3rd Birthday Party

Noah got to celebrate his 3rd birthday a little early with the family. We got together at my Mom’s house on Sunday to have a little party for the soon-to-be 3 year old! The boys, of course, loved digging in mom’s back yard and jumping in the bounce house.

It was time to open presents and Noah got lots of great gifts! A Cars scooter, Moon Dough, water gun, truck, tractor and wagon, sidewalk chalk and bubbles, money, a Cars 2 car and some clothes! Thank you to everyone!!!!

Then it was time to eat the train cake!!!

Weber Week

Last week was spent in Iowa at my sister’s house!!! They were actually down in southern Iowa for the weekend, so we met up on Sunday and the kids and I rode back with them. We had a great time, but I think the week went WAY to fast!!! There was a lot of…

Driving/Chasing

Climbing

Digging

Chick Watching

Eating

But there wasn’t enough down time…these boys had so much to do in such a short amount of time!!!! We went to the park one day to have a picnic and play. The next day we went to the beach to swim. Renae and I need to remember to put sunscreen on ourselves!! But at least the kids were fine…I think Renae got burnt the worst!

I think my kids are still re-cooperating…they’ve been sleeping until about 9 am since we’ve been back!!!!

Thanks again for having us stay at your house Webers!!! We had such a great time!!!

Week in Mason City

The first week in May we spent in Mason City. Rick’s brother is from Washington and he was coming back with this little girl, Izzy, so we had to get together!!!! Rick got to spend some time with some of his friends and he spent a lot of time trying to find a place to work! His parents don’t have internet and Sprint does not work up there, so it was off to the coffee shop (which was usually pretty busy), to the library (but they block certain ports that we need to get into for work) and McDonald’s (they didn’t have any outlets, so had to make sure the laptop was charged up). It was a little frustrating, but I think he stayed on top of most of the work stuff that came up while we were there.

One of his friends owns a bowling alley, so we went to visit them before they opened one afternoon. Noah wanted to play with every color ball they had. The balls got to be pretty heavy, but they had a ramp that he could just push them down, so it worked out pretty good!

Noah and Izzy kept me pretty busy. They wanted to play outside a lot, go to the park and walk down to the train tracks. One of the parks was only about 3 blocks away, but it was at a school, so we had to do that one in the late afternoon and evening. The train tracks where about 6 blocks the other way, so we walked down there about every time a train went past – at least it seemed like it! Faith was a little crabby and very clingy while we were gone…I finally looked in her mouth and seen that she had some molars coming in…yeah, I guess that would make her crabby!

On May 5th, Rick and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. We didn’t actually do any celebrating, but we did help cut down a big tree…does that count??? Paul & Marie have a tree that is brushing up next to the garage, so it needed to come down.

Even the kids helped!

We also had to get a picture with Grandma – okay, so it was my idea to take pictures…the boys wouldn’t think of that!!

While we were gone, we headed up to Rochester to visit my aunt and uncle one night!!! I can’t remember the last time I was there, so it was great to get to see them!

Iowa Birthday Party

This past Sunday, we celebrated Faith’s 1st Birthday with family and friends in Iowa. It was great to get together and see everyone again!!! It was such a nice day, that the little boys could even play outside…which ended up causing a little delay in the birthday party so they could take a bath! I think Renae might still be soaking Bodee’s clothes!!!

After the boys were all cleaned up, it was coloring time! I had everyone color a picture for Faith that I will put in her scrapbook. I was pretty impressed with everyones coloring abilities!!! We have some pretty good talent in our family!

Then it was time for presents!!! Faith received many great presents! Toys, clothes, books, no-spill bowl, money – everything was great!!!!

CAKE TIME!!! As soon as she seen the cake, she was trying to get it. We couldn’t even get thru Happy Birthday before she had frosting in her mouth!

Now, it was time for the rest of us to have our cupcakes! I had everything ready so the kids could decorate their own cupcake if they wanted to.

It was a great day to celebrate with family and friends and we had a great time. Although we could have done without the kids getting car sick. At least we were a little more prepared for it on the way back to Kansas. Now I just need to do a little more research to see what we can do to prevent it all together!

Christmas Vacation – George

On the 27th, we loaded everything up and headed to George. We stopped in Emmetsburg to see a friend, so that helped the break the trip up a little bit. That night we celebrated Christmas with my Dad’s side. Noah got a little farm set and Faith got a cookie jar toy and they both got an ornament with their pictures on it. It was also Ryan & Dee’s 7th anniversary!!!

The 28th we headed to Ryan & Dee’s farm to go sledding!!! Noah was actually more interested in seeing the cows, so after a couple of trips down the hill, Rick and Noah went to look at the cows. A few days before we came back to Iowa, he said he wanted to see Reid and Ryan’s cows and that it was cold so we needed to cover the cows up with blankets. So maybe he was concerned about them! Here’s a picture of Renae and Noah coming down the hill…Renae said she was trying to be dramatic for Noah’s sake!!

That night we had Christmas with my Mom’s side. Mom vetoed my vote to not dress Faith in her Christmas dress. So Faith got to wear it one more time! The grandkids sang “Jingle Bells” for everyone…at least they attempted it!!! It was pretty cute. Noah got a game and Faith got a sippy cup with her name on it.

The 29th was spent as a little more relaxing day, but I did get my hair cut…7 inches cut off!!!! It really needed to be cut…I haven’t had a haircut since a month before Faith was born (and she’s now 9 months old)! That night, we had our family Christmas!!! Noah got a Thomas match game and a bath towel and toy. Faith got a pink tea set and a glow worm (this brought back memories for Renae and I because we each had one when we were growing up).

That night, Noah didn’t really seem to be himself and after everyone was getting ready for bed and leaving, Noah threw up all over me – I’m not good at handling puke!! We thought it was too much junk food over the last week mixed with being on the go so much. Well, after throwing up a few times, we figured it was probably the flu. Needless to say, we didn’t get much sleep that night. Faith also got sick during the night, but we figured that they’d be better by the morning for our trip back to Kansas. They seemed to be fine for the first 4.5 hours, but then it all went down hill after that. First Noah was sick a couple of times…and we only were 1/2 successful at getting the bucket to him soon enough. We pulled over at a gas station to “get cleaned up” and to empty the bucket. Once we were back on the road, he’d do it again and then Faith decided she wanted to join in a few rounds. I’m just surprised I didn’t join in…it took about everything in me to keep from throwing up.

As soon as we got him, I started the bath and just let them soak for awhile while Rick cleaned out the car. I’m just glad that Rick can handle it!!! I’m not sure what kind of bug Noah picked up, but he’s still throwing up every once in a while and now we can add diarrhea to the list! They both seem to have that right now. I’m really hoping that they get over this bug pretty soon…I think I’m doing laundry non-stop right now.

Besides getting the flu, it was great to be back with family over Christmas! It was nice to get back to a little warmer weather and not see any snow!!! I’m pretty sure we decided on the way home that Christmas needs to be at our house next year! I’m sure we’ll change our mind and forget about the car ride back…eventually!!!