MOPS Day

Today we got the girls and ourselves up early and went to Alice's church for MOPS. When we got there, we dropped all three girls off at their class. All three of them wailed because they didn't want their moms to leave. We were finally able to sneak out and they ended up having a great time.

After all of the announcements and devotional, it was craft time for the moms. Alice claimed she wasn't crafty, but in the end, she and I were one of the first people to start our craft and the last ones to finish. It was fun!

After MOPS, we went home to feed the girls and put them down for their naps. During nap time each day, Alice and I had our coffee and sometimes a snack, along with a good book or movie. It was great to relax.

St. Louis Arch

After church today, we went home for the girls to all nap. When the woke up, we all packed in the van and headed back into St. Louis for a visit to the Arch. When we arrived, we had the girls in their strollers, and realized that there are only steps to get from the street to the bottom of the Arch. We had fun trekking up the steps with 3 toddlers and 2 strollers. Thanks Wade for carrying the strollers!


We took some pictures of the girls, but we were standing in almost a wind tunnel at the bottom of the Arch! It was fun to see and visit.

Flying to St. Louis

Today we got up really early to start our trip to St. Louis. Matt drove us to the airport and we got there with just about 2 hours to spare. We stood in a long line to check our suitcase and get our boarding passes. They even gave a special pass to help me through security. He was unable to go with us on the trip because he had to work. We then waited in the long security line. We were all finished and waiting for the plane with only about 20 minutes until boarding. It worked out perfectly.

At the airport I met up with my friend Alice and her two girls. We were going to visit their home, and they were just finishing a visit to MD. It worked great that we could travel together! We boarded the plane and took off. It was a very bumpy ride the whole way, but we landed in soggy St. Louis two hours later.

Wade picked us up and we began our week of fun with friends!

Mowing the Grass

Again, it has been quite some time since I last posted. We have been having lots of fun here on the farm though. To get ready for Labor Day Weekend and company coming, Matt mowed our small patch of lawn. Mikayla and I watched, and then Daddy decided to take her for a ride on the lawn mower.




After her hard work of mowing the lawn...we watched her play on her slide. She loves the slide!

Labor Day Weekend

I have been waiting patiently to find the camera chip that we used to take pictures over Labor Day weekend, and I have finally found it! Now I can share all the fun we had with friends. We had the Belles' down for the weekend. Abby and I went to college together, and then we married men that are like long lost brothers. It works out great for us. We also have girls that are about 6 months apart, so they get along great! Here are some of the fun times we had.

Mikayla and Auburn riding the boats.

Strolling together

Sharing toys.

At the park.

Riding the Fire Engines

Hair Cut!

Well, I said I wouldn't cut Mikayla's hair until it really needed it. It really needed it! It was growing in all different places, but not evenly on her head. She had almost a "tail" of hair in the back and the front was hanging in her face all the time. So, I bit the bullet and finally got it cut.

She sat like a pro! Those who know Mikayla well, know that she doesn't really get still much. So I was very impressed that she sat quite still and talked to the lady who cut her hair. She smiled and "cheesed" it up when I took pictures too. We were done in about 5 minutes, and her hair looks so much better. It was a fun few minutes with great results.

Pool Party and BBQ

Wow...we did it! Matt decided a few weeks ago that he wanted to have a big pool party and bbq before the summer was over. Also, while we still live in the apartment and close to the pool. So I ordered custom invitations, that I got so very cheap, and sent them out to all the young couples and their families that we know in DE.

We got many "yes" replies and only a couple "no's". That meant we were expecting over 30 people. Matt wanted to make his famous ribs and chicken, so we went on the hunt for some bargains for all the meat we would need. We found ribs very cheap at Safeway, and settled on chicken in bulk from the local market. We were ready with the food. Everyone else would bring the side dishes, and there would be plenty to eat.

Saturday morning, we woke to the threat of rain and thunderstorms. We had three racks of ribs and about 35 chicken breasts waiting to be eaten and we had the threat of rain?!! We watched the radar, and decided to give the party a go...we didn't want to have to eat all of that food on our own. So we had the party and 37 people came!

The kids enjoyed a few hours of swimming and then we had dinner. Towards the end of dinner is when the storm descended upon us and we quickly huddled under the deck and on the deck. People decided that it was time to leave then, and all the husbands ran through the downpouring rain to pull the vehicles up close enough for the wife and kids to get minimally wet. Try as they might though, everyone went home soggy. Although, we had great fun in spite of the soggy rain.

We are even more excited to build our house now so we can have more parties and have space for people if rain does threaten our plans. It was a great time of fellowship, and we are looking forward to the next party already.