Pack Your Bags

We are taking our New tOy ouT!JUST KIDDING! But what a dream, can you imagine!

Dylan ready for take off, or maybe this is the expression he makes during take off.
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We went to an air museum yesterday, it was amazing. Lot's and Lot's of planes. Chris & Dylan loved learning about all the planes, they learned all about space travel, and missiles too. Brooklyn is such a girly girl! She enjoyed parts of it, but she really would have rather been shopping. As we were walking around she kept asking "can we just go to the gift shop" A child after her own mothers heart....who would have known?

Waiting patiently for the stewardess to bring our sodas and nuts!?!?!

Chris's favorite plane SR-71 Blackbird

Chris, Dylan, and Brooklyn in front of the Spruce Goose. This plane was amazingly huge, and for it's time in history all I have to say is CRAZY.

Brooklyn in front of her favorite "CUTE" plane......I guess I should have taken some pictures of her in the gift shop that would have been more fitting.

This kids area where they had all sorts of hands on activities. The kids really like this part.

That doesn't look overwhelming!

This was really cool, a robot arm. Dylan had to move the different shapes to the spots marked.

Out side was a whole park area where you could picnic and play.

Just to sum up the week......IT'S BEEN HOT!!!!! We hovered around 104-106 all week. So we have been just relaxing and trying to stay out of the heat. We went out to the lake this week with uncle Micah and enjoyed cooling off with some fun on the boat.

Dylan tubing all by himself
Brooklyn enjoying the ride

Brooklyn tubing all by herself


Daddy on the knee board, after about a 6 year break.
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We have also done a lot of swimming this week. The pool feels a bit more like a hot tub right now, but it still is nice to get wet.

Dylan and the BIG ball

Colton taking a cookie break

Brooklyn is really in to "posing" for her pictures?!?!


Dylan playing keep away from Brooklyn

Papa and Colton sharing chips

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The house is done, well almost! The past two days the hardwood floors were finished one last time. We will do a walk thru Monday morning with our builder and then it should be move in ready : ) We cleaned the house our self's this last week with the expert help of my wonderful mother in law Sue. Thank you very much!

Aunt Hazel got all the kitchen cabinets vacuumed and wiped out. A huge job, THANKS!

Sue (My amazing Mother in Law) , gave us all a quick lesson on detailing a new home, jobs and we were off to work. THANK YOU!

Uncle Dick became window cleaner. I am letting out a secret.....he does an excellent job cleaning windows! THANKS UNCLE DICK!

Me wiping down doors! What fun!

Amusement Park Time

Last week the kids and I got out of the house for the day and went to a fun little amusement park. The kids had a really fun time, I did too. The park has a fairy tale walk around part with "Mary had a little lamb", "Hansel and Gretel", "Alice and Wonderland", Sleeping Beauty", "Goldy Locks and the 3 Bears", and all those story's. The kids enjoyed walking thru all the house's and remembering the stories. Then the park had some kiddy rides, and then they always have a play, this year was "Snow white and the 3 DORKS", it was hilarious. We did go on one adult roller coaster, Brooklyn loved it and wanted to go again, Dylan not so much he said he could vomit after it. So it is official B has mommy stomach, and Dylan has daddy's.Once was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn't know what to do. Dylan sides out of the shoe!
Brooklyn and Dylan go for a ride

Brooklyn is checking out her "treasures", after a little gold mining!

Train ride

Waiting to go on a ride

Dylan on the bumper boats

B on the bumper boats

Brooklyn's face the whole time on the roller coaster.

Brooklyn and Dylan on the roller coaster. Look at Dylan's eyes!

The "crooked" house, Dylan had to do this one twice.

Going through the 7 dwarfs mining caves

Dylan is lured into

the candy house.

Construction Week 14

The house is almost finished! We are very pleased with the how everything has came together it looks great. The finish carpenter has been working on the house the last two days, tomorrow the painters will be doing some touch ups, the stove needs to be installed, and a few other minor things need to be finished up.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Chris celebrated a Birthday this past week. The kids and I surprised him with a TV for his new office. He was very happy as you can see in the picture below. We celebrated at the little Italian restaurant, that is super delicious! Then he got his favorite desert PIE!

I just ran across this picture of the kids, it was taken 2 summers ago. I thought it was too cute to pass up posting it.