How many questions does a 3 year old ask?

They ask about 100 - 150 every day! I know right! If you have had a 3 year old or have one now then you totally understand this. However if you have never had a 3 year old then you are probably thinking that can't be true, ummm I beg to differ it is totally true!! On one 15 min car ride to school these are some of the questions that can be asked by my 3 year old:

-Why are we going to school?
-Why do cows stand on 4 legs?
-Where did all the Dinosaurs come from?
-Where did all the Dinosaurs go?
-Why do the trash men ride on the back of the truck?
-But why mom?

These are just some of the questions that I get about things he is thinking about. Then there are the harder ones to answer like these-

-Why do we have to Die?
-Where do our bodies go when we go to heaven?
-Do we get our bodies back out of the ground when we come back?
-How does God live in our Hearts?
-Why are there clouds in the sky?
-Why are the clouds moving?

Ummm yeah! Try explaining those things to a 3 year old where he can understand them! It is not always easy. When a hard question comes up we try to explain it to him in a way he can understand, however that is not always easy.

One day when he is in an inquisitive mood I answered 30 questions in a row before I finally gave up and distracted him with something else! Many times if I am busy or if I have already answered lots of questions I will say "I don't know" and he will always come back with "Yes you do mom just tell me!" :) That is when I just have to laugh! He is just like a little sponge just soaking everything up!


I had to end this post with this cute little girl!

Silver Dollar City

This past weekend we were able to go to Silver Dollar city with Ja's parents. Brody was so excited to go!! For weeks prior to this trip that is all he would talk about!! We had a great time there and could not of asked for better weather!!!
Here are some pictures of what we did while we were there.

The first thing Brody wanted to do when we got there was ride the Elephants with Grandpa! :) So that is where we went. He had a great time and then rode them again with Grandma!

Kaylee really watched the rides and we could tell that she really wanted to go ride them. However she was to young for this ride. :) I think this is a cute picture of her watching Brody and Grandpa getting on the ride.

Grandma and Grandpa braved the teacups to be able to ride them with Brody. What is it about this ride that kids love???

I don't know about you all but one of my favorite little treats that I never eat because they are so expensive is Dip n Dots. I am not sure why I like them so much but I just do. :) So when we were taking a break from the rides and we just happened to sit down in front of a Dip n Dots stand we decided to get the kids a treat and introduce them to some yummy ice cream. Little did I know that Jason had never had them either!!! Wow Mr Ice cream man had never tried them! :) The kids (and Ja) gobbled our little 4 dollar bowl of ice cream up!! You can see that Kaylee did not want to stop and take a picture she wanted to eat and was helping herself to some!! This was her first introduction to ice cream and I think she liked it!!!!! I should of given her ice cream at her Birthday party instead of cake she probably would of eaten it up!! She is a girl after her daddy's heart on that one! :)

We were so excited to see that Kaylee was able to ride her first ride there! She loved the frogs and did not want tot get off of them. It was so cute to hear her giggle every time they would go up and down. She did a great job on them!!

Brody of course loved them as well!! He got to ride his first roller coaster this time. And no it was not in the kid area. If you are familiar with SDC then he got to ride Fire In the Hole. It is a roller coaster that is in a dark building and has 3 drops to it while you go around this little town. He was very excited to do it however when we got off of it he said that he did not really like it. :) I think if it would not of been in the dark he would of liked it better. :)


Here we are riding the train. Growing up my family went here almost every year. My sister and I would always have the things we wanted to do however they did not have all the rides then that they do now... I think it has gotten a lot better! I am always thrilled that Brody still wants to do everything and has his favorite things he wants to do. I hope that him and Kaylee will always remember going here when they get older.


Brody and Grandpa waiting for the train to take off.

I know I have said this before but it still always AMAZES me that she will fall asleep in her stroller! I am so glad that she does not follow after her brothers footsteps in that area!! :) We were also glad that she did not fall asleep in our arms like the last time we were here! I don't think I could of carried her all around the park like we did last time!

This girl loves horses or really any animal for that matter. So when we saw this little rocking horse she just had to get on it!! This was one of her favorite things that she did besides the frogs and probably eating the ice cream. :)

Here we are at our Hotel climbing the stairs with Kaylee. She would of done this forever if we would of let her! She loves climbing stairs!

Grandma and Grandpa took Brody around the outlets and let him pick some rides to ride on. He had some money that he got to spend on the little rides and had to choose which ones he was going to ride. It made it more fun for him and taught him a lesson on money at the same time!

We had a great trip and can't wait to go back!!!

Our Easter weekend

This weekend we were able to spend some family time over at Ja's parents house. We had a lot of fun and were so glad that Aunt Heather, Uncle Drew and Luke were able to come and celebrate Easter with us!

Grandpa is showing Brody how to fish. Brody was into it for a min. but then decided that since there was no fish biting that he would rather go and do other things. :)

They also have two horses that all the kids love to look at!!

Brody, Grandpa, and Luke.

Happy Easter! We were able to go over to my parents after church for a little bit and then we headed over to Ja's family's house for Easter lunch.

My parents with the kiddos ... you can tell it was very windy out yet I was so glad that it was a nice day and not raining or really cold!


Here is our little nephew Traber. He looked so cute in his little Easter outfit!!

We attempted to get a group shot of all the cousins. As you can see they all were sitting there so we thought that was a great accomplishment!

Brody after hunting Easter eggs at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Kaylee really got into putting the eggs in her basket. It was fun to watch her on her first Easter egg hunt!

playing outside...



This little girl loves to slide!! Even face first!

She loved landing on this cushion!!! It was so cute to watch her!

Lilly also loved to slide!

The Easter bunny gave Brody a new water gun so we just had to try it out! He loved it and really got into getting everyone wet! Ja and I are going to have to buy one just like it so that we can get in on the fun and not be the only ones getting wet!!!! :) We had a great Easter and enjoyed going to church and spending time with our family!