Playing Ball With Dad

I know that Shawn has been longing for this day.....
When he asked Hailey if she wanted to play ball, she says, "Umm, No Thanks!"

Grandpa's Birthday Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA WALES!!Lots of pics, lots of peeps...too much to commentate on everything, so if you were here, enjoy the pics!Dad-Dad is teaching Hailey how to play jacks!Daddy made Ty wear the O's hat cuz we were in Yankee's territory and he had to stand his ground! Ty didn't care as long as he was being fed!BUBBLES!!!One of my kids is in this bunch of balloons, can you find which one is ours? Peek-a-boo Amber & Eve...getting so big! Nathan enjoyed Tyler being the "Little One" because that made Nathan "BIG!"
Where's your belly, Ty?My attempt at a giraffe for Hailey!?!?!? Kristan's attempt at the Hulk!?!?!? Not sure which is worse! Light Saber Fight with Kristan!!Good times!!

Visit to "The Farm"

My grandparents live on a farm and when we were younger and went to visit them, it was always, "We are going to 'THE FARM'" So we took Hailey & Tyler for the first time this weekend. I have to give a great shout out to my husband because he drove all but an hour of the14+ hours we spent on the road on Saturday. It was my grandfather's 83rd birthday, they were having a party for him, the kids have never been up there and I haven't seen that side of the family in YEARS, so we figured, why not??

It was nice to see my grandparents and to have memories flood back of the times we spent there as children....I have to say, the house it self seems ALOT smaller than it did when we were little, but not a whole much as changed! :)

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!Sorry, Johnny & Becky got cut out of this picture...just so you know, Johnny had on a "beater" and tube socks! HOTT!Tyler made himself right at home and started playing with the trucks and tractors that Grandma had to play with.Hailey clung to her Becky, which was fine. She eventually warmed up once we got to the party.
Then we were off to the party to see some aunts, uncles & cousins!!!

Pool Fun with Cousins

We were up in Greencastle this weekend and Hailey was able to see her Paige!!! Paige's grandma invited us to come swim at her pool and the girls were very happy to see each other.Hailey is saying "My fingers are all wrinkly"Tyler is enjoying just "hangin' out"And Jimmy is getting entirely too big! When did that happen?? Thanks for letting us play in your pool, Aunt Patsy! It was fun to hang out and have lunch with you guys! Can't wait to see everyone again.

Beach with Friends

The kids didn't have daycare this week so we took advantage of the opportunity to go to the beach with friends! What fun. We met up with Garret & his mom and met Mckenna & Blake at the beach. These kids are soooo funny to watch interacting. The love each other and fight like siblings, all at the same time! They all pray for each other at home and beat each other up when they are together.

The day at the beach, they all played VERY well together.Ty & Blake found fascination with our plastic trash bag hanging on the umbrella pole. Who would have thought a bag could bring so much joy! :-)Of course all the other kids had to join in on the fun.Another man sitting by us started to make a pool to play in when the waves came up high enough. This was SOOO much fun!!!!And when saying good bye, Tyler decided to tackle Mckenna. Then they rolled around and laughed at each other. TOOO cute...Tyler actually yells for Kenna now....NEN-NA! He calls Blake "BAY" and Garret is "G" because we all ways just say, "Hey G!"
We piled into Le & Garret's truck...all three kids in car seats in the back seat of their truck. Garret was in the middle and was never a binky kid. Well, now as a 3 year old, he loves to steal Tyler's binkies! Tyler wasn't too keen on this, but I thought it was a riot! Every time I turned around, Tyler's binky was in Garret's mouth. There were a few times when Tyler shared his dissatisfaction, but overall it was a hoot to hear the kids talking and laughing with each other in the back. Good times. :-)

Another Weekend at the Beach

Well, if ya'll are sick of seeing beach pictures of the kids, then you don't have to read this post. But the kids dragged Nana & Pappy to the beach last weekend and we had a blast!

Tyler had a lot of fun eating and drinking -as always...Be careful Pappy, you may not want him to backwash in your expensive water.....MMMM FUJI water is AWESOME!Eatin' oranges with Mom.Kicked back, relaxin'!Showing Pappy her beach (even though Pappy was born & raised here on the shore...ha ha ha)Burying Ty's piggiesDigging a coffin with Nana.Hailey was being Sleeping Beauty, asleep in the coffin (what's up with the morbid Disney Princesses?!?!) and her Prince came to wake her up!And then proceeded to bury HER toes!Pop Pop Rudy gave us passes to Trimpers, so we all got to get on the rides all night long (except for Nana) WHAT FUN!Tyler is intently watching Hailey & Mommy on the roller coaster.This ride was a hoot...Pappy & Mommy could barely fit in the seats!Tyler had so much fun though!I know....we have tons of pictures of our kids riding rides....but each one is just so cute (I know, I'm bias!)This was when we knew Hailey was DONE!...she started taking a nap on the ride...she must have been pretty bored with the rides by now. Special Thank You to Pop Pop Rudy for the passes. What a great night!