Woodless Wednesday

Summer is FLYING by!

I can't believe we are in our last week of July! I am usually at KAY Leadership camp this week being a counselor for the youth of Kansas, however this year leaves us with last minute planning for baby to arrive! We are almost ready, I just need to pack a few things to have ready to go to the hospital and we'll be set!

Here are a few other pictures Nolan's taken this summer. He is getting SO BIG! And is going to be such a great big brother! He's very excited for baby to be born. Really more I think because grandma and grandpa come to visit! :)

Mini Vacate

Well, I can't believe it's been two weeks since our mini vacation to KC and I'm just now posting about it! John and I took Nolan to KC for a short stay at Great Wolf Lodge and shopping. We had a GREAT time!! Nolan had a BLAST at GWL! I was a little worried as when we got there I took him to the water park while John met with a client. Me being pregnant and all hoped that I would be able to take him where he wanted to go. WELL, we no longer got in the park, took our shoes off and headed to the "tree house" and he was GONE! I couldn't find him while I was looking in the tree house, from the bottom, but looking up trying to see if I could see a GLIMPSE of his shorts or something! At least I there was no standing water in the tree house so I knew there was no fear of drowning or anything, just wanted to know that some older kids were beating on him or something! All of a sudden here comes NOLAN down the big ole slide!! It was a HOOT!!! He was all grins and said, HEY MOM, I DO THAT AGAIN!!! So, I proceeded to watch him for the next couple of hours climb and climb and climb again the big tree house and come sliding down the big water slides! It was IMPRESSIVE to say the least! We enjoyed story time, dinner in our room and the ARCADE!! Nolan loves a good arcade...it's pretty funny really!! And it's pretty cheap too because he doesn't really even need a token to think he's playing! :)

FUNNY STORY! We get to our room and I guess it's the first room that Nolan has stayed in with a balcony. He ran FULL SPEED to see what was outside on the balcony and WAM! Right into the glass door! LOL! It was so funny...he looked and John and I and said, "What was that"!?!?! What a crack up!!! Now he knows you have to OPEN the door to get on the balcony! It's not like we don't have that at home....too funny!!

Monday we shopped at Legends and took Nolan to T-Rex and Build a dino! He LOVED it...mostly. He really has a love/hate relationship with dinosaurs at the moment. He's VERY interested in them and WANTS them to roar, but they are just so loud it really scares him. So he walked all over the restaurant checking out the big dinos with his hands over his ears! It was so cute! He did pick out a purple dino to build and we named him Dexter! I didn't take very good pictures because my point and shoot camera broke, BUMMER!! So all I had was my phone so not great quality, but this is what we got. We ended with a little shopping and of course, ICE CREAM!!

It was a great time away!!

Did you miss it?

If so, here it is. (You might need/want to pause the music at the bottom of the page.)



Lots of fun!! Thanks for the fun emails and facebook posts! A great memory and fun for baby to watch when she's a teenager to be embarrassed of her mom! :)

Does it Work?

Tonight will be Lil' Darla's tv debut. We were picked to do an over the counter Gender Test for Kim Setty's news segment, "Does it Work". We had lots of fun getting together with the other mommies and laughing together as we completed this segment. I really enjoyed getting to know Ms. Kim Setty. She is a VERY nice lady and Spanky enjoyed playing with her for a few minutes at Jenn's house too.

The segment will air tonight at 10 PM on Channel 12 (CBS). TUNE IN!!!


Lacey, Randa, Kim Setty, Jenn, Kirsten

Happy 4th!

We had a great 4th of July! We celebrated with some friends at their house with great food, great company and great fireworks! The kids had a blast lighting fireworks and our friend John conducted a great "line up" of kids to take their turn to get to light their pick. Spanky even got a couple of turns. He was ALL GUNG HO at first, however did back up a little after one of the teenagers shot off a "dynamite firecracker". Spanky did a little "Dance" and decided maybe it was a little loud and ok to stand back. :) He had a great time and in fact woke up this morning asking about Fireworks. Another successful 4th of no injuries and a happy anniversary for John and I!

4 years ago today...

It's hard to believe that's its been four years ago today that John and I were married! We had a beautiful ceremony in our back yard with family and a few friends. It was HOT, but a pretty day!

When John and I decided to get married, we wanted to do it OUR WAY! SO, we got married on a MONDAY, July 4th. It's our favorite holiday. We wanted it complete with homemade ice cream and fireworks. We were married late afternoon and enjoyed a great dinner on the deck catered by my mom! :) The kids played with a "potato gun" thanks to Mr. Eldringhoff and the rest of us enjoyed music by my dad. Then we headed out for a fireworks spectacular!

It was such a fun day with many memories!! Here's to MANY more!