Posted by Rachel on Sep 21, 2010 in
Around KC,
Family
Well, we had a great weekend…busy weekend, but it was great!! Grandma Janice, Aunt Renae, and cousins Kahle and Bodee arrived at our house about 8:30-8:45 on Wednesday night.
Thursday morning the kids were pretty much all up by 7 am. After some blueberry pancakes for breakfast, it was time to get ready to go to DeAnna Rose Farm.
After we got home from the farm, we had lunch and put the two little boys down for a nap and then Renae and I left to go to a big consignment sale to look for kid stuff and then we headed to Costco.
Friday morning, Renae, Faith and I left again to do some shopping. They know I don’t like to shop, so whenever we are together, they drag me out shopping. We did go to Sonic to eat, so at least I got some reward for shopping!
Friday night we headed to a park to watch the trains and have a picnic. It took about an hour before the first train even came. But after the first train came, then they started coming!!! We seen three trains within a short amount of time, so that made up for the long wait in the beginning!
Saturday morning we got up and after some more blueberry pancakes, we got ready to head to Little Monkey Bizness! The boys had a great time running, jumping, climbing and playing around! Okay, so us girls had a good time too!!!
About 1:30, we had the three little kids napping and it was time to CLEAN!!! Renae was going to be giving her first Tupperware Party that night and the house was a disaster. It’s amazing how different the house looked once we got it picked up and we even got some baking done!!!! Once the kids woke up and started getting restless, Rick, Grandma and the boys headed to the park again. Then it started to sprinkle, so they came back and went to the neighbors during the party.
Sunday morning, it was time to say good-bye. They started packing up and actually got everything back in the car!!! I haven’t even found anything that was left behind…which is surprising being that I think they had something in every room in the house!!
The house is pretty quiet and Noah keeps asking “Where’s Kahle”, “Where’s Bod”, “Where’s Nae”, “Where’s Grandma”…I keep saying they had to go home to see Micah…then he says “Micah go bye-bye, Micah go to Noahee’s house”. I think they need to come back!!!
Posted by Rachel on Jul 12, 2010 in
Family,
Holidays,
Iowa,
Noah,
Rick
We headed up to Iowa for the 4th of July weekend. We stayed at my sisters house on Friday night. I think Noah loved playing with his two cousins!! Saturday morning we got up and headed to Inwood to their parade. Noah didn’t like the parade too much and wanted to go back to the truck. We were surprised that how much he loves trucks and tractors that he was scared of them when they went past. Maybe they were too loud or just too big. I guess he is used to playing with the miniature version or seeing them in a book. We decided we have to come back to Iowa more often so he can be around that kind of stuff!!
Sunday we got up and headed to church and then we celebrated Noah’s 2nd birthday. I can’t believe he’s going to be two already! As Rick was grilling, Mom thought she would fill up the kiddie pool so the water could start warming up. Well, she just turned off the water and there stood Noah in the pool…shoes and all! I guess I shouldn’t have to worry about how warm his bath water is from now on! The four boys (Jack, Kahle, Noah, Bodee) played with the tractors, wagons, trucks and cars about the whole time. Faith and Nicholas got passed around alot…everyone wanted to hold a baby!!
That night we (Rick, Rachel, Noah, Faith, Janice, Renae, Micah, Kahle, Bodee) piled into our vehicle and drove around to look at the tornado damage. I can’t believe all the damage that can be done in a short amount of time. We stopped at my uncle and aunts house to see the damage down there and the boys loved looking at the machinery on the yard. I guess Noah just doesn’t like it when the machinery is moving!
Monday morning, Rick was up and out the door by 7 am to run in the George 5K!! It was his first 5K and he did great!!! The rest of us were waiting for him at the finish line…we’re not crazy enough to want to run for fun! He says he wants to do it again next year…I’m sure he’ll still be doing it alone!
The parade was early that afternoon and Noah did much better this time around! Aunt Renae held Faith pretty much the whole time and I don’t remember hearing a peep out of her…guess she must like her aunt (probably because Renae’s the one who keeps getting her the girly clothes!)
We were debating if we were going to go down to the school grounds to watch the fireworks or if we should go out to the farm…we decided the farm might be better – the boys were pretty wound up! We could still see the fireworks that they were shooting off in town and then we lit some of our own.
Noah’s favorite thing of the night was when we looked at the cows when we first got to the farm and one of the cows was farting…so now Noah keeps saying “Reids cow toot”. It makes Rick so proud that Noah is fascinated with farts…I, on the other hand, wish he would have just liked that the cow went moo.
You can see more pictures from the weekend, here.
Posted by Rachel on May 28, 2010 in
Family
Noah and Faith have a new cousin…another boy!!!! Ryan and Deanna had their baby boy on May 25th at 7:34 am. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. They named him Nicholas Dean. We can’t wait to meet the newest family member!!!
Faith is definitely outnumbered by her cousins. We now have 5 boys and only 1 girl on the Krull side…all under the age of 4!!! Oh my, the Christmas’s and family gatherings are going to get interesting!!!! Maybe Grandma Janice should start stocking up on aspirin now!
Posted by Rachel on May 8, 2010 in
Faith,
Family,
Iowa
4 Generations – Rachel, Faith, Gusta, Janice
Great Grandma Timmerman
Great Grandma Krull
Great Grandpa Timmerman
Faith is so lucky to have such wonderful Great Grandparents that love her!!!
Posted by Rachel on May 7, 2010 in
Family,
Iowa
My nephew, Kahle turned 3!!! Happy Birthday Buddy!!
Renae & Micah threw him a birthday party at Mom’s house…and the kids and I were there to help celebrate!!! Rick brought us to Omaha to met Mom on Wednesday. Then we headed to George. We got to Mom’s house and unpacked the car and got everything put on place and then Renae, Micah and boys drove up. They got ready for the birthday party and then the rest of the family started showing up!
The four boy cousins all played together very well!! They went downstairs and played with all the farm machinery. I think Noah was in heaven–new toys and boys to play with!! He didn’t even want to come up to eat…at first! The boys all sat at the kids table that Mom has.
After eating, presents and some play time…it was time to cut the cake!!! Renae did a great job on the cake, it looked good and tasted even better!! Then it was playtime again! After everyone left, it was time to get the kids to bed…but Noah still didn’t want to go to bed. He didn’t have much of a nap on the ride to George and it was now about 10 o’clock and he was wide awake. After a few tears and some rocking, he finally went to sleep! My Mom took Faith in her bedroom so I could get some sleep and Faith only woke up once during the night to eat!!! I was pretty excited about that!!!
