The kids.

The 3 older kids got to spend some time with some people recently that they want be seeing much of in the future. Not that they want ever see them again but just not as often and it was a great time to make some memories.

Last Friday night my mother-in-friend (Bryan's mother) came and got the 3 older kids and took them to her house to spend some time with them. Bryan's parents live on a farm and have cows and tractors. My kids always love going to Pop and Gigi's house. Gigi always cooks their favorite breakfast, which on this visit was waffles and french toast! Pop took each of the kids on a trip to get some hay. They got to see a new baby calf moments after it was born. The kids took their bikes and got to ride them. Wow! I am so blessed to have in-law's that are good to me and my family and knows how to make memories with their grandchildren.

Sarah has gotten to be really big buddies with a set of sisters at church. Hannah and Lauren are right around Sarah's age and have become such good friends. They have been trying to plan for Sarah to come and spend the night for some time now and it just hasn't happened. Well they decided they needed to make that happen before Sarah moved. So last night Sarah went to their house and spent the night. She loves Hannah and Lauren. Those girls have so much fun together. When she came home this afternoon she was soooooo tired!! I am sure they stayed up later then normal and have played all day. Our Family has truely been blessed to have Hannah and Lauren's family in our lives.

Isaac had his cousin Riley to come over last night and spend the night here. Isaac and Riley are two months apart in age and enjoy being with each other. They played on the wii and talked about hunting and some other "cool" stuff. This morning they got up and Bryan took them outside to shoot the BB gun and have some target practice. That was right up their alley. I think they enjoyed that the most and then walked through the woods and collected wild flowers for their moms. How sweet! It has been such a blessing that Isaac and Riley have each other and can be close cousins.

Elijah went with Bryan on Monday up to Shelbyville to help work on the rental house that we will be moving into. When they came home on Tuesday all Elijah kept saying was "I want to go to Maw's house". Well he got to go to Maw's house last night. In case you don't know who Maw is, she is my mother. He could not wait for her to come and get him yesterday. I thought I was not going to get him to take a nap, but I had to tell him that after his nap Maw would be here. Needless to say when she got here we had NO problem getting him in the car and saying good-bye. Of coarse mother called awhile ago and said he didn't want to come home. I am so blessed to have parents who love my children and spend time with them making memories.

I want leave Timothy out...since it was just Bryan, me and Timothy at home today, we went to lunch after we packed up a box or two. Bryan and I worked on packing up a few items this morning and then at lunch we headed to eat and make a quick trip to wal-mart. It was so different to just have one child with us, it was like a big piece of us was missing. It is just not the same when we are not all together. Timothy did so well on our outing and enjoyed having Mommy and Daddy all to himself. He is walking everywhere! We videoed him walking around the house today. He will not be able to remember this day but I know Bryan and I had fun making memories with Timothy today. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband who is a great father to our children!