Fun Times

Tuesday we went to Iowa to visit and have dinner with Leah and Tyler (Matt's aunt and uncle). Our first stop was to Rick and Ginny's (and Skyler's too of course). We always have a blast when we visit them (or when they visit us). Surprisingly though I did not get any pictures while we were there. Very strange I think...

The next place we went was to visit Matt's great-aunt Lolly and Peggy. If was nice to visit with them and catch up. I think it had been since Thanksgiving since we had seen Lolly. Hopefully we will be back to visit before too much time passes again.

We then went to the mall to see Grandma Fairlie (she works at the mall) and to pick up Matt's wedding ring. There were a few stones loose so they were fixing it. We have a blast at the mall. The women in the jewelry store are wonderful and my kids love them.

Our final stop for the day was to Leah and Tyler's. They fed us a delicious meal. Thank you so much for that. G1 and G3 loved the cats. G2 isn't much into animals (she gets that from me). We also went out to see the horses. G1 and G3 threw apples to them. G2 got down after a while and picked up apples for Matt to throw to them to the horses. G1 got to get in with the horses with Uncle Tyler. He really enjoyed it. He did get spooked when a horse jumped from getting bit by a horse-fly and bumped G1's head.

The drive home was nice. The moon was absolutely beautiful. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of it than I did.

Wednesday we decided to go visit Marcia and Jacob. While there we got to spend time with Jessie and Aiden. We walked to the park and of course had a blast. On the way back Aiden and G1 held hands. It was absolutely adorable.

We went to Jacob's parents' house for dinner. I love spending time with his mom (his dad's great too, I've just never really spent any time with him). The piano was a big hit with the Gs. It was fun watching them play.

We decided to stay the night and continue having fun longer (which actually that happens most any time we go visit them--so I wasn't surprised).

Thursday morning Aiden came back over for Marcia to watch her. We made bread and the kids all played. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully we will get to see Jessie and Aiden again before they move. Thanks for hanging out with us Jessie and Aiden; thanks for letting us crash at your house Marcia and Jacob.

After we got back home the kids were all pooped. They ended up taking a 3.5 to 4 hour nap! It was wonderful. I was able to get most of my book read in that amount of time.

Friday afternoon I took G3 to get her stitches out. She didn't like it but she did really well. I tried to get a picture of how she looks but she didn't cooperate very well. I also included another picture of G4 just because I wanted to.

Sprinkler Park

This morning we decided to walk to the sprinkler park down the road. We let G1 ride his bike. He only had 3-4 falls, and they were because the sidewalks are pretty uneven. I have a picture of his scraped up elbow (I think that's the only spot he got hurt and he didn't even notice it).

Although the kids didn't spend a whole lot of time in the water they had a lot of fun. Matt played in the water with them hoping they would play in it more (which that did help).

We walked/rode just over 3 miles (we went to Hy-Vee for lunch too) and G1 rode his bike the entire time. He did an awesome job. Soon he'll be able to go out bike riding with you, Uncle Jacob!! :-)

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I hope everyone had a wonderful (and safe) 4th of July! I love the 4th. There is always fun things going on and I love fireworks. This year Matt worked 11-11 so the Gs and I spent the day down at Mom's house and then went and watched the fireworks with her, Poppy and cousin Bryan. Friday night G1 stayed with Grammy, Poppy and Bryan.

Here are some pictures from before we headed to Mom's. These cute outfits they are wearing are from their Grandma Fairlie. (G2 has on the plaid outfit and G3 the red outfit.)

These are picture of us hanging out at Mom's.





We went outside so the kids could play with the tricycles. That was a blast.













This is an antique doll bed:


At the park to watch the fireworks.

G2

G1

G2

See, I get it from my mom! But don't tell her I posted this picture--and Mom if you're looking at it you really aren't seeing this picture; it's a figment of your imagination. :-P

G2

Saturday morning Bryan, G1, G2 and G3 were in a tractor pull. After the boys each got first place (G1 was against G2 and G3--and they can't pedal yet) we played in the park.

G3 on left

Before the tractor pull (G2 is on the red tractor).

G1 with his medal.


At the park before lunch.

G2

G3

Daddy then had to get to work and the girls needed a nap (which was taken at Grammy's).



Saturday evening we headed back up to the park to play for a bit before watching some more fireworks. The kid got very messy but they had fun.

G3

G2

This is G4 sucking her thumb.