On the farm

We are so fortunate that Grandma and Grandpa live on a farm! Every time we go to the farm there's always something to do. We jump on the 4Wheeler to do chores with grandpa, we love to feed the cows, goats and of course Belle (uncle Dakota's horse). But there's more, we also play with Blue (the dog), we pet Jasmine (the cat) or any of the other barn cats and there's plenty of room to just run around wild! WE just LoVE being at grandma and grandpa's!

This week gpa hired dad, uncle Bryce, Brian, Chris, Michael, Josh, and Zach to re shingle the roof. Of course we went along and we had a BLAST!! The whole family was hanging around, it almost felt like Christmas in the middle of July! Here are a few pictures of some of the fun we had!

Here are the men working on the roof --no one fell off--Praise the LORD!!!!

I'm petting a cute barn kitty- I named her Ella

Aunt Nicole helped me catch and pet the kittens


Here I am playing with Brayden in a pile of hay. We made a hay castle.

Mommy put these cute flowers in my hair.
Belle

Running and rolling around

Colton being his usual cute self.

Climbed on the fence to better see the cows

We fed the goats some grass

Pretty goats
Grandma, Kate, Nicole, and mommy were in charge of feeding the hard working men. We helped as much as we could. Here we are shucking corn with aunt Kate.
We also enjoyed playing piano. Grandma is teaching me a few notes.

One of the days was rainy so we ran outside and splashed in the puddles. We were MUDDY!
We watched the roofing men hard at work from a bedroom window.

Grandma had a sprinkler for us and we had fun with that!

We LOVE going to grandma and grandpa's!!!!!

Summer vacation!!!

This week was the long-awaited family vacation!!!!! We stayed at a very nice hotel that had a water park, we watched the Cardinals play the Milwaukee Brewers, and we went to the Zoo. Grandma, Grandpa and uncle Dakota joined us for the baseball game and the zoo!

We stooped at Subway to eat lunch before we made it to the water park.
Kylie and Brayden were so excited, they just could barely wait!

Finally at the hotel...

and finally at the water park!!!

At the baseball game, Kylie is loving on daddy...

... and eating cheesy snacks with grandma

Fun times at the Zoo!

Splashing time at the water park!

It was a family affair...

Brayden William, for your 2nd birthday we had a baseball themed party and we invited the closest family members to celebrate with us. You were born on Great grandpa Bill's birthday and we honored both of you this day!

Here you are acting shy while we sing "Happy Birthday" to you and ggpa.
You preferred the cup cake over a slice of the cake
You LOVED all the gifts!

You played catch with Kylie and grandpa

The adults at the party played a game of Bags

Your loving aunts were there: Nicole and Kate

Grandma, great grandma, aunt Jessica and great aunt Lisa

Great aunt Jenny holding Colton

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For the 4th of July weekend we enjoyed 2 nights of fire works, a kids carnival and were sad to watch the parade through drops of rain (those of us that actually went to it).

Brayden - the toad

Kylie the clown

Picking up candy on the side of the road during the parade

Father and son