This Saturday

Day six, a Saturday. We slept in, and cleaned the house. 

Nate's name was picked, and he opened his gift...

Mid-afternoon we packed up the crew and headed for Henry and Megan's to help celebrate Silas' birthday. 

We had so much fun! 

Si bear did an awesome job smashing his cake (his grandpa would be proud! :). 

He was so entertaining!

After the party, we said our "goodbyes" and headed home. 

Since the kids were so full of candy (thanks Megs! :), we fed them popcorn for supper. 

Nate asked to play with lego for his activity, so we did that until bedtime.

I am not sure who had more fun... the big kids, or the little kids! :)

We missed you especially this day... Saturdays are just not the same without you! The kids are beginning to ask "How many more sleeps till mom and dad get home?" more regularly now.

We are counting down the days! (or should I say... sleeps :)

Love you!

Two in one

It is catch up time! Day four was Joey's birthday (and your's too dad! Happy Birthday!! :)! Joe wanted Quicky Sticky Buns for brunch...

Since it was Joey's birthday, he was the one that got to open his gift. 

When I asked him what he wanted to do today he said that he wanted to see mommy and daddy. We played a game of pictionary instead :)

Can you guess what he wanted to do for the rest of the day??? Ya, uh-huh... he played wii for much of the day. It was all that he wanted to do!

We had a supper of hamburgers, hotdogs and chocolate pudding. (per his request of course :)

Day six started off with the news that one of our cattle waterers was broken. Bob and I spent half the day looking for parts, running to town to get parts and then putting it back together. Thankfully Josh was able to come home in-between hauling his loads of grain to help us out and to tell us how to finish. Bob did amazing figuring everything out and getting the job done... I would have been lost without him! Zach and Jesse also helped, keeping the cows away from the waterer and thawing things out. 

While I was gone, Kerri got Mikaya to open her gift, and she chose to paint for her activity. Ker took these pictures in my absence...

After the issues outside were resolved, the boys and I were finally able to relax. Unfortunately we didn't get much school done... but hope to get back on schedule on Monday!

In the evening we had a huge slumber party complete with popcorn, skittles and a movie. Most of the kids decided to sleep on the living room floor for the night, while the rest of us found our beds.

We miss you guys, but are glad to hear of all the fun that you are having!

Jeeps and ice-cream

Three days you have been gone. We miss you.

This day the kids once again woke up early and got their school done.  Even those certain people who are not usually motivated to do school have been finishing at surprising speed! They have learned that the fun begins the moment they have finished. :)

Eli got to open his gift today. He was so excited, it was adorable. 

He loved his Jeep and when we asked him what he wanted to do, he said that he wanted to play with his toy... so we let him. :) He played with it all day!

 Becka, Andy and Kayla came over for a visit. The kids had snacks together while us older people visited. :)

We fed the kiddoes some ice-cream for dessert, but other then that, nothing exciting happened. :)

Hope you are still having a blast! Cuz... we sure are! :)