Kansas Trip Cont...

 One of Cooper's favorite things to do in Kansas is go mini-golfing!  He remembers this particular course and the different holes that it has so he was excited to go.  It was REALLY hot but that never seems to bother the boys!

Jackson was really scared of this spider!  I kept trying to encourage him to get his ball out of the hole but NO WAY would he do it! :)

On the 4th we were very lucky to have our good friends stop over and say hi on the way to their family's house.  The kids look very coordinated don't they?  Ellie Kate, Jackson, Will, Patrick, and Cooper.  Ellie is a few months older than Jackson, and Will is a few months older than Cooper!

Justin and Patrick, I thought this picture was so cute of them!

Grandma and Grandpa have an electric jeep so we of course had to get it out and try it with our friends.

Riding that fire truck really makes you hungry!

Every time we get together we get a picture of the dads with the kids. 

Cooper loved Will's headscarf and Will let him try it on.

After they left we got a family picture.

I made this cake for the fourth.  It looks really cute but was disappointing to taste I thought, it wasn't very sweet!  I think next time I would just make it with cake mix, it probably would be much better! :)

The next morning we drove up to KC and were very lucky to see Great-Grandma and Grandpa S, plus Uncle Randy and Aunt Jeannie! 

The boys had lots of fun playing around with all of the relatives.

Next up, MORE Kansas!! 

Trip to Kansas

We went to Kansas to visit Grandma and Grandpa S over the 4th of July.  The boys always have fun while they're there, and they have lots of fun playing with the games from Ryan's childhood.  They always love to have Grandma read books to them!

The first day we were there we went bowling.  They quickly found a place to rest...

then of course I had them pose before they started bowling.  Sometimes the only way to keep Jackson in the picture is a choke-hold! :)

The boys loved to watch where their ball went.  Luckily they had the bumpers up... I wasn't so lucky and got lots of zeros!! 

Kind of scary but I can't really tell who is helping Jackson bowl!  It's Ryan or one of his two brothers...but honestly I can't tell for sure!  That's scary isn't it!?!

Jackson was a crazy boy and had a great time!

Now I do know that this is Uncle B.J. and Uncle Chris with the boys.  Don't they look like Ryan from the back?!? 

The boys decorated some cookies for fun later that day.

Then we started some fireworks.  Smoke bombs were a favorite!

Sparklers too!

Jackson was a little hesitant at first with the sparklers.

Watching for the parachute man with Uncle B.J.!

I had to snap a group photo with everyone outside doing fireworks!

We let Cooper stay up late that night and do fireworks at night.

Whew, it was a busy and fun day!!

"4th of July"

We dressed in our 4th of July gear and celebrated quite a few different times while we were on vacation.

Before that, we had to visit the kids' trees. Here is Cooper with his tree at the cabin. Getting big!

Then we went to pick flowers.

(the pictures posted all out of order, I'm not sure what is going on!)

The kids spent a lot of time playing in the sandbox while we were at the cabin.

Here's my 4th of July boy-one of them anyway!

Playing with pinwheels!

The kids walking down the road in front of the cabin.

Cooper picked flowers too!

After we tried to get pictures of the kids in their outfits, they all ran around being crazy.

Cutie pie Cooper in a very cheesy pose his mom made him try. Mean mom, but he sure is cute! Jackson wouldn't cooperate! :)

But he looks cute here anyway! (the only one good one I got of him out of probably 30. Thank goodness for digital!)

Another one of my cute Cooper!

Both of my boys enjoying the cabin weather!

Memorial Day and Fun Days!

Look at this gross boy. I can't remember what he was eating but YUCK! He can be a pretty messy eater sometimes, just like his brother used to be!

The boys were playing one day and Jackson had me put on this little back pack. Isn't he cute?

Cooper showing off his toy.

On Memorial Day we had a BBQ with a few friends over at our house. I didn't get many pictures of adults but here are some of the kids playing a water balloon fight. They loved it but as always we did not make enough! They went through them in about one minute.

To strech it out we tried to do a water balloon toss; that didn't last too long either!

Jackson just loved carrying around the balloon.

This is what he would do whenever I'd ask him to hand it to me. He did NOT want to give it to me.

Playing hot potato.

The three little kids enjoyed playing together on the swingset. (Elise, Amelia, and Jackson)

The heat did not deter the kids from playing in the bounce house!

A fun holiday with friends!