Summerfest

I have not been my normal blogging self lately! I think it is b/c I've been out having fun with my family. I decided to do seperate posts instead of one big one, so here goes...

We had Summerfest on Saturday. The weather was quiet chilly, but I think the kids had fun. There was a parade(which Hunter called a circus), and they went on a fire truck ride with Brent and Hunter rode a pony:



Then on Sunday I dressed all the kids patrioticly and tried to get a nice shot of all of them before church. They both want to hold Callie alot.

Mud Lover

Not so lazy summer days...

I really love summer! All winter I sit and mope about how if only it were summer all my troubles would vanish, and it is sort of true! I just LOVE being outside!Today the boys started out being turtles:

 

After that we went to the MOPS playdate after dropping off a meal for a friend who just had a baby. The kids mostly played in the sand, as evidenced by their sandy heads. We were all sweaty when we got home, so I suggested we get out the sprinkler:

 

 

They mostly liked running away from the water, I think it was too cold:

 

After nap time Tate was being a ham: (I have been LOVING Picasa,thanks Nette!)

 

..and I got a good picture of the three kids:

 

Then we beat the heat by having some yummy ice cream cones after dinner:(what a mess!!)

 

 

 

And a cute one of Callie:

 

A funny Hunter saying from this evening:
-I put my hand on Brent's shoulder and told him I loved him right before dinner as we were sitting down, and Hunter said that he loved him, too. He then said, "Everybody loves daddy!" and I asked him why he thought everyone loved him and he said, "Probably because he's so sweet."

My new hair

Here is my new haircut:


Its taken some getting used to, but I love how summery it is. (Not too much to look at first thing in the morning, however :)

Callie is FOUR months!

Callie turned four months on Wednesday! Up until this point time has gone kind of slowly, but it is blowing by fast now. This will probably sound pretty horrible, but I'm really starting to enjoy her. The first few months were so rough b/c she was a little colicky and didn't like to go to bed at a decent hour, and she was really fussy every night until she finally passed out. BUT, now we are getting into more and more of a routine with her, and I feel she has mellowed out a ton. Almost overnight when she was a little into her third month she just mellowed. No more fussy night crying and she is more content. For that I am very grateful, b/c it wasn't very much fun and I wasn't sure what I'd gotten myself into or how I was to handle it. She is really getting cute and I'm figuring more and more out about her personality.

Callie at four months:
-she wants to be in on everything. She'll sit for quite a while content as long as she is as upright as she can be and is in the middle of whats going on.

-she does NOT like to be tickled. The boys always giggled when I tickled them, but Callie makes a face as if to say, "What in the world are you doing to me??!?"

-she took her first long car ride to Iowa and did a fantastic job! A great traveler.

-she is starting to teeth and I am predicting a tooth will be through in the next month. She chews on everything and drools constantly. At church today she was sitting up on my lap and pulled her dress up to chew on and exposed her belly to everyone.

-can roll to both sides(not quite all the way over yet) and can scoot her body a full circle

-goes to sleep anywhere between 9-10 and gets up between 5-6.

-does not like a bottle.

-finally enjoys the stroller.

-is starting to grab things.

I look forward to what the next months with her bring!

We're back!!

We decided to come home yesterday instead of today. The boys were missing their house. (I was missing Brent)

New hair and picnics

I'm not going to post any pictures of my new hair until Brent sees it, but we decided to cut the boys hair shorter for the summer yesterday after they were sweating outside a lot. It'll be cooler for them I think. (Plus Laci said she'd do it, and I will do almost anything to get out of cutting it!) Here are their before pictures:



During: (Tate cried some, but we got a few cheesy smiles out of him. A rarity for haircuts with him):



And after:


I think Hunter looks more Lester-like now, and Tate just looks more ornery(if that is possible). I think Hunter looks a lot older now, too.

We went to see my Grandma Helen in the nursing home about 45 mins away yesterday. We found a school with a nice park and picnic tables in the shade and had a great time. We packed some sandwiches, fruit, and dessert and Grandma got to meet Callie:



A few other random pictures:
Hunter fell asleep watching a cartoon the other night around supper:


Tate likes Casey's doughnuts too!:


We are taking off for home tomorrow morning. I've had one of the most enjoyable visits ever this time. The kids have been a little bit of a handful here, which has been tiring, but overall its been a really good visit and I'm very glad we could come.