Thursday, July 16, 2009

It's been a crazy few weeks

It has been a crazy few weeks for our family. Our friends, Daniel and Amber, were in town for the 4th of July weekend. They have a little boy who is 16 months old and we all had a great time. We took the 3 boys to Jump Mania Saturday morning and wore them out. The 3 boys got along great and wore each other out.


Aaron had a great time playing in the toddler play area. There was a fire truck slide that he had a blast going up and down.


Luke had a great time playing with the baby/toddler toys while Levi ran around and jumped in all the bounce houses.

Levi really enjoyed the bounce area for the toddlers and loved hugging the dog. They had so much fun. It was a great weekend with friends.

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Zach and Amber arrived very late Sunday night to look for a house. They were here for 3 days and Levi LOVED playing with little Finn. He was such a good friend to Finn. He would sit on the couch and hold Finn for 15-20 min straight. If Finn started crying Levi would grab his pacifier and give it to him. It was very cute.



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Following Zach and Amber's visit we had 2 days to rest and get ready for more company. On Friday, I drove to Kansas City to pick up my dad and Leslie from the airport. They were coming to meet Luke for the first time and to spend time with our family. They were lucky enough to be able to come the same weekend as Levi and Luke's birthday party. We had so much fun. We spent Saturday baking and decorating the boys' birthday cakes and shopping for the party. Then Saturday afternoon the party was on. We had a bounce house and had so much with the boys. We were all exhausted after the party and came home and napped.

Papa, Me, Levi, and Luke in the bounce house at their party. It was a lot of fun!

Luke is not sure what to do with the cake. He was so careful even when we tried to get him to smash it.

Levi enjoyed his Chocolate Handy Manny cake. He ate way way too much.

On Sunday, we relaxed in the morning and then headed to Branson to go to Silver Dollar City. We had a lot of fun taking the boys on the rides and touring the different shops. We had funnel cake and frozen lemonade. Both of which were wonderful. We came home and had delightful Tri-Tip tacos made by my dad.
Papa, Leslie, and Levi on the train ride. We all had fun on the train ride.


Papa and Levi were pretending to nap in Levi's race car bed. Papa and Leslie bought Levi new Handy Manny sheets and pillowcase for his birthday. He loves them.


Levi, Luke, and Me on the frog ride. I was happy that they allowed Luke on the small rides as long as I was with him. It made it much more fun for him.

Monday was a very relaxing day. Luke had his 1 year appointment in the morning. It went great and the doctor was very impressed with how he is growing and learning new things. After the dr. appt we went to Bass Pro shops and the boys had a great time looking at all the fish. We came home for the boys to nap and then dad made Fried Chicken. Yum Yum! I ate way too much.

Tuesday was a sad and tiring day. I had to take Dad and Leslie back to the airport. After driving about 8 hours (to KC and back) I had to go to class. I was very sad to say good bye because I do not know when the next visit will be. I will say that I will not allow it to be over a year and a half like last time!

All in all we have had a great few weeks. I have been so busy I have been unable to blog. Now that company is gone and life is returning to normal I will be able to blog much more.

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