Some Fun Pictures Of The Kids

Here are some pictures of the kids just hanging out at home having fun!

The Boys

When did they get to be so grown up and so handsome? I have pictures of them in this same spot from the last few years and I just can't believe how quickly they are changing and growing. They are starting to look like big boys and not my little babies anymore. I love you boys!!!!

IZZIE BEING IZZIE

Here are a few quick pictures that I took of Isabel today after we dropped the boys at school.

Playing Outside

Today was a beautiful day so we decided to play outside for a few hours. I got a couple pictures of the kids before my camera battery died.

Sleeping Beauty

After a busy day playing at Kristi's house today while Mommy napped before work Izzie just could not stay awake any longer. Here are some pics of our sweet Sleeping Beauty in her highchair at dinner tonight.

1st Day of School

Today was the 1st day of school for the boys! Grandma Chris came and brought breakfast for the boys and then it was off to school. They were both very excited to start the new year. We dropped Jackson off 1st and got him all settled in his room and Grandma stayed with him while I went across the hall with Carter and got his backpack hung up. He went off to play right away but came back in a few minutes kinda teary (I think he was getting a little nervous) but we went to the the rice table and found a friend and was then happy and all smiles when I left! Anxious to pick them up and find out how thier 1st days went!!!

THE GREAT MN GET-TOGETHER

We decided to visit the State Fair this year on Labor Day (since it was the only day neither of us was working). Izzie spent Sunday night at Papa and Grandma's house and spent the day with grandma while we went to the fair. We decided that the fair was no place for a girl who is determined to WALK EVERYWHERE she goes and boy were we glad we made that decision because it was a HOT day (91 degrees!!!)

We got the boys up early and got them dressed and arrived at the fair around 8:30am. What a great plan because there were not huge crowds everywhere and no lines (at least not until later in the day). We visited the helping hands farm thing where the kids got to pedal a tractor, feed corn to pretend chickens, milk a pretend cow, plant a seed, and much more. They really liked this activity and we will definately do that one again next year! Then it was off to the Dog building where we saw part of a dog show with GreyHounds doing tricks. The boys thought that was really cool! Then we got to go into the building and pet all the dogs (and if you know our boys they LOVE dogs!!!) After we left there we decided to get some Cini-minis (if you haven't tried these you really should-YUMMMM!) We did more walking around and visited many of the buildings including education, Eco, merchant mart, grandstand, and much more. Of course we had to go to the KidWay where the boys did some fun rides (the favorite was the bumper boats-just like it was the year before!) We asked the boys if they wanted to do the giant Trampoline but it was a unanimous NO! Maybe next year.

We enjoyed lots of yummy treats throughout the day including cotton candy, mini-doughnuts, Sweet Martha's Cookies, pronto pup and an Icee. We were going to go to the food building but by the time we got around to it we were soooo hot and the boys were so tired I thought they may fall asleep in the wagon! We did go see the Miracle Of Birth Center and the boys loved that. Jackson asked at every animals pen "so did that mommy have a baby?" He had to pet EVERY lamb and also loved petting the baby chick. All in all it was a fun filled day. We packed up the van and headed to Grandma and Papa's to get Isabel and not more than 5 minutes after we left the fair the boys were sound asleep!!!