85 years YOUNG!!!

Pat's Grandma Ethel turns 85 on Monday and we celebrated her birthday with her today. We don't get to see her as often as we would like, so it was great to be able to be there today to help her celebrate with all the family. We love you Grandma! (I tried to snap this picture really fast because Brody was getting irritated with Mommy...as you can tell by his facial expression)
Pat's cousins, Mike and Jeremy, both have 6 month old boys & this was the first time they were all together....so, of course, we had to take a picture. Here's Kolton, Brody, and Anderson. It's weird that my little baby is the OLD one now...(sniff, sniff)

Family Fun in Omaha...

We spent this past weekend in Omaha with my family. We went to the Omaha Zoo on Saturday along with about 100,000 other people!!! It was packed....I've never seen so many strollers in my life.....well, except the last time we went to the Omaha Zoo!! Oh well, the kids loved it! We spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out at Allen & Sinead's house.

This gorilla just sat right by the glass and Brody (and Daddy) got to see it face to face.

Looking at the giraffe's...
Pat, Brody, Easton, and Mom are all looking at the monkeys!

Easton and Brody "posing" in front of the elephant. They didn't quite understand what picture we were trying to get.
We lined the kids up by age...starting with the oldest at the top. (Keara, Easton, Brooklyn, Brody, and Braxton) along with Grandpa & Grandma, of course.

Brody pestering Brooklyn again....this time with sticks!

Check out Ann's blog - she might have some more pictures from our weekend also.

Oh....the love of family!

Ann and the kiddos came to visit last week & we had so much fun together!

Here's the big boy, Braxton-he'll be 3 months old next week! Isn't he adorable?!

Brooklyn, the cutie-pie in her pigtails!!!

This picture is PRICELESS! Our lil' sensitive princess....I think she was upset b/c she saw a fly in the pool! And after 3 days with Brody, she was definitely ready to go home. Brody's way of "playing" is different than Brooklyn's.
But they still love each other!

Wheat Harvest

Its becoming a family tradition every year to travel back home and help out with wheat harvest. Brody was in heaven all week long! He rode in the combine with Grandpa almost everyday. He'd wake up from his nap saying "Ride in da combine?"


My amateur photography skills hard at work!


I love this picture of Brody grabbing for a cookie. This was during one of our picnics at the field. I have so many great memories of wheat harvest while I was growing up... it's exciting for me that Brody is experiencing it already. His eyes would light up when he saw the combine heading his way to pick him up.

Twinkle Twinkle...

(You may have to scroll down to the bottom and PAUSE the music)

I wanted to share a quick video of Brody's version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Bathtime seems to be his "singing" time, so that's when I captured it.

If you want to make a request for his next single, please feel free. He has a short version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Humptey Dumpty" also.

Patrick's 10 year Class Renunion in Winfield

Winfield's Class of 1998 celebrated their 10 year class reunion this past weekend. Here are a few pictures from the event.

Here are some of the guys posing so nicely for the camera.

Island Park in Winfield

We spent this past weekend in Winfield with some friends. We took the kids to Island Park to see the geese and play on the castle playground. Here's Brody and Hank.



Playing hide and seek with Daddy.
Dan, Abbie, Hank, and Libby joined us at the park. We always have a good time spending time with them! Wish we could do it more often.