Swimming at The Pool

The weather was absolutely beautiful while we there. The highs were in the 80s and it always felt great even at the hottest part of the day. It was a little colder for swimming than we were used to. Cassie was a big help with the kids this week.

Playing At Grandpa Dutch's

This is cousin Cameron holding CallieDutch loved the babies, Rachel called him Dut


Aunt Joanne tried to keep Callie awake for the fireworks

At Uncle Tony's Farm

some of my mom's siblings \/
Callie went right to sleep with grandma

The Girres Farm

My mom's parents lived on the farm until recently and now my Uncle Dave and Aunt Robin live there.


Callie would be such a good little farm girl

Gardening With Grandma Judy

We ate out of Grandma's garden all week... Yum!
Helping grandma pick cauliflower

Great Great Grandma B

Grandma B now has 5 great great grandkids and one due any day. Hard to get a good pic...

Adventures in Babysitting

We left all three of our kids in the capable hands of Marissa, Natalie and Abby while we went to eat. They did a great job and we only got called once.

Playing With Lots Of Cousins

I have tons of cousins in Iowa cause my parents were both one of seven kids. Some of my cousins are having babies now too so Cade and Callie had lots of kids to play with and more on the way!
The kids at the soda fountain/\
Cade hadn't recovered from the car ride at this point /\
Aiden let us stay at his house and play with all his toys





Aiden and Cade peeking in the basement /\
trying to get pics of the kids, what a disaster



Aiden loved "his Callie" and became very protective of her

Cousins Natalie and Abby were a big help

Road Trip

My parents are both from a little town in Iowa. They moved to Texas when I was a baby and we have been making the trip to West Bend at least twice a year since then to see all of our family. It was always our favorite vacation. This summer my sister, parents, Marissa and I decided to drive all three babies to Iowa. It was very interesting and took us 20 hours- the longest trip yet. Here are the girls ready to get the heck out of the car...