Bre and Ben!  I owe ya one ;)

chillin

Missouri is definitely a slower lifestyle. We used to go and do, a lot... and now we hang and chill :) It's nice to have somewhere we can be, besides on top of each other in that little 2 bedroom! The kids are loving the space and I am learning to love the leisure life :)
 I can't believe this little dude is 16 mo already! Time flies...