Monday, June 18, 2012

Stay-cation 2012

Well, I had my first week of vacation since before I went to work on the bank.  It was wonderful, even though we didn't really do much.  It was nice to just be home with the kids and Dan.  Here's all the blog worthy pics from the week. 
 The start of our stay-cation.  Love these boys!
 We went to the Omaha Zoo one morning and it was so much fun.  The kids loved it and were really well behaved, which makes everything better!  This pic and the one below are of us in the aquarium.  It was so cool, but very crowded.
 Both kids were too mesmerized by the overhead fishes and sharks to even look at the camera.
 Mya saw a couple of kids taking pics on the Rhino so she wanted one too.  Kind of a funny place to take a picture, but it turned out pretty cute.
 The zoo has this amazing butterfly exhibit and all four of us were impressed.  I just had to get a picture of Reggie on this butterfly chair.
 And one of my faves: the giraffes.  The kids, especially Reggie, loved the giraffes.  He stood there forever just looking at them.
 This is what Reggie looked like about a minute after we left the zoo.  I guess it wore him out.
 The Friday of my vacation week, Dan, his dad, his brother, and his friend Cody were all playing in a golf tournament so we got to go spend some time in Topeka.  The kids got to play with their cousins and Dan had a good time golfing.
 Reggie was the life of the party at one time because all the kids loved that he would hug on command. He's a hugger, just like Mya was at that age.  Gotta love it. And I just love this picture of Camdyn, such a beautiful girl.
 Debi and I ate dinner with all the kids at Grandma Lorene's.  Can you believe we got this picture in one take?  That's unheard of with four kids!
 So the next night, Saturday, we had a wedding to go to.  Here's a pic of Mya in her element: dancing on a stage.  This girl loves a stage!
 Reggie was loving the dancing too.  He would run back and forth from us to the dance floor and he was looking pretty cute.
 I even captured this sweet picture of Mya and Aunt Sissy.  She loves these kiddos.  She's such a good aunt.
And this last one if of Dan and his kids on Father's Day.  Oddly, this is the best picture we got of him and his babies, but it's sort of appropriate.  He's the kind of Dad that just loves to get down and play with his kids.  I'm blessed to have an amazing man I call my best friend and husband and he just happens to be the best Dad to our beautiful kids.  They adore him and so do I.  Happy Father's Day, babe!  And happy late father's day to all the other amazing dads out there!  Now, back to work for me!  Wish me luck!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Last Half of May

Photo recap of the last half of May:
 Mother's Day 2012.  I was lucky enough to get to see my Mama, even if it was in a gas station parking lot.  Love you Mom!
 Going to the park with my three favorite people.  This little guy is not looking so little anymore.  Sad face.
 And my stunning little girl.  She just loves playing at the playground.  She would probably live there if we let her.
 Reggie looked like a three year old climbing up and going down all the slides by himself.  He is one crazy one year old!
 Reggie used to hate hats, and to be fair, he doesn't really like them right now, but he has a weird obsession with wanting me to put them on him and then he takes them off about five minutes later.  But it's a start at least.  His fair little head needs some protection so I'll take every five minutes I can get.
 My little beauty.  She loves to model for the camera these days.  We have ourselves a photo shoot at least once a week.  Love it!
 Memorial Day 2012.  Loved the sunshine and loved the family time even more.  We had such a great day, visiting Soldier Cemetary, playing in the water, and grilling out.
 Mya had so much fun running through the hose.  I love her face in this picture!
This week we went to feed the ducks at Krug Park.  Reggie was absolutely mesmerized by the whole thing.  He wore his sunglasses for a really long time and he looked so cute. 
Like father, like son.  They are definitely related, don't you think?  Two of my favorite, my handsome men.  Love these boys so much.  Now bring on June!!!