Baby girl

When Hope was a baby Steph & I had fun posing her in all sorts of hilarious places! We had to do the same with Aubbie! 

Here she gets to drive the John Deere tractor! The best part was when she kicked her feet & it looked like she was trying to clutch.

Then she had to sit in her tiny rocker chair & she HATED it!

Then she wanted to hold her own bottle. 

Soo funny!

Sprinkler time!

We got the kids ready for some fun in the sun! Of course they always know that a little photo shoot always comes first!

Aubbie wasn't sure what was going on!

Charlie got some major air jumping over Cayden!

He even nailed the landing!

He rocked the handstand!

Cayden convinced me to run through!

Prestyn loved it too!

Aubrey watched it all!

Cayden loved it!

Then Grammie got some sprinkler time in too! 

Tires

The big gigantic tires were delivered! We took the kids out to check it out & watch the action!

These tires were HUGE!

Papa & the kids had to get on top & check it all out!

washing turdy the turtle

On the way back from Shannon's wedding the guys found a turtle! The kids named him Turdy the Turtle.  While the car-washing process was taking place they decided Turdy needed a bath too!  So he got one.

The miracle of birth

We went out with Papa to check the cows & the timing was perfect! One mama had hooves out & was about to calve. So the boys & I hung around to watch the action.  I did video it, but for some reason the video won't upload.

It was quite a quick process for this mama.

The boys were great & stayed pretty quiet during it all!  They had a few questions...like if it was frozen when it came out, because it looked all goopy!  So some explaining was done!  They loved it!

Oops, he did it again!

Papa went out spraying at the trees & said it was pretty wet, so he'd see how far he would make it before getting stuck!  Grammie & I were in the kitchen & I had just said to her "I wonder how long until Dad's stuck" and about 2 minutes later Papa walked in the door.  "I'm stuck" Hahaha

So he loaded up the chains & we got everyone together & he grabbed the big tractor & we headed over to get him out!

He was in there pretty good.

WOW....nice job Papa!!

Check out those tracks!  Impressive!

Papa & Charlie worked together to get this one pulled out!

YAY!  On it's way!

The kids had fun watching all the action!  They love it!

Even Aubbie got in on the ordeal!

Goofballs!

Boys will be boys!

Cayden came in while I was feeding Aubrey & asked if he could get his hands muddy! I said yes, as long as he rinsed them off before coming inside.

About 20 minutes later Grammie came to me & asked if I had said YES to them making a mud hole.  I said "No, I said yes to getting their hands muddy" haha  So we went to investigate & this is what we found.

We were impressed they had thought enough to strip down to their skivvies....and that they worked together as a team to make such an amazing mud hole! bwhwhaha

Here they are working hard getting the mud just the right consistency!

Charlie shrunk....he's now only as tall as Cayden & Prestyn! haha

COVERED in Mud!

They worked hard to get Charlie deep down in the hole & covered in mud!

Then we had fun watching him try to get out!

The boys after they got good & covered in mud.  Sidney had already given up & got hosed off (while screaming) and showered.

Charlie making sure he was good & covered with mud!

The boys showing off their mud muscles!

Another pose!

Papa got to join in on the fun & hose them all off.  He was nicer than me & used the big water tank where the water was a bit warmer!  Lucky for them, I was planning to use the garden hose! haha

So much fun!

Steph & Ryan, does this bring back memories from when you were little?!?!