Friday, April 11, 2014

Grandma & Grandpa's House

We were over at Mom & Dad's a few times this winter to see them, and also to help babysit Ella and Ty.  Brian and Katie went to Mexico for their anniversary in January, and to Texas for a wedding in February.  Jocelyn is such a great help with the kids and of course is always excited to see them, as am I!






 Getting some Grandma love
This was the February trip.  We got a bunch of wet, packy snow, which was great for snowman building!






 Ty is getting to the age where he wants to do whatever the girls are doing, but of course they don't want him doing what they're doing!  Now he knows how Brian felt all his life.

 Grandpa brought in a huge icicle from the side of the house - that was so fun and so messy!


 My little lovey Ella
 It's getting hot in here...

 These were their super hero outfits

 Making donuts...I was so happy to be able to eat them!
 Jocey had a few melt downs over the weekend..."I don't want to be 5!  I want to be little!"  This was usually after a conversation about how she was the big cousin and had to set a good example, or after either of the little kids messed up something she was working hard on.  Poor thing - it is hard being the oldest.  So we took a picture quick of her tower before it got knocked down!
 We had brought over a bunch of toys at Christmas so no one would get bored.  They were still there for Ella and Ty to play with.  But Jocelyn loved to play with them too!  Even though they are "baby toys".  I love how she organized them so nicely (then Ty came and played with them - that was the end of that!).
Now we haven't seen them in a while and we miss them!

Sleigh ride

We have a lot of birthdays starting in January and going thru May. Which is a very nice way to break up the ickyness that is January, February and March!  This year for Pat's birthday he took us all on a sleigh ride at the horse farm where Kailee takes lessons and helps out around the farm.  I hear stories all the time about all the fun they used to have growing up with the horses they had - sleigh rides and horses running away, bucking them off, etc.  It was a gorgeous day in the 30's which was perfect - it had been very cold leading up to it and after it!
 
Kailee with the goats

 Roasting hot dogs around the campfire

 Anita's sister, Donna, and her family came down for the weekend, so were able to come.  This is their son Ari.
 Aren't the horses just beautiful?

 Bumpa and Elliot having some lunch


 Bumpa was so happy to go on the rides!  And to take the little kids too...what a great birthday.
 Roasting marshmallows, hotdogs, and a snowball (probably Cory was behind that one)

 Jocelyn and Elliot had lots of fun the in snow - I think they're discussing how they can get Cory with a big snowball.





 Then Elliot and Jocey were throwing snow at each other, and she decided she didn't like it anymore - major melt down.  Good thing the zip line was there to distract her!
 Brotherly love


 This guy could have sat out in the snow all day just playing away!

 Donna, Angie and Kailee

 Giving the goats a little juicy
 Ama and Evan stayed home, but he didn't seem to mind one bit! (and I'm sure Ama didn't either)
We had such a fun day!  It was beautiful to be outside and so fun to spend some chill out time all together.