J's Family Blog

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Visiting with Friends

While in Kansas we were very lucky to spend the night at our wonderful friends Gretchen and Darin's house. The kids had a GREAT time playing together, and it was so fun for the adults to have more time to talk!

The kids relaxed in the afternoon with a show: Cooper, Jackson, Nolan, Maya

Jackson was having fun playing with Maya's dollhouse! Isn't that so cute!?! I had to quick run and get my camera.

My friend Megan and her husband Brandon came over with their kids Avery and Cade for dinner. Here's Avery with our kids, Cade wasn't exactly wanting to pose for pictures :).

Here are the kids with the parents.

All three boys woke up very early so I put them in front of a show so I could sleep a little bit longer..works like a charm! Cooper looks VERY into it doesn't he? he he

While in KC we met with some friends at a really fun restaurant; a train restaurant where you order your food over the phone...

and the "train" delivers it! Cooper and Jackson LOVED it. Cooper still talks about it.

They had hats for kids so I of course had to get some photos of them with the hats.

Here's Ryan with his good friend Bill and son James. Isn't he precious?

The last friend we were able to visit with is my good friend Jamie. We met in grad school and have been friends ever since! Here we are with her adorable kids Kaiden and Jaylen.

I wish we could get back to KC more to see all of our family and friends!

Friday, July 20, 2012

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!!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

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!?!