Como Zoo

We took the kids to Como Zoo this weekend and met up with our friends - Ruth & Jesse. It ended up being a beautiful day and we had a great time! Jayden loved the animals, probably the monkeys the best. She also got to ride a few rides too. The boys did pretty well, even though they didn't get a nap all day (since they didn't sleep on the drive over, like we thought they would!) Peyton is definately our social butterfly! He would just go up to people and hang on to their legs and one older man actually picked him up and he just giggled! Nothing like our little Landon - he is more timid. But he sure liked walking all over the place and running from Mommy! I think everyone had so much fun and were pretty tired out, because within 15 minutes of the car ride home all 3 kids and even Daddy were sleeping!!

Jayden's 4th birthday!

Jayden had her 4th birthday on Monday, September 14th. I can't believe it's been 4 years already - she grew up way too fast! We had 2 birthday parties for her this past weekend, starting with a friends party on Saturday and then a family party on Sunday. Then we don't have 50 people at our house at one time and it's a lot less chaotic. Here are some pictures from both parties. She had an awesome time and got tons of presents. I think her favorite presents were the dinosaur sticker book, dinosaur magnet book and keyboard w/microphone. I would have to say Peyton loved the keyboard too, so we had to put it up on the dining room table, in order to keep him from sitting on top of it and banging on it! He was NOT happy about that!

Vacuum Cleaner

Okay, so I know this is a bad habit, but whenever Jayden is playing dress up, I LOVE getting the boys dressed up too! They look so cute - I can't help myself! While I was getting some pictures of them dressed up, they kept fighting over their FAVORITE toy - the vacuum cleaner! As you can see in the pictures below, Peyton won the fight and Landon was left crying. They are really starting to fight with each other a lot more lately, and I can't help but laugh (even though I shouldn't be). If Peyton has something Landon wants, he will just go right up to Peyton and push him with both hands! And Peyton will run away with the toy, like they are playing "keep away" from each other! It's so cute!

Beautiful weather

I can't believe how warm and sunny it's been lately, and it's the middle of September! We got the pool out a few weekends ago and the kids had an awesome time! Even Papa came over and hung out for awhile and the boys had a blast playing with his empty beer can (looks like they are going to take after their Mommy - drinking Mich Golden Light!) ;)

Head Bands

So, Jayden loves to play with hair bands and put them in her hair, my hair and now starting putting them on her brothers too! The funny thing is that they don't care and actually don't take them off! So, I let them walk around with their head bands on.....

Fun Times

The boys love playing with spatulas, wooden spoons, measuring cups....sometimes I think they like those better than ACTUAL toys! I had to share a picture of Landon holding onto his wooden spoon and some other cute pictures too! Enjoy!

Future Champions

If you don't know already, Corey's family is BIG into wrestling. His mom still works at many wresting tournaments and always brings back some gifts for the kids. Last time she brought back these cute "Future Champions" of USA Wrestling outfits for the boys and also wrestling tatoos for the boys & Jayden. So the boys had their 1st tatoos ever! Here is a cute picture of them with Grandma LoLo (Lorraine).

Camping w/the Finns

We went camping about a month ago with our good friends, Andrea & Josh Finn. They have a daughter (Ava) the same age as Jayden and they get along great together! So, we actually left the boys with Grandpa & Grandma and just took Jayden with us, so she could have some quality time with her mommy and daddy. We had an AWESOME time! It was so much less work not having the boys with! :) But I did miss them a lot! This is our 2nd time camping with the Finns and we plan to make it an annual trip! Maybe next year we will bring the boys too.....

Jellystone Park

We went camping with my family at Jellystone Park last weekend. It was so much fun! The kids loved it! We went swimming in the pool, played in the sand and went swimming in the lake too! The weather was awesome, except for Sunday (it was raining), but that was okay, because we just packed up and headed back home. It was nice to get away for a few days.....but it's also nice to be back home. :) Here are some pictures that Kristen took while we were there. Enjoy!

Playdate with the triplets

Today the boys had a playdate with 3 beautiful, precious little girls - the Hartman triplets! They are only 3 months younger than the boys, so it was so much fun to see them play together. We didn't have any fights break out, but Tanya and I got a little dose of what it would be like to have quintuplets! It is going to be fun to watch them all grow up together! There will be many more playdates in the future!