Thursday, November 22, 2018

Arizona to visit Andrew...

Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich Farm


We stayed in a nice house that had a freezing cold pool! This was the only way the kids would get in...without touching the water! Good thing there was a hot tub!


They grow the most beautiful plants

Sunsets are beautiful! This was in our front yard on our way out for dinner

I got to have my birthday dinner at Flower Child, one of my favorite's! We also spent my birthday driving to AZ, but it was worth it because we ended up being in an awesome warm place!



We went to a Lego Land at the mall. The boys had to be ripped away from the video game.




On Thanksgiving day, we spent the morning playing soccer at the park across the street. I am not skilled at soccer, but I can run fast which makes up for it when you play with this crew. I got a supplementary ab workout from laughing so hard!

We had a catered Thanksgiving feast and all we had to do was warm up the food! A great way to spend the holiday,  in my opinion!


We played a game called "Don't Step on It' where the kids molded poop and placed it on the mat. The blind folded person has to take as many steps as they spin, trying not to step in the dog poop. I was not successful! It was fun to see how creative the poop got!

Andrew and Alex bought Luke and I this amazing Sour cream Apple Pie for our birthday. One of my favorite parts was the sugar apple on top...soooo pretty!

We got to go to Andy's apartment and the kids tried out his VR headset. Of course, after that, a VR headset went on every kid's Christmas list! Fat chance!






Manta Rays at Rooster Cogburn's





Gross!!!





I really wish Caleb, and Paul were in this picture!



We went on a cool hike with Andrew in the AZ "mountains". It was very different terrain than what we are used to!


Friday, November 9, 2018

Scheels with Presley and Cache...

Caleb had a work assignment to work in Mexico during the week for a couple of months. All of the travel and his work schedule was exhausting, and frustrating for Caleb, and being alone with three kids, one of whom is a newborn, was taxing on Lauren. So, we got to keep Presley and Cache overnight while Lauren had some quiet time with Bode!

We got tokens to ride the Ferris Wheel, but when we went to get in line to ride it, all of the kids chickened out! They did play with these Legos for way too long. It was as if they forgot that we have buckets of Legos at home!





The swirly ice cream is always a favorite at Scheels...no one complained about that!

Monday, November 5, 2018

Pig Pile...

Found my favorite piggies taking a rest downstairs!
They aren't going to want to pile on daddy hog forever. Actually, these two just might!

Saturday, November 3, 2018

James's 42nd birthday!




We got James good this year! Jackson snuck up on him, jumped up high, and smashed a cream pie on top of James's head. I captured it on video and it's hilarious because James was just stunned!

But he quickly began eating the pie, even off of the floor. 




Huge ice cream cake with candy bars on top!


How am I married to such and old guy???

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Fall Hike To Lakes Mary, Martha, Catherine...

I just can't even believe I live here! This trail was unbelievable gorgeous when we hiked it back in July, and it's so magnificent with all of these fall colors changing!