Girls Retreat

This post is incredibly old, but it was such a fun and memorable experience that I couldn't just skip it. At the end of June my friend Jessica had a family reunion in Estes Park and they didn't use all their time share so they very graciously let Jessica and a bunch of us girls and kids go hang out in their beautiful time share for a few days. It was CRAZY but oh so fun. We got lots of crazy looks while walking around Estes Park and while hiking, but hey we are brave moms. You can tell from the pictures that we had tons of kids which accounts for the craziness, but you can also see what fabulous friends I have too. These gals are like family to me and I feel so blessed to have such great friends.

Hail Storm

Today when we left for church it was sunny and warm. When we left church it was dark and just starting to rain huge drops of rain. Three minutes later when we pulled into our parking lot, it was hailing marble size hail stones. Unfortunately Jared is in California and so I had to try to get all our church stuff and all three kids into the house with as little damage as possible. Half way across the parking lot Mason got hit with a huge ball and starting crying hysterically and refused to move. The blanket I had put over Brant's car seat had blown off and he was getting pelted and started crying too. So, while I literally dragged the kids into the house, the hail stones kept getting bigger and bigger and by the time we got inside golf ball size hailstones were coming down. The storm only last a few minutes but I enjoyed watching it from the deck. It took a while to talk the kids into going outside with me, but once I convinced them they weren't going to be attacked again, they enjoyed seeing the big hail stones that were already melting since the sun had come out. I later saw on the news that we also got a tornado here too....COOL!!! I wish I could have seen it (in a I'm glad no one got hurt kinda way). Here are some pictures I took and one of the tornado from the news article about it.




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Here are the hail stones that ended up in Brants carseat

Done with preschool!

I did a mommy preschool with some of my friends this year.  I thought Mason was going to be too young and we would just quit after Brant was born....But he loved it.  I thought he would get frustrated and would be too young to sit still AT ALL, but I was glad to be wrong.  He was so exited about everything we did and I was so proud of him.  He loved having a special time to be with his friends and the fact that he learned letters and numbers is just a perk!  All the moms were great.  We each had our own teaching style and the kids got something new each time.  It all turned out really well, but I think I speak for all the moms in saying I am glad to be done.  We are all in need of a long summer break with no structure!!!  My friend Leslie put on a little graduation for the last day.  She taught them a poem and song to sing that was really cute and they looked adorable in their caps holding their diplomas.  We then had a swimming party to celebrate.  I'm glad preschool has been such a great experience for Mason.  

Sleepy Brant and Got Milk?

I love Brant's got milk shirt and it is almost too small, so I took some pictures of him today. He is getting so big. He was 16 1/2 pounds and almost 27 inches at his 4 month check up.

Some of Brant's firsts

On May 4th, one day before turning 4 months old, Brant's first tooth came through. He's been chewing on his hands and my fingers like crazy. Add a lot of drool and fussiness to the massive spitter he already is and we have a bit of a mad house here. His second tooth is about to come in as well, and even though I can tell he is in pain, he still gives great smiles!

Brant also had his first taste of real food this month. He caught on really fast and loves it.

Field Day

When Mason and I pulled up to Mia's school for field day, I asked Mason if he was ready to go find Mia and he said "no, I want to go find Becca." Becca is the little sister of one of Mia's friends. Mason and Becca ran around for two hours and ended the afternoon with red cheeks. We all had fun watching Mia.Mia's favorite part of the day was popping a water balloon to get her teacher wet. Mason would jump up in the air after each kid popped their balloon.....very exciting stuff.

Mia and her friend Emily Winkler doing the bean bag toss. 
Mia and her friend Bella.