Fun at the Tanners

Our Sunday School class has family devotionals and get togethers once every 2 or 3 months. We went to the Tanner's house Friday night. We had a great time but we didn't stay very long because Will was so tired from refusing to go to bed and waking up every morning at 5:30 when Grandma Nancy was here. Please excuse the beached whale look I have right here. I decided to get over myself and post the picture anyway.

Grandma Nancy's visit

Len's mom came to see us for a few days last week. She watched Will for two days while I did my Castles and Crowns parties. He loved her and they had a great time together. He didn't even cry when I left on the second day. Here are a few pictures of Len, Nancy and Will.

Birthday Party

We went to Carter, Hagan and Bennett's birthday party today. Carter is Will's cousin. I didn't get any pictures of Will with any of the birthday boys. Will loves going to birthday parties and loves the cake! He had a good time playing in the sand.

Funny Boy

I was trying to organize something yesterday and Will walks in with this hat on his head and he was carrying his Easter basket. Somehow he had raided the hall closet. I laughed so hard and said, "You're so funny" and I could have sworn he said, "I'm funny." He kept the hat on forever and I was able to get a picture. He stayed in his pajamas all day yesterday! We needed a stay at home day after VBS all week.

The "Big Slide" and VBS cookout

Waiting in line to go down the waterslide.

Umm, I'm not so sure about this now that I'm up here.

Okay Robert, I guess I'll go if you go first.

This water sprinkler thing is fun, especially with Annie.

Having fun with daddy and Brody.



Tonight we had our last night at VBS. It started on Sunday night and then we went on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning and then we finished it out with a big water slide, sprinklers, and baby pools everywhere. They looked so nasty after all the kids had been playing in them and of course I look up and Will is trying to drink the brown pool water. Oh, the life of a little boy. Will had so much fun at VBS that when we drove into our church parking lot he started clapping and saying "yeah" over and over again. He has had so much separation anxiety and he is finally getting over it! When I say he had separation anxiety, I mean, it was bad. Some of the comments from the nursery workers when I picked him up every day were, Wow, he is all boy! He doesn't stop for a minute! He is such a ham! He is so sweet! It made me feel good to hear positive things. You just never know how your child acts around other people and its good to know that he shows his good side to them. He braved the big water slide and loved it! He went down it twice and I think he would have gone more if there wasn't such a big line. We had a hotdog cookout afterwards and all Will ate was chips and cookies. We're going to have to work on the meat eating thing!

Bunco

I hosted Bunco at my house tonight and thought I would post a picture of my bunco group. As you can see, Mandi is the ham of the group. I love these girls and we have so much fun together. I have been a part of this group for 4 years and we meet once a month. It's great to get out of the house and have a girl's night. Thanks Brooke, Lia and Julie for subbing tonight. Julie, we forgot to take the picture before you left! We missed Pam, Kristen, Laura Beth and Laura! Can't wait for next month!

Heading to church

I don't mean to brag, but how cute is my little boy all dressed up for church?

We are always rushing out the door, trying to get to church on time and we never get any pictures of Will dressed up. It usually gets really stressful, but we decided to skip 8:00 church this morning and take our time getting ready so we had time to take a few pictures.

Will and Jackson in their matching outfits. Somehow, Rebekah and I always dress Will and Jackson in the same outfits on the same day for church. I have two other pictures of them from last year in matching outfits.

Trying to go to a restaurant with three toddlers has its challenges! By the end of our meal, we didn't even care anymore and just let the kids run and play down the booth.

Jackson, Frances and Will kept throwing cars at the people in line at Pei Wei. Of course, we're the moms that don't even notice that our kids were doing it until people kept saying, "Excuse me, here are your cars."

If you haven't already noticed, I'm not what you would call a regular blogger so I end up posting alot of different posts at once. I will try to get better. We go through phases where we will take a ton of pictures and then we'll go for weeks without taking any. I will try to start uploading my pictures after taking them and posting regularly. We start Vacation Bible School tomorrow. I'm glad Will will have some friends to play with. I will be helping with crafts and I think that will be alot easier than being a lifeguard. Our theme is "Soak up the Son." It's a beach theme. I wasn't going to help this year but I started feeling a little bit guilty about it and after a few days at home I thought Will might need a little bit of socialization.

Dippin' Dots

A new Dippin' Dots store has opened near our house and we've been wanting to take Will there. The sign has been up forever and we kept thinking that it was open, but it's finally open so we took Will there for a little late night ice cream treat. Late night= 7:30.


Nummy, (yummy) these dots are good. They kind of make me feel like I've stuck my tongue to a cold pole though.

Sharing a dippin dots moment with daddy, but my mind is on the penguin movie in the background.

Fun with the Semanchiks and McInteers

Going down the slide at the Semanchik's house.

Throwing the football with Brooks.

Holding Lauryn's hand and trying to help her walk.

Doing what we call "the interpretive dance."

Listen Brooks, this motorcycle is mine and you are not going to get it, okay? This is the "mine" look.

We went over to Ryan Semanchik's parents house and played in the pool and ordered pizza. Will was a little iffy with the pool. We have to catch him in a great mood and he had just woken up from a nap so he wasn't to keen on getting in the pool. He did have fun with Brooks though. They played football and Will is trying to teach Brooks about the world of "mine." Yes, this is Will's favorite word when he's around his little buddies. I'm not to happy about this word. For some reason, Will tends to think every toy is his these days. He found a motorcycle and truck at their house and would not have any part in sharing it with Brooks. It's a good thing Brooks hasn't discovered this annoying habit yet because he really could have cared less. Brooks is so cute and walking and talking up a storm. Will loved holding Lauryn's hand and kissing and hugging her. She just could not be any cuter right now. She is trying so hard to walk and she isn't even 9 months old yet. She wanted to run around and play with the big boys.

Not afraid anymore

Here I go!

Wow, there's so much to do here!

I did it! I'm not scared anymore!

We have a new park near our house and we took Will the other day. I think it's called Owl Creek Park and we are so excited to have a big park close by. Will has always been very hestitant to go down slides. I don't know why because he's not afraid to do anything else. He finally decided that he is a big boy and he's not afraid of slides anymore!