A new park

My mom has a little tradition of taking the kids to a new park every time we visit.  This time was extra fun because Maddie and Grammy went along too!

 

One (of many) fun things about the move is that there will be TONS of new parks to find!

 

Past March park trips:

2012

2011

I promise not to be a baby

-after this...

 

My parents are moving this summer.  They're leaving Kansas and the country and moving to Iowa and the city.  Last week was the last time I'll ever be home.

 

Endings stink.

My mom and dad haven't lived in a neighborhood for 31 years.  They have never had a fenced yard.  They've had horses since I was 5.  And the only garage they've ever had smells like a barn.

I am not looking forward to the first visit at their new place.  At all.  I don't like this kind of change, even when it ends up being awesome. 

But I remember the first night I slept in the house they're leaving: I hated it.  I wanted my old room in our old house.  Then time and new memories made this house home:

 All will be well.  Where they are is HOME.  Not horses or zip codes or barns or houses full of good (and not so good) memories.  I know that. 

But for just a while longer, I'm going to mourn a little, and remember a lot.

And when I'm done being sad, I'll be thankful.  For the childhood I had- with horses and freedom and creeks to explore and basements to turn into movie theaters.  With cousins and friends and kick the can and boogy-man games.  With trampolines and hay forts and dirt roads to learn to drive on and run cross-country routes on. 

Life was good.  And is good. 

 

 And will be good.

Bouncing.

Isaac loves the bouncer more than any of the others.  Combined.

He can stay happy in it for a long time.

Oh- and he can sit unsupported now.  :)   Finally.

We're still around.

 

Just trying to recover from a long spring break trip North.

 

The laundry is killing me.

 

 

 

 

Funny story-

Have you ever sent an email or text to the wrong person?  I did today- and it still makes me giggle to think about it.  It concerned Ty's underwear.  And what happens to that underwear after we are gone for any extended time (hint: it doesn't stay clean all day.)  

Thankfully the person the message went to was a relative and got a kick out of it too.  It was also good that I used Ty's name at the end of the text, although it may have been even better if I hadn't...  right, Kev?   :)

Laughs at the grocery store:

 Me:  What are you doing?!

Ty:  I just need some of this real quick.

Me:  What is it?  (laughing.)

Ty:  Just some of this 'odorant.

1/2

 JD has been out of town recruiting, but the kids and I had a little "party" tonight "for Isaac."   :)

 Halle picked the meal.

Cate helped bake the cake.

And Ty shot baskets.

 Isaac really cared.

 It was the girls' idea- and they loved every minute of the planning and decorating:

 It said "isaac's BiRTHday!"   :)

 

So.  Little guy is 6 months old today.  Wow.

He is chubby.  And squealy.

 He doesn't stay still.  He rolls and scoots, but he does NOT sit alone.  I think he's too fat.   :)

 Cate calls him "Happy-Baby" or "Roly-Poly"- both fit him well.

He has two teeth.  He eats rice cereal (doesn't love it.)

He is nowhere near crawling yet (he's gotten his knees under him a few times, but that's it) and this is his favorite hobby:

Supermans and crazy kicking!

 He is such a sweet baby.

I'm not in a hurry for anything with this one. 

Stay small, little man. 

Please.



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As I was fixing supper Ty came in the kitchen like this:

And said, "The ballgame is over.  I had to put my flip flops on to leave the gym."

He watches everything those big guys do!     :)

 

 

HERE is Cate at 6 months.

HERE is Ty at 6 months.

Road Trip

It was like old times this weekend as the kids and I rode the bus with the team to Atlanta.  Only we have more kids.  And it's a nicer bus.   And JD doesn't have to drive it.   :)

It's about 5 1/2 hours to Atlanta- Ty slept at least half of it:  

 My favorite part of the trip was seeing my Uncle Steve and cousin Lane, who live in the area and came to visit us at our hotel:

Thanks again, guys- it meant a lot to me, and the kids had so much fun!    :)

(Trevan says hi.) 

 Our game wasn't until Saturday evening, so we were in the hotel until heading to the gym that night at 5 pm.  Hotel life isn't that much different now with 4 kids, than it used to be with 2.  We just cram one more on the bed: 

 We bring games and a few toys:

 And (assuming its a clean tub/bathroom) we take long baths:

 With lots of toys:

 Hotel lunch:

I learned long ago to snatch extra milk and fruit from the breakfast bar.  :)

It also helped that they were all so tired from an extremely late night that they each slept for at least 2 hours in the afternoon.  At the same time!  While Kansas played on tv!   I thought I was dreaming for awhile. 

 

 

Our season ended in Atlanta.  We played fairly well, but they are just older and bigger and can shoot the lights out.  My favorite part of the game was when about 10 of our crazies from BMC walked in the door in full fan-regalia.  It was a shock to see them, and they had that gym rocking for us in the first half.  Unfortunately the other team sent some security to keep them quieter in the second half (unfairly.)  It felt like a home game for awhile though!   To read more about the game, go HERE.