I'm Tired

We've had a fun week with Kaedyn! We made the trek back to Iowa yesterday so the girls can go to VBS up here. They are EXCITED! And I am TIRED! :)

Aunt Cara has been sewing! :) She made all the girls dresses. One set of them were matching. Aren't they cute?? We'll have to get one this week of Mia, too.

One night I found Anna in Kaedyn's "bed". I asked Kaedyn in the morning if Anna kept her awake. She pinched her fingers together and said "A little bit" ha!

At supper, Jacob refused to eat the chicken I cut up on his plate. I figured he was just being picky. After 30 min. of sitting there not eating (but not whining either), he got down. And while no one was looking, he snatched a whole piece of chicken off the table!! I guess he thought it was more appetizing than the little pieces on his plate! Crazy child.

Anna and Kaedyn running down the alley, coming home from the park.

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The other night/morning, Jacob had some tummy issues (read: nasty gas). He wasn't cranky unless I put him in his bed. So we spent from 2:30 am to 6am trying to get him to sleep. It didn't dawn on us that it was his tummy until 4. So it was not a good night.

This is how he felt. He was happy, being silly, and taking turns bouncing on Mommy & Daddy while we tried to sleep.

This is how I felt. Bleary-eyed and tired!!!

Smoothie Time! *updated*

*update* Aaron's meetings got postponed...I'll let you know to when! :)

A few weeks ago, I won a giveaway on MoneySavingMom's blog (a great blog with tips on saving your family money, mostly on grocery shopping)! It was for a smoothie kit, which included a mini "smoothie" blender, several smoothie recipes, and 3 t-shirts! I couldn't believe I'd won...there were over 1200 entries!!! The girls and I were excited...they couldn't wait to make their own smoothies!!! So after naps, they got to make some. I had some bananas that were getting pretty ripe, so we used those and some strawberries and blueberries. They weren't half bad! None of the new recipes were for fruit that I had, so I just made it up:)

Kaedyn chose bananas and blueberries for hers.

She had fun making it, but didn't like the taste! :)

Anna chose bananas and strawberries (shocking, I know). I had to get a picture of her outfit. She picked out the new dress Aunt Cara made her and then since she couldn't find her flip flops, she decided to wear her cowgirl boots to the store! So cute!!


Very serious about this blending business! I made waaaay too much in hers, but she liked it. A really cool thing about this blender is that you can take it on the go and drink your smoothies right out of it! Very cool. Kind of big, but cool :)
So thanks to Crystal at MoneySavingMom!!! I can't wait to try all sorts of recipes for smoothies and use up almost expired fruits and yogurt!

This afternoon the girls and Jacob played very nicely together in their room. Jacob was having a ball with all the bracelets and necklaces ;)

Bath time last night got a little wild! :)

Daddy has a big day tomorrow...prayers would be wonderful! And Grandpa gets here tomorrow!! AND we just might get to go to Daddy's last softball game (it's not until 9pm, so we'll see!)

What an exciting week!

We had an exciting week last week! And it's not ending any time soon!!! We spent the week at Papa & Binga's with all the cousins. And this week is just FULL of excitement! We brought Kaedyn back with us for the week, Grandpa Wallman is coming to visit for a couple days, and THEN we're going to Iowa again for VBS!!! Anna is beyond excited about that. They both kept asking when we were going back to Iowa for Bible school, so I finally put things up on the calendar! The excitement is almost unbearable! Even Kaedyn is excited about Grandpa coming (I think she's met him once?? Big first impression Grandpa! ;)). So here are a few pictures from last week and so far this week. I don't have many of these week because, well...I've been busy with 3 kids! Kaedyn and Anna have actually been getting along great so far (I know...ONE day!). But I'm proud of them for how well they played together today. All sorts of cooking and party hosting and princessing!

We picked up a baby swing to put on the swingset for Jacob. Uhhh....he LOVES it! The higher the better:)

We had a looooong trip home. We didn't leave until after 4 pm. The kids did great considering we got home at midnight! We had to make a detour in Salina to pick up Aaron's car, so it took longer than usual. And they only slept in til 8:30! But they all 3 took really good naps today:)

Jacob was King of the Crib in Iowa! Good grief.

