Mark and Nancy's Visit

Near the end of June, Sean's parents came to Missouri! We had a great time showing them around. This was Mark's first time seeing where we live. We spent some of the time in Branson while they were here. We went to the butterfly palace there...

This picture was taken from the palace's view.



We started with a 3-D movie about a praying mantis and a butterfly. Here they are all set to watch it.



Brayden has a thing with dark glasses doesn't he.



These were taken inside where the butterflies live. There were quite a few flying around. This one was so big you could sit on it. haha...




Sean had some good close encounters and had fun sharing with the kids.







Personally I think Katelyn was the cutest butterfly!



So then we headed on over to an amusement park called Silver Dollar City. We spent a couple of days there. Our first day we got rained out, but our second day was so fun! We rode lots of rides and let the kids get wet and stuff.



Gotta love those little kid rides!



Here we are on the train ride!!!




Then when it got hot, we headed over to the indoor shows. This one was the "circus on ice." Poor Nancy... Katelyn was squeezing her pretty tightly. For some reason Katelyn was nervous about being that close to them.



Aaaa... Katelyn and Brayden love their grandma and grandpa!!!



Grandma and Grandpa got Katelyn and Brayden some pretty cute hats from the Bass Pro Shops. Every time Brayden puts his on he says "Grandpa hat?" He loves wearing it.



Nancy was helping Brayden get comfortable getting wet. He wasn't too sure at first.



These are hilarious! Brayden couldn't get enough!!



This picture is so funny! We couldn't stop laughing when we saw it! Nancy captured this moment with katelyn at the children's play place in the park. We should send it in to a hair commercial and label it "Bad Hair Day"

Cute Kids!

Katelyn is such a little doll in these pictures, and the flowers at my mom's matched her dress so well, we had to get some pictures!







Brayden found one of his cousin's glasses and decided to play it cool that day!

Swimming

You can't have summer without the pool! Katelyn does pretty good swimming as long as she has her floaties on! She had some fun with her cousins Weston and Hannah the day these were taken.





Brayden took a little longer to get in, but once he did, I had to watch him extra close because he loves being in the water!

Katelyn's Pets...

Katelyn saw a box turtle on the side of the road so we picked it up. He had a little split in the top of his shell so we called him "Split." He has lots of bright colors on him and he is actually pretty friendly. Daddy made a house to keep him in and she takes good care of him feeding him and letting him crawl around.





And this is her pet frog... haha. Just kidding. I just thought this was so cute because this statue was just her size. We were at the butterfly palace with Mark and Nancy last week and these were taken there. So cute!

Summer beginnings...

This summer we started out buying season tickets two the three amusement parks in Branson. One of our favorites is a place called Silver Dollar City. There are lots of fun things for little kids and there are even some roller coasters for adults. It's a lot of fun! The kids really enjoy the train ride...





And of course the Merry-go-round!



And the other kid rides... haha! It will be nice for mom when they can ride by themselves.



Sean and I went there for a date night so that was nice... We got to ride more than just the "frogs and ponies" this time. haha



It is also getting warmer and time to break out the ice cream cones. Mmm... The kids get so messy so this is definitely an outdoor activity!





They have also spent a great deal of time riding their bikes and playing in their sandbox and swings!

Aunt Jody and Cousins

Aunt Jody came to visit during the month of April and while we had all the grandchildren together we decided to take some pictures of