Labor Day Weekend

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend! Rick’s parents came down on Saturday to spend the weekend with us. I think they were surprised at how much Faith has grown and how much Noah is talking! We went to the train park on Saturday night to play around and then we planned on going to Sonic to get ice cream, but Faith had a different idea. So we headed home so she could get a bottle and go to bed…guess I should have thought ahead a little more and brought a bottle along!

On Sunday afternoon, we were going to go to Baldwin City to ride a train, but I had the wrong time and the train was already done for the day. Good thing I called to double-check! We ended up going out to eat instead! Towards the end, Faith was trying to “talk”, but her “talking” is more of a high-pitched scream, so I gave her a little ice cream to keep her quite. Well, then she figured out that if she did her little screaming bit, she got more ice cream…I know, I know, she’s only 5 month old and eating ice cream already!! Technically, it was her first food, thanks to Aunt Renae – and that was at 3 months!

Monday morning, Rick’s parents headed back to Iowa. We packed a picnic lunch and headed to a park, but we had to stop at HyVee to pick up a 7 layer salad for Rick first. It was really windy here, so we walked along the trail for a little bit until we found a spot in the grass that was out of the wind. We played on the playground toys and then headed back home so the kids could take a nap.

We had a great Labor Day weekend and hope you did too!!

4th of July Weekend

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.

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day!!! I’m not sure how much of a holiday it was for Rick – but it was a productive one!!!

It started out by trying to find the leak in our big kitchen window. With all the rain we’ve had lately, we noticed that it leaks when the rain is hitting it from a certain direction. We didn’t have any luck on finding the leak, but being that he was messing with the window, he decided to clean them all on the outside!!! Then while he was doing that, he thought he might as well take down the satellite dish being that we’re not using it anymore. When he was on it way to putting the ladder back in the garage, he thought he might as well clean the front window and the entry way. Being that the entry way was cleaned, he thought it would seal it, so he got a fan to really dry it out before sealing, which lead him to notice that the outlet by the front door isn’t working, so he we went downstairs and switched out the breaker outlet that was causing the problem. And being that he was doing that, he thought he’d change the outlet in the garage that wasn’t working either. By this time, the front entryway was dry, so he sealed the slate. Which then lead him to clean the patio and seal that also.

I think that is everything he did!!! I felt bad being that he was doing this all on Father’s Day, but it was all his idea…and I figured I shouldn’t stop him if that is what he wanted to do!!

Memorial Day Weekend

On Saturday morning we headed downtown to Union Station to see the dinosaur exhibit. We’ve been down there before to look at the trains and Noah remembered the trains and didn’t really care too much about the dinosaurs. So we didn’t even go into the exhibit, just looked at the dinosaurs outside the building. Then we headed over to the trains…and we got lucky! Just as we were walking up to the trains sitting on the track, another train came through!! I think Noah was in heaven!!

When we got back from downtown, we changed into our swim suits and headed down to the neighborhood pool for a pool party to kick off summer. Noah really liked the pool and running around. Faith pretty much slept in my arms the whole time. Right before we left, they brought ice cream to the pool so everyone could have an ice cream cone. I think Noah wore most of his ice cream!! He needs to eat it way faster so it doesn’t melt so much!! We all seemed to have gotten our first sun burn of the season…hopefully it’s the last sun burn too!!

Hope everyone had/has a good Memorial Day weekend!! We thank everyone who has given their life to protect our country!

Easter Egg Hunt

Our neighborhood had an Easter Egg Hunt yesterday for the kids. Noah and I walked down to the pool with our Easter basket in hand, ready to find some eggs!! I wasn’t sure if Noah would really know what to do, but he looked like a pro out there!!! The eggs were not hidden, they were just laying in the grass for all the young kids. Noah picked up his first egg and then ran to the next egg and the next. I ended up putting some eggs back because he had too many! After all the eggs were picked up, we sat on the grass and opened the eggs to find what was hidden inside! He scored on some good chocolate!!!