While the girls were away, this is what the men let happen to the babies!!! Just kidding. They played in the water and well, Papa didn't know there's such a thing as "swim diapers"! haha This was also a night time diaper that he put on him, so it really held the water!!!

Look at that thing!!! I think the diaper probably weighed over 10lbs!

The poor kid could hardly sit or walk in the thing and nobody noticed it until I said "HOLY COW!!!" when I saw Jacob. HA

The girls had a water fight with Daddy/Uncle Wally. I'm not sure who won!

Uncle Jamie is still crazy!!! As Jeremy & Alisha were leaving, he decided to tag along for a bit on the scooter (one of the scooters we got as kids...in like 1990!)

All the moms said "Kids, DO NOT TRY THAT. EVER!" haha

Except Mom...she just said "Jamie Lee!!!" :)

Lots of Fun, Everywhere!

Some pics from here and there. We've been staying busy and having lots of fun with all the cousins!

Mia convinced Papa to "play the game where one person gets chased". That one person is always Papa!!!

Kaedyn...she never sits still long! This is the only non-blurry picture I've gotten of her all week!

Ice Pops on the deck.

Jacob loves the new combine.

Mom! It's so much fun!!

Bryce playing Wii bowling. Every time, he said "I did it!" :)

Anna did AWESOME! This was the first time she played. I helped her the first bowl, then she insisted on doing it herself. She even did it left-handed and scored 103!!!

She's serious about this game!

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We went to this place called Incredible Pizza.
It was a ton of fun. There was even an area for little ones that had tons of fun toys to play with. But once Jacob realized there were cars in the arcade...he wasn't interested in anything else!

Hudson, going shopping!

She won over 300 tickets on the games!! She did really good on this one. It's like wack the mole, Except you hit it to get balls into the dog's mouth. She had fun!

The tongue-biting IS genetic!!

This car was a hit with Jacob, Anna, and Kaedyn!

Another great garage sale find by Papa & Binga! All the kids love this horse. It makes noise, moves its head and tail and can rock. Fun, fun, fun!

We also went to a great waterpark today, but I didn't take any pictures. There were things for all ages! I think the favorite for all the girls (even Mia) was the 'Lazy River'. Even Jacob liked that one.

THE combine

Uncle Terry & Aunt Cara got the kids a ride-on combine to have at Papa's house. The kids all love it! Even the girls! :) Papa won't make the mistake of putting a toy together on the deck again! He had to take a board all the way off to get some pieces.

Finishing touches

What? I'm not the intended rider???

Thanks!!! We're having lots of fun playing combine!!!

Fun at a new park

Today, we went to a park by my parents' house that has some pretty fun stuff. It's not the usual park we go to, so the kids had lots of fun!

Chasing tennis balls might have been the highlight!

Jacob couldn't get to them fast enough!

Cassie & Hudson waving up to everyone on the tower.

Papa & Jacob way up high!

Bryce is so cute I could just squeeze him!! He has the cutest little voice!

See?! He's just too cute!

Hudson. Such a cutie pie!

They have these cute little houses and the kids had fun playing in them.

Lions and Tigers and Monkeys, OH MY!

On Monday, we all went to the Wichita zoo--except Aaron...he had to work :( The kids loved it. It was pretty warm, but not terrible. We were there for a few hours and I think we saw all the exhibits. The new tigers and penguins are great! And THANK YOU to Cassie's cousin who got us passes!!!

Bryce LOVED the "Cool Zone" misting fans!

Jacob & Papa watching the gorillas. None of the animals were very active that day. One of the gorillas did run across the windows and pound on them once.

I was trying to get a picture of the gorilla laying there playing with his toes, but I think this one turned out pretty cool! Hudson checking out the gorilla.

A graceful swan along the way.

Bryce was so funny! He wasn't the least bit afraid of the animals in the petting zoo!!

Anna preferred the stroller. Such a rough life!!

Jamie and Hudson checking out the horses.

Jacob...he was scared of the small animals (of course!) but enthralled with the huge ones! Here he's checking out the Water Buffaloes.

"ooohhhhhh"

When he saw the peacock, Bryce said "Hey chicken!" over and over. He is just so cute!!!

The peacock's call scared Jacob half to death! He did NOT like that one bit!

Their color is just phenomenal!

We had lots of fun seeing all the animals. Anna's favorite was the baby zebra! :)