Pony Rides

Yesterday was Father's Day, and unfortunatly Chris had to work :( so we decided to surprise him in the morning by taking him doughnuts to work and some cute cards that the kids had made him!! He was surprised and happy with the doughnuts and artwork...we LOVE you so much honey!! Thanks for being such a great dad and husband!!

So after we visited daddy at work, we headed out of town to visit Grandpa and Grandma Lansink...and got to have brunch with the whole crew, minus Andrew and Lisa :( we were sad to not have you with us, but had a yummy lunch...then we went and visited the Great Grandparents...it was lots of fun!!

Then it was time for a snooze on the way home, because the church up the hill from us was having a little carnival that we had gotten a flier about! They had free hot dogs, popcorn and lemonade, and all kinds of fun games...bowling, ring toss, bean bag toss, an obstacle course, a fun bouncy house and THE biggest hit PONY RIDES!! The kids had never had a ride on a horse, so it was a great fun experience...there was NO fear, and the hopped right on and LOVED it!! Ayden got to ride on Apple and Elliott and Ashley got to ride on Patches...it was a lot of fun, very tiring, so we came home and cleaned up and got ready for bed:) What a fun day!







We hope our Dad's had a Happy Father's Day! We LOVE you lots:)

Summer Fun & New cousin

I have been a slacker, I know, but we have been enjoying our summer, with lots of time outside playing...we also have welcomed a new cousin!! Brylie Nicole-Grace joined our family on May 25th:) She is so sweet, the kids LOVE her and we are so excited to have her as a part of our family...so enough words, here are some pics:)







We hope you all are enjoying your summer! WE ARE:) We already took on trip (see the post below) and have a couple more mini-vacations planned...before we know it the summer will be winding down and school will be starting again! BUT before that happens we have some SUN to enjoy!! More fun pics soon...

Happy Birthday Grandpa George

Last weekend we made the trip over to Dubuque for the weekend to help Grandpa George celebrate his 60th birthday!! We had a great time, the kids got to see all their aunts, uncles and cousins and had a FABULOUS time with ALL of them:) We miss you all already and can't wait until we can all be together again!! Hopefully that will be soon...

Here are some pics from the weekend...












His actual birthday isn't until June 21st, but we had fun celebrating a little early:) Happy Birthday Grandpa George!!

Memorial Day weekend

Hello all! We had a pretty low key Memorial Day weekend, which turned out to be just perfect for us!! We hung out @ home on Saturday, went to the mall, ate at Olive Garden for lunch, took naps, played outside and swam, went and got ice cream from Sonic, and then came home for BED! it was a great day...very relaxing and enjoyable:)

On Sunday, we called Grandpa and Grandma Lansink to see what they were up to and decided to go down for the day...we got there and played outside, grilled some yummy lunch, and got 4 wheeler rides! Then we decided to venture on to Lake View, where Great Grandpa and Grandma Lansink were camping for the weekend!! The boys had tons of fun gathering sticks for them to burn in their campfire that evening, and they were also camping right by the swings, so we had to take our turns on them!! Very fun, we even went on a ride in Great Grandpa's truck to see the lake and all of the campgrounds:) FUN!!
After visiting for a while, we headed to Ida Grove to visit Great Grandpa and Grandma Spotts!! It was fun to visit with them and catch up...about this time Grandma Teresa was done with her dance lesson, so we decided to head to Pizza Hut for supper! Yummy...after all that, we headed back to G & G's house for some ICE CREAM! and got jammies on and headed home! What fun we had!!

On Monday, again we had no major plans, so we decided to call Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Kelly to see if we could drive down for a visit! They were home and didn't have plans either, so we drove down and played with them for a while, at lunch at the Legion Hall in Emerson, and then visited a little more before we headed home for naps! After naps, we grilled and then went for a nice family bikeride/walk on our trail!

We had so much fun visiting with everyone and just being together as a family! :)

I didn't take any pics, I have no idea why not! sorry! So I will put some on here of the kids helping Daddy with some dirt moving project that we are working on:) we got the gator involved and it worked really well! the kids got to help and not be in the way and Chris and I got most of the project done! Now just need to find a day to get some concrete in and get it poured so we have more of a patio for the kids to ride bikes on!!