Summer summer summer SUMMERTIME!

We had a great weekend at Ryan's parents house!  We couldn't have asked for better weather!  It was good to spend some time at Ryan's "home" with Grandma Sue, Papa Gary, GG, Holly, Jack, and the Hurds.  The kids had a BLAST and spent A LOT of time outside.  Landon of course was Grandma and Papa's helper all weekend long!  Although, we didn't catch any pics of him and Papa (I don't know how since they spent ALOT of time together).  I also have to mention that Landon experienced farm peeing and pooping, that was an interesting experience if you can imagine.  Landon helped Papa and Jack bottle feed the calf in the barn and although he was scared of it still asked to see "more baby tow."  Today we went out into the pasture and fed the cows "cake."  Landon had a great time (and not going to lie, so did I!) and actually had a cow lick his cheek!  He was pretty scared at first but didn't stop talking about it the rest of the day.  The picture below is GG, Grandma Sue and Landon doing some watering.  Sue has a beautiful yard with such gorgeous plants and landscaping, what a talent!

We spent the day at the lake on Saturday and couldn't have asked for better weather.  It was gorgeous and everyone had such a good time!  The picture below shows the first thing Landon found at the lake Kellen's tractor!  He loved it so much but he was not a good driver at all and honestly those things go FASTER than I thought they would:)  

After Landon saw Jack and Aunty Holly cruising around in the Kayak, he insisted on riding, too and was yelling AUNTY HOLLY as loud as he could so she would come and get him!   As you can see, I don't think he was probably much help in the paddling department.

Kadence decided that she was going to make her mom happy and leave her hat on all day!  She wasn't so sure about the sand on her feet and kept lifting her legs up.  I think this is her new face as she was making it in almost every picture! 

She did warm up to the sand and decided to sit half in the water and play!  She stayed there for a long time, I was surprised since the water was pretty chilly.  

As soon as Landon spotted the boat, he kept saying "drive, drive."  It was funny because I don't think he has ever really been on a boat, I guess it just ties in with his love for cars (not traveling in them mind you).  He thought it was pretty neat and wanted to go FASTER of course:)  He had a fun time watching daddy and Jonathon wakeboard and surprisingly didn't get too upset when his daddy wiped out.

Landon sat right next to Jack on the boat and they were leaning over watching the guys.  Needless to say his mommy was sitting behind them holding onto the strap of his life jacket!

My timid little Kadee wasn't so sure about the boat ride.  She liked it at first, but not so much when it started to get pretty windy.  She hung pretty close to Aunty Holly.

Landon spent a lot of time riding the four-wheeler with Papa and Grandma.  Today, daddy took both of them for a ride.  Kadence was waving (like she was in a parade) as they were leaving and it was adorable.  She didn't so much like the ride after they got going though, perhaps another wind in her face issue.

And below is what happens after a fun-filled weekend with much loved family and friends!  

Kadence was cashed for awhile on the way home until we had yet another great experience with potty training-pulling over on the side of the road so Landon could pee!  It wouldn't have been so bad, but after we stopped to eat Landon said he had to potty so we pulled over again, then he didn't really have to go.  The little turkey was just tired of riding in his car seat.  Oh the fun of potty-training, but I am not complaining he is doing SO well!  

Yet another great summer weekend!  If only they lasted forever!  Being home always feels good though, the kids went to sleep good as they were exhausted and Ryan has been studying hard since we got home...back to reality I guess!

Weekends go by too fast!

We had a pretty relaxing weekend at home!  I worked Friday night so the kids got some needed Daddy time Saturday morning for a couple hours while I slept!  We then had a little birthday party at the neighbors for their little girl.  We even had a campfire after the kids went to bed, it sure is nice to have some grown up time without paying a sitter!  The weather was horrible this weekend and is supposed to continue until Thursday!  Hopefully, the weather man is wrong like usual and it will warm up before then!  Today we decided to take the kiddos bowling!  We haven't been bowling since we moved here and missed one of Ryan and my favorite activities!  We were a little rusty and bowled about the same as Landon and I will be honest with you, there were times I used the bumpers more than he did!!

He's a pretty tough guy lugging his 6lb ball around all by himself!  He really did not want any help and only dropped it twice, luckily not on his toe or on his sister!!  (Aren't those the cutest bowling shoes EVER!!  Why is everything always cuter when it's smaller?
Kadence spent her time walking around and also scooting on her belly.  I think she thought it was fun because it was slippery...needless to say they both had baths when we got home!
Kadence was such a good little cheerleader, she clapped A LOT!

These are just a few shots from the Sioux Falls zoo last week.  Landon insisted on riding the carousel and Ryan and I thought for sure he would bail right away, but he surprised us (once again) and LOVED it!  Kadence enjoyed the animals like always and pointed to them the whole trip!

Well another weekend gone!  They sure go fast!  

Kids are great!

There is just never a dull moment in our house!  On the days I think I am going to go crazy, the kids turn it around by just acting goofy!  Apparently in our home, Landon's new underwear get much more use on his and his sisters heads than him wearing them!  Kadence doesn't look that thrilled in the below pictures, but had you seen the two of them racing around the house just minutes prior, you would have seen how much fun they were having!    

I just can't believe how much enjoyment and love these two little people have brought into our lives!  They are the best and we love them so much!!

Last day of May!

Like father, like son!!  Our neighbor Rachel has started making the cutest tutu's!  Her girls were wearing them and of course Landon wanted to join the fun too!  I guess it's not all that surprising since his daddy used to wear one when he was little, too!  They had so much fun it was great!  
This picture is one of my favorites...if we would have told them all to do the same thing they never would have, but they were doing it all on their own...kids are just too fun!  Too bad Kadence was taking a nap or she could have joined in on the fun!
We have enjoyed our pool at home now too.  The weather has been great here, so it has been hard for me to get anything done!  I am not used to all of this nice weather.  I finally figured it out the other day, in Cloquet and Fargo, there weren't as many nice days, so the days that were nice I would be outside as much as possible!  So now we have pretty much been outside every day!  Hard to get a lot done, but the kids are loving it anyways!
Kadence has mastered walking and is getting pretty brave these days.  She decided she wanted to try out the trampoline standing up this time!  Thankfully she never fell, but she sure was proud of herself!  
Those big blue eyes are hard to resist...like father like daughter I suppose!  She is growing up so fast, but it sure is fun to see her mind work and watch her figure out new things every day!
I thank God everyday that I am blessed with such a happy, healthy family!  I just wish time didn't go so fast!  I can not believe it will already be June 1st!  A busy but fun summer lies ahead!

Good times in Omaha!

This post is a few days late since I have been having issues uploading the photos!  For whatever reason I was unable to post the pics I had from Arin's camera which is a bummer since those were the good ones!  I will keep working on it, for the mean time I posted a few that we took!  We all went to Omaha this past weekend to visit Aunty Arin and help her with some yard work!  She has been such a tremendous help to us the past few months without daycare, it was our turn to help her out a little!  Kristy, Jessie, and Tyler also came for the weekend and it was awesome to see them too!  It was so warm out I bought the kids a pool and they had a blast with it!  They also had a slip-n-slide set up which kept them all very busy (Ryan especially), it was very entertaining.  

Kadence loved playing in the water and was such a trooper even though it was pretty chilly!  She sure thinks she's pretty cool these days now that she can walk around everywhere!!  I just love her new swimsuit from Grandma Debbie!
Landon of course also had a blast with the pool.  But not quite as much fun as chasing Aunty's "titty" around EVERYWHERE!  He loves that cat soooooooo much, and the cat looooves him, too (haha or not).  Landon loved the pond across the street from Aunty's house that was filled with Koi fish.  We even fed them bread one night!  I think he was outside about 98% of the weekend! 
On Sunday, we went to the Omaha zoo which was a lot of fun!  All of the kids were so good and enjoyed looking at all of the animals.  
We had to get a picture of the real monkey's atop the gorillas...haha!  Kadence was scared of course so she was MIA from this pic.

Landon insisted on being carried through the entire zoo!!  Poor Aunty Kristy was the lucky lady who lugged him around most of the trip!  Such a softy...couldn't say no to those big brown eyes, I guess it runs in the family:)  

We had such a nice visit with family!!  I think Ryan surely enjoyed spending time wrestling and talking sports with Tyler!  We also got to swim at the pool at the clubhouse!  The most fun we probably had was the 8.5 mile run Ryan and I went on up hill the whole way (or so it seemed).  We did get lost and it was very hot, not so much fun but hey we survived.  

Ryan dove right back into school this week and will be busy this summer semester of course!  I am loving my time with the kids and I think they are loving it also!  

Loving this warm weather!

We have had such an awesome time the past couple days outside!  I cannot believe how much warmer it is here!  It has been in the 90's!  We played in the sprinkler on Monday and Tuesday we had a water balloon war (I think Emma lost that one:))  We have actually had to run our air conditioner...It is crazy!  The kids are having a great time playing outside as much as we can!

Kadence was trying out her friend Macy's fun four-wheeler.  She thought she was pretty cool when she figured out how to get it to move on her own!  
Then she just figured it would be more fun to push it!
Landon thought the water balloons were so much fun!  He waited patiently for daddy to fill and tie them and then usually chased after me with them!  
Summer is so much fun and we just can't wait to have more fun out in the sun!  

We did it!

Ryan, Kristy (Ryan's sister) and I all ran the Fargo half marathon on May 9th!  It was a chilly run only 38 degrees at the start but very fun!  It was Ryan and Kristy's first half marathon and they did so awesome!  We had such a great time visiting our old hometown and saw family and many friends that we miss dearly!  We did forget how much chillier it is in Fargo...I don't really miss that!
Landon had a blast playing and following Jack and Jessie EVERYWHERE! 
Kadence had a great time too and started taking more steps by herself on Sunday.  Happy Mother's day to me!!
What a great weekend!  My best friend Jackie also had her baby on May 9th the half marathon day for me!  Rocco Donofrio-what a cute little boy!  The kids and I made a trip back to Cloquet to visit Jackie and Rocco.  We had an interesting 6 1/2 hour car ride without daddy!  For whatever reason, they were much better for me on my long trip than they had been for Ryan and I on our shorter trip to Fargo!  Although, I would have loved to see a video of the three of us from the bathroom stall when we stopped...haha!  It was a great visit and I had fun seeing my family as well!  We were lucky enough to spend some time with Grandma June and Grandma Faraway (who is not so faraway these days!!).  We are so blessed to have such wonderful families!!