Back to Have More Fun With Our Cousins

Great Grandma Juanita made Jonathan this cute sandwich.
Jonny enjoyed playing with it and eventually eating it.

Chaun and Katelyn enjoying some dessert pizza.

Uncle Chad feeding Vinnie his first ice cream.

Dylan and Ellie, you can't tell here but he really did have the touch.
He was so good with her.

My sweet nieces, Josie, Lexi and I.

We went out for pizza with Nikki, Chad and the kids. Here is Aunt Nikki, Jonny, and Dylan. Jonathan is a ham!

Next Stop...School

Eating lunch like a big boy!

Mr. Nelson
with my girls (Kate is ready for a nap, can you tell).

One of my "Waterloo moms", Rosie. Rosie always took good care of me. I loved working with her!

This was my last class at Walnut Ridge. They are a sweet bunch of kids!
We had a lot of fun playing with them. It was fun to see them again.

I got to go back to Walnut Ridge (the school I taught at) and visit my students and teachers. It was so fun to see everyone. Jonathan loved playing football with the fifth grade boys and eating lunch in the cafeteria.

Ellie Meets the Bergmeier Family

Snuggling with Dylan

Aunt Nikki and Vinnie

Passed out on Uncle Chad

Josie, Lexi, and Vinnie loving Ellie.

Grandpa Jeff and his girls (minus Ellie)

We got to spend a lot of time with Chaun's family. None of them had meet Ellie yet so we had fun showing her off. I think they had fun snuggling her too.

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's Off to Iowa We Go!

Later that day we went to visit Grandpa working on the farm. Jonathan got to ride in a real tractor and semi!!

Cheyanne and Katelyn

Sierra and Katelyn

Our first stop in Iowa was Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Jeff's house.
While we were there we got to see Chaun's cousin Laurie (below) and her family.
Jonathan and Jackson(above) had a great time together.

Jonathan enjoying some rides at the mall.

This fall we headed back to Iowa to show off Ellie to our families. Many times the kids and I make this trip alone but this time we were very excited to have Chaun with us. We forgot to take pictures on our way there but we tried to have fun along the way. We stopped at a small town fair and an outlet mall. The kids did great on our long drive!

Sweet Baby

This post is out of order but here is my newborn Ellie...where did she go. My top picture is Ellie at 6 weeks (Its not the best picture ever...stay tuned for some more). It has been a very fast 6 weeks and I love this little girl so much!! I have been reminded lately to treasure every moment with my children because time goes so fast.

A Visit to the Petting Zoo

Ellie's first visit to a petting zoo.

Feeding the animals

It was a beautiful day here so we went with some friends to a nearby petting zoo. Katelyn and Jonathan had a great time. Jonathan had so much fun I had a hard catching a good picture of him.

Ellie at 4 Weeks

She smiled for this picture.

Ellie taking her first bottle. She took it no problem, I even gave her part of it.

This picture is kind of funny. Ellie actually doesn't really like her pacifier.
She is doing great. She slept through the night once (we'll see if it was a fluke). She is busting out of the newborn clothes. I might have to put some of those away. We find out tomorrow how big she is. Stay tuned...