Wisconsin Trip

Noel and I headed to Wisconsin last week for a quick trip to visit our family that lives there....

She was such a trooper with all the flying and traveling. We had a long delay between flights and french fries seemed to make everything better.

We got to see Auntie Serina and meet Noel's newest cousin, Abigail Grace. She is such a sweetie!

Noel loved seeing baby Abigail and wanted to grab her all the time. Abigail wasn't so sure what to do with her.....

We also got to head over to Wautoma and see Uncle Brad, Auntie Tanya, and Brynn, and Owen.

I felt so torn about not being able to bring Aaron. He would have loved to see his cousins, but the cost of another plane ticket was just too steep.

So nice to see all the farms and this way of life.... Seeing the pivots always reminds me of being a kid on our farm....

We celebrated Brynn's 4th bday and Tanya and her sister made an amazing "Tangled" cake. I was so impressed!

Happy birthday Brynn!

And in case you wondered, Aaron and Daddy had lots of fun while we were gone. Aaron turned 4 and also swam across Grammy and Papa's pool all by himself with no assistance so he earned the prize of a big monster truck....

It was a great time and we are glad to be back together as a family!

Aaron's 4 year old bday party

Since Mommy and Noel are headed to Wisconsin this week, we had to squeeze in a quick birthday party for Aaron. Nice and simple with just our family, but so much fun! Can't believe he is almost 4!

Aaron with his sweet cousins, Noah and Caleb. So happy these boys are such good friends.

The baby cousins, Noel and Lincoln.... Hopefully they will become fast friends too =)

We did lots of swimming.... This is Aaron's new found love at Grammy and Papa Bob's pool, jumping off the stacked deck boxes....

Finished off the night reading with Papa Bob. Good celebration all around!

Florida 2011

We are back from a two week vacation in Florida and we had a great time visiting Gi Gi, Papa Tim, Uncle Spencer and Auntie Heidi. Let's get to some pics, shall we?

When we landed in Fort Myers, the pilot let Aaron sit in the captain's chair - something we weren't sure they were allowed to do anymore. He loved it!

We went to Professional Bull Riding rodeo which was quite the experience. It is really something to see in person those cowboys riding those huge crazy bulls. Aaron always says he wants to be a cowboy when he gets big, so when I asked him afterward if he wanted to still be one, he said yes but he wasn't "gonna ride dos mean cows - only wide horsies." Such wisdom. =)

We spent lots and lots of mornings at the beach. Aaron enjoyed swimming, looking for shells and building sand castles....

Noel enjoyed it most of the time so long as Mommy was near.... And ladies, thunder thighs are totally in this year so wear them proudly....

We had a little bday party for Aaron while there....

It was a good trip - Thanks Papa Tim and Gi Gi!

Oh yes - and Noel is soooo close to crawling, but just won't commit fully. But this is a new regular habit of hers now and I'm told that I used to do the exact same thing when I was a baby....

The 4th

Grammy and Papa Bob kept Noel at their house so we could go out and party a little.... The city puts on a big event so Aaron had lots of fun running around with his friends on the bounce houses and visiting the booths.

Unfortunately a storm rolled in right as we were sitting down to enjoy the fireworks so it was canceled. Aaron handled the disappointment like a champ and said he still had fun. Hard to be upset when you live in the best country in the world, which is what this day is all about! Happy 4th Everyone!

The Singer

I know I post a lot of video of Aaron singing and playing the guitar.... So what's one more amongst friends. =) This is one of his favorite songs from church. It gets more entertaining in the last half.... He needs a little help with the lyrics...




This kid is always singing... Good thing his sister loves it.



And so Noel won't be left out, some video of her.... And also proof of how funny I am =)

Summer days

Vacations and swimming are becoming the norm now.... Lee took a group of men to mountain bike in Moab, Utah, and I had some old college softball buddies roll into town to visit me.

Krista brought her 10 month old son, Daniel, also. We had a great time catching up, laughing, and hanging out. I love these friends dearly. Aaron loved Jen to death and could hardly stand to wait for her to wake up each morning. I let him seranade her a few times....

Poor girl will probably not ever want to have kids someday.

We are beginning to swim as much as possible. Aaron would have us do it all day long if we could, which Noel can't handle so sometimes the kiddy pool has to do....

Noel also learned another new trick.....




Okay, buddy, here is your "picture" together....

End of May

I don't have much to say (or maybe I do but I'm not taking the time to say it =) ) but wanted to get some pictures up....

Uncle Chad, Papa Tim, and Gi Gi were in for a visit so we got to change up the routine of life and enjoy some time with them....

We went to Schnepf Farms to pick the last of the peaches there and enjoy the outdoors before the major AZ heat gets underway...

Memorial Day had beautiful weather and we took a trip to Fountain Hills.....

It was actually too cold outside for Aaron to enjoy the splash pad which is very unusual!