Visit to KC July 2013

Sorry for the absence and then onslaught of posts!  It's been busy around here, but I thought I'd better get caught up before we take another trip! 

In the middle of July, the boys and I made a trip up to KC for visit family and friends.  We had lots of fun, but of course didn't have time to see everyone!

Since we are so lucky with weather it was nice and WARM up there. Ironically it was one of the coolest/rainiest weeks in DFW while we were gone. They boys enjoyed playing in the water in Nana & Papa's back yard. They were so sure about the slip-n-slide, but loved playing with the water!

 

On Sunday we went to visit my dad's side of the family. We don't get to see my grandma, aunts, uncles and cousins much so it was nice to see them and catch up with what's going on in their lives. I didn't take many pictures because the boys were a little tired and clingy. My dad brought a cake to celebrate the boys' birthdays so of course Caiden was ecstatic!

 

Here's my sweet grandma.... and the big knucklehead that wouldn't look at the camera!

We loved visiting DeAnna Rose Farmstead while we were there. And as you saw from a previous post, my boys love a farm! They enjoyed spending the day with Nana and their cousins too!

Another day, we went to the mall to make a bear at Build-a-Bear and rode the grand carusel!

I also met up with a friend of mine from college and we went to Wonderscope Children's Museum. It was a really neat museum set up in an old elementary school building. Each of the former classrooms was transformed into a different themed room. After the museum, we had lunch at Fritz' (the train resaurant) where the train brings your food.

My camera battery died after this day and I forgot to bring my charger so I didn't get many more pictures.  We had a fun day at the zoo with my dad so he should be sharing pics soon, and then spent our last day at the Summit Waves water park with Nana & Papa, Rusty, Addison and Ethan. We also got to visit my Grandma Parsons (my mom's mom) and she met Caleb for the first time!  I didn't get any pictures of that since my camera was dead :(

It was so nice to enjoy some time with family!

Friday on the Farm

During the summer, a Nash farm hosts Fridays on the Farm where they have activities set up for kids. It's neat because they have it set up like it used to be in the "olden" days! Check it out here.

We visited on a pretty hot Friday in July and while we didn't stay very long due to the heat the boys had lots of fun. Caiden loved the tractors and Caleb loved the chickens. Caiden even did a few "chores" and learned how people used to do laundry.

 

And this is one of my new favorite pics of Caiden! He's so handsome even when he's hot and sweaty, working on the farm!

 

Independence Day 2013

As many of you probably saw on Facebook, I was so excited to be in a 4th of July parade!  We walked as a float with my Stroller Strides group in the Coppell parade.  Caleb loved waving to all the people watching the parade, but I don't think Caiden even waved once ;)