Off to Wyoming

Molly, the kids, Uncle Adam, and Grammy are off to Wyoming for the week to visit Great Grandpa Jack. It will be interesting to see how the kids handle the drive. We got DVD players for the car, games for them to play, and some delightful rest-stop activities for them burn some energy. So hopefully, that will keep them from screaming at each other the whole ride. This will be our first trip away from Daddy (and probably our last!). =-(

We love you, Daddy! We will miss you tons! XOXOXO
Molly, Brocky and Ella Bell

Smile!

Mommy took the kids to the baseball field on Thursday. It was a beautiful day and the bitey bugs weren't out, so we took full advantage of getting out of the house. After playing some good ball, we all rolled down for an ice cream cone. Brock ate all of his cone and then volunteered to eat everyone else's.





We went to Grandma and Grandma's house for the game on Saturday. Brock had tons of fun wrestling with Ethan and pretending to be hunters. Grandma got them all shirts that light up and they thought those were the coolest things. By 9:00, the kids were ready to go to bed. It was nice being able to sleep in until 8:30 on Sunday!

Brock and our nephew, Ethan.


Our nephew, Carter - 7 months


Grandma and Ella with a new baby doll.


Our sluggo children during a "dinner and a movie" picnic they had on Sunday.

What a weekend!

Oh, how the weekend flew! We went to Grammy and Papa's on Saturday. Chad, Uncle Adam, and Papa had their golfing tournament. They didn't win the big money, but they had a lot of fun. Molly, Grammy and the kids went shopping and then made kolaches. They turned out excellent, especially the Mollache (Molly kolache) as pictured below. When the guys returned from golfing, the kids had a fun time in the pool with Papa. Poor Ella and her 25 pound diaper. She hadn't had a bowel movement earlier that day, so I was a little scared that she might go in her suit and make a mess in the pool. The kids had such a busy and fun day. Mommy and Daddy were pooped!

Grammy mixing up the dough. She proceeded to spank it.





Brock was eating the apricot filling by the spoonfuls when we weren't looking.


Mommy was making him mad by putting cherry filling on his face.


Oh, Mollache!


Papa and the kids.


I know how much Chad likes pictures, so we made Grammy try to get a good shot.








Ella and her 25 lb diaper.


It was pretty sunny.


Grammy was excited to get a picture with Chad.


Chad...Grammy loves you!


Uncle Adam, Erin, and the kids.


Uncle Adam and Erin. So cute!

Toe Nail Party!

Ella and Mommy had a toe nail painting party with lots of polish and snacks. She loves to have pretties on her toes like Mommy. Brock wanted to take part in the action, but I don't think Daddy would have liked him having pretties on his feet. =)
After the party, the kids and I decided to trim up the bushes in the front. So if you happen to drive by and notice a very sickly and mangled bush in our yard, that is from me. Oops!! I think they are all coming out by next spring anyway, so it doesn't matter, right??
We are on our way tomorrow for an all day outing at Grammy and Papa's house. Chad is in a golfing tournament with Papa, so maybe they'll win some big money! We are going to try and make kolaches with Grammy and most likely will be a complete disaster. I'm sure we'll have lots of interesting pics to post after the weekend.



Painting the pretties.



Mommy and the babies.

The kids were making pictures for Daddy. He loved them!

Tee Hee!

Daddy had the kids laughing so hard. Pretty surprised we didn't end up with pee on the carpet!

Ella and her baby, Elbow.

Brock and his "Babe Ruth" ball.



Chad cookin' them ribs up just right!

Two hours of filling up water balloons in the smallest chair ever.

Brock with an Ella on his back. Ahhh!


Oh, Belly Belly!
Here are pics of growing Baby #3. We didn't find out the sex of this one because we figured that we had both boy and girl paraphernalia. But judging by the ultrasound, it definitely looked like girl parts. Even though we said that we didn't want to know the sex, the ultrasound tech gave us an extremely loooooooooooong butt shot explaining the position of the thighs. We will be happy with a strong, healthy baby.

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