Daddy Weekend

I seriously have THE best Mister ever!  He so kindly took the kiddos to his parents again this weekend, leaving me all by my joyous lonesome!  I always have so many projects/things I want to get done, that just don't seem to get done with three little people constantly needing my attention.  It's really a win/win situation for all...the kids get some much needed time with daddy, they get to hang out with gramma and grampa, they get to do fun things...and I can get sooooo much accomplished when I don't have any interruptions! :-)

 

 

As soon as they got down to Elfrida, they went on a picnic and to play in the creek!

 

 

I so love this girl and her many facial expressions!

 

Oh this kid kills me!

 

Apparently, he'd had a long day!

 

Horses are always a big hit!

 

Except, apparently, for Alexa this time! :-)

 

Kevin even took the kiddos to church all by himself, with the help of his parents, of course.

He's my  hero!

Sure love him and his willingness to give me some much-needed ME time!

::Off to Elfrida::

We went down to Elfrida this weekend to visit Kevin's parents.  Kevin and his dad took the girls up to The Granets right after we got there on Friday.  They were so excited to ride in the back of Grandpa's truck like big kids!

Just hangin' out back at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

The kids LOVE the swings!

And they had a great time checking out Grandpa's garden.

Barrett especially liked the can of water he found...and then so did the girls!

Yesterday morning, Kevin and I went shooting with his dad.  I have to admit...I quite enjoy the power of having a gun in my hands!  And I am a pretty good marksman, if I do say so myself! :-)

 We, of course, cannot go to Grandma and Grandpa's without riding horses.  Their neighbors are so kind to let us do so each and every time we go! And the kids love it.  This time was especially exciting because the white horse had had a baby since the last time we visited and so the girls were THRILLED to see the foal.

Decorating cookies with Grandma...I won't even try to guess how many cookies were consumed during this process!!  But we all had fun, and that's what matters!

I had to put all 4 of these pictures...it just makes me laugh to see the evidence of how difficult it is to get all kids looking at the camera and smiling at the camera at the same time.  Pretty much impossible in our family!!

My hottie Mister with our handsome Bubba!

I sure love these men of mine!

I caught this tender moment where Grandpa was reading Payton a story!  I'm so glad my kids are close with both sets of Grandparents and that they look forward to each time they get to see them!

Thanks Dale & Marial for a fun visit!

My Catch-Up Weekend

Back at Christmas, I told Kevin that a WONDERFUL gift he could give me would be a weekend to catch up on all the little and big projects that have been falling by the wayside since being pregnant and having Barrett, all the deep-cleaning that needed done and basically to just catch up on life. And he could do this by taking the kids to visit his parents for the weekend. And since I pretty much have the most amazing husband in the world, he agreed! So we planned it for a weekend that I wouldn't have to teach my lesson at church so I could 100% devote my time to all that needed done. And this weekend was it! It.Was.Fabulous! It really is amazing how much you can get done when you don't have 50 million (no exaggeration at all) interruptions!!

And the kids had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's! Barrett even got to ride a horse for the first time!! Yay Bubba!!!

The girls didn't even need to call me the entire time they were gone...they were having too much fun! And I got everything done that I wanted to, and then some. I still have a lot of things to do, don't we all...really is a mother/homemaker's work ever really done??!!! But I just feel sooooo much better about life. I feel like I can actually keep my head above water now! Thank you Kevin for supporting me and loving me and helping me be a better me! I love you and our precious babies so much!

To Grandma's House We Go...

We ventured down to Elfrida this weekend to visit Kevin's parents. It had been way too long since our last visit! And the girls had a blast! I was a little wary, seeing as both Payton and Barrett had their flu shots on Friday morning, as well as Barrett's 6 month shots, and you never know how kids are going to react to shots. But they were troopers and handled it like pros! And we all had a great time. We played with the bazillions of grasshoppers in Gramma and Grampa's yard, jumped on the trampoline, rode horses, gathered eggs from the chickens, rode tractors...just to name a few things!! It was a fun-filled, activity-packed 24 hours!

Thanks Gramma & Grampa for a fun weekend!!

~Barrett meets G&G Mortenson~

Kevin's parents came over today to meet our new little man! He was pretty excited to meet Gramma but not so sure about Grampa!! :-)

Then we all ventured over to Kevin's brother Duane's, house to play in his new pool! The girls were so excited! Although, once Payton got wet, she wasn't too happy about it and immediately wanted to get out of the pool...it MAY have had something to do with the fact that Kevin tried to drown her going down the slide and taking her completely under the water before she even had a chance to get used to things!! :-)

Alexa loves to make a splash!!!

And little Barrett just maxed and relaxed on his first big outing since coming home from the hospital. Not a bad life at all!!