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!

We are back!!!!!

Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything and I am glad to tell you that our computer is back up and running! We want to thank Michael and Eric for helping us fix it!!! I feel that I am connected to the world now!!!

We have been doing many different things and had a blast staying busy during spring break. Below is a very long post of some of the things we have been doing since I last made a post. :)

I have been playing with my new camera and while I still have a TON to learn I love how it snaps pictures so quickly!! It sure does make things a lot eaiser when taking picutes of a 13 month old and a three year old. :) Brody is wearing his train conductors hat here.

I declared it crazy hat day and Kaylee put on a fun princess hat. :) When I look at her it is hard for me to believe that she is 13 months old! She is getting really good at walking now and even tries to run when Brody runs by her. She loves to dance to music and will clap her hands after you finish singing to her or when Brody is done singing. It is so cute when she learns a new word. She will say it over and over again just to let us know that she can say it now. So cute!

We were able to hang out with Grandma, Grandpa, Holly, Ryan, Lilly and Linnea over the break as well. It was fun to watch the kids interact with each other. Kaylee has a lot more fun following the older two around now that she is walking. :)

Brody and I went to another Birthday party for a little girl in his class at school. It was at Chucky- Cheese and he had a blast! I was reminded why I don't really care for the place only because it is a little dirty. When you go over to the pop machine your feet literally stick to the floor!! It makes me wonder about the cleanliness of the rest of the building not to mention all those games that he touched!! However nothing that a little germ juice and a good washing of the hands could not fix! It was worth it to see Brody playing with his friends and having a ball.

Brody was so excited to see chucky cheese in person that he had to go give him a hug! So cute!

We also did a little finger painting over the break! This is one of my favorite things to do with him!! I love getting all messy and making funny shapes in the finger paint. If you don't have the special finger paint paper that they make - definetely get some because it makes a world of a difference!

I usually am not that great at making things but when Brody wanted me to make him a helicopter I was able to come through! He had a great time with this. (It is made out of Trio blocks I like them better then legos because I think you can make more with them!)

We had to hit one of our favorite spots- Bass Pro! It was a beautiful day outside and the kids loved looking at the pond and watching the ducks!


Watching the ducks... you can imagine Kaylees thrill as we watched them! She loved it! We can't wait to take her to the Zoo!! She will love it!

My grandma ("Gammy") had her 90th Birthday party! Doesn't she look great! It was a lot of fun to celebrate her and share in this special time with her.

My mom did a WONDERFUL job getting everything ready for the party! Her and my sister did a lot of planning for this party and it turned out great! Everything was beautiful and looked great for all the guest ( about 50 people) that were at the party.

My dad posing with my sister and I! My dad also did a great job icing all the cupcakes that were there... :) and helping my mom with whatever needed to be done.

Eric, Amy and Drew were able to come a little early and spend some time at my house during the day on Friday. It was fun having them here and we greatly appreciate Eric taking time to look at our computer! End up we had to take everything off and start all over! I am so glad that we have everything backed up on an external hard drive!!! That saved me lots of worry about losing everything!

Ja and Brody having fun in the kitchen during the party.

Grandaddy playing with Drew. Even though my grandpa is over 90 years old he is not afraid to play with the kiddos.
My Aunt Cindy(who is a faithful blog reader) was able to come in town for the party! She made these amazing sausage rolls that I definetely need the recipie for! They were a big hit!

Our little lady
The kiddos outside on my parents deck.

As you can see we have been very busy and have had some great family time because of it!

Computer problems. New pictures coming soon!

I just love this pic of the kids waiting to see if Lilly (on the left) was going to have a little sister or a little brother. Holly (Ja's sister) and Ryan did not find out what they were having when they had Lilly and they did not find out this time either. I always think it is fun to wait and see what they have and what they named it. However I don't know how they wait while being pregnant!! But it sure makes for lots of fun and excitement for us at the hospital!!

Ryan came out and said.....
IT'S A GIRL!!!!
Yeah!! Our little niece Linnea was born! I think this pic is cute of Lilly and Grandma and Grandpa admiring little Linnea right after she was born!

Here I am the proud Aunt holding her for the first time!

Ja and Linnea
The proud daddy holding his little baby girl. We are so excited for them and I personally am so excited for Lilly and the fact that she has a sister! Congratulations Holly, Ryan and Lilly on having a beautiful daughter/sister come into your family!

In other news our baby girl is now a walker! Last week we noticed her walking more and more and not really wanting to crawl. Now she is a full blown walker and does not crawl anymore. I think it is so cute when they start walking!! She loves to come and find me, chase after Brody, run from her daddy when he is chasing her, go after a ball, walk into her room like a big girl and get her baby dolls, and most of all she loves to go outside!!

Here she is chasing after some ducks at the pond. :)

I have many pictures like this of Brody when he was a baby. He really liked watching the ducks and going to the park with us! Seems like she really likes it as well!!

Another favorite thing of her's is going down the slide!! This girl would do it all day long if I would let her! She also likes to do it on her own and does not want you to hold onto her. hummm who does that sound like???

She is getting so big!!!!
I had to end this post with a picture of this sweet little boy!