Minnesota

A couple weeks ago I went up to Minnesota to visit the Moroneys for a couple of days....Nolan had been sick and in the hospital with pneumonia and had a rigorous routine of breathing treatments and a shaking vest 4 times a day!!!!  So Kael and I went up to see if we could lend a helping hand!  And to have some fun with Clara and Nolan!

We went to train store....Kael loved it!

As did Miss Clara!

I took the kids to the park and Clara was being a super sister and pushing Nolan

Kael on the airplane!

Cheeese!

Pick me up Aunt Maggie

And these two played so well together....sometimes it is hard to remember they are only a year apart!

Combining the corn (I always knew Clara would be a farm girl)

And maybe we need to get Nolan on the farm....he thought the corn head was a comb and tried combing everyone's hair with it!!!!

They also played babies!

Nolan with some wild hair!

Almost looks like they could be twins!

Trying to get a good picture of the 3 of them!

At least they are all looking!


It was a fun trip and we even got to meet up with Quiring and Hinderaker Girls (minus Michelle) BUT of course I got no pictures!!!  But Kael did love being the center of attention of all the girls!
I was glad to be able to go up for a couple of days and super glad Nolan is feeling better!

Hayride!

A few weeks ago Angie called and said Al and Julie were doing a hayride....I was pumped!!!  We took the kids (hindsight maybe would have gotten a sitter) and headed over!

The trampoline!

Kyle did great and loved it!

And I think she was stuck to Jaci's side all day!

The gracious hosts!! Kreighton actually told me she wanted to live with Al and Julie!

Kael did pretty good....he was a little busy and maybe just a sitter for him would have made things a little easier!

Kyle loved it! 

At the bar with Sissy....;)

Kael at the bar!

Angie and Shannon....Angie was 8 months pregnant and volunteered to drive the wagon!

Kreighton and her Shirley Temple

She was excited to hang with these two  all day!!!  Elyse was the 1st sitter we ever had for Kreighton 

when she was about 6 months old!!!

It was such a fun day for everyone!!!!

Randoms!

It has been a while since I posted!!!!  Just some randoms before I do all the Halloween posts...etc!!!

Kyle on top of the car using a swifter duster and a play sword as his weapon!

One of the kids took this one...that is me post run with sweaty hair and no make-up!

The only picture I took at homecoming....Kreighton and Miss Laynee!

Kyle being silly!

Trying to get better at taking pictures of the kids together!

We went to one of Will's soccer games

Sharing a scratch cupcake with Kyle!

And tractor time!!!!  

All the kids love it!

Kael's Day at Home!

Tuesdays and Thursdays I get to have just Kael at home with me!  We usually go somewhere in the mornings to get out of the house....but today I decided my only goal was to stay home ALLLLL day!

My little naked fireman reading books! 

He "read" this book over and over...."tractor, Daddy's tractor, Bappa's tractor,  no mommy tractor"

It was pretty cute I should have recorded it!

Helping Dad on the combine.....I went out to see how it was going....he instantly started crying...."No Mom"

Then he stuck by Fred's side to make sure his mean mom was not going to bring him inside!

I tried to get him to look at me....but that was not happening!

Big Helper!

It is pretty fun to have just Kael a few days a week and see his little personality coming out!!!! And of course I love naptime where I get a quiet house!

Sherman's Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday Kreighton got out of school early and Kyle is always done early on Wednesdays (which I may have sort of forgot about picking him up yesterday....ok I did forget to pick him up yesterday.....but by the grace of God I called Bappa Craig in a panic and he was driving right by the school!!! Saved....Kyle had no idea that his mom  forgot him and was excited to have Bappa pick him up!)

Anyway since Kreighton got out early and it was a beautiful afternoon I decided to take the kids to Sherman's Pumpkin Patch in Manchester.  

Two boys and pile of leaves!

Lots of fun!

Kael on a horsey ride!

Kael pulling pumpkins!

Isabelle and Kate Dolan were there....they all 5 played wonderfully together!

This was their fort....they pulled about 20 pumpkins down there and piled them  in there!

I thought these two in a wagon would be cute....but no luck on getting them to smile or even look at the camera!

Happy Boy!

I think Kreighton must have recently had a growth spurt....she looks so tall!

All 3 are looking and kind of smiling....a success!

Another pic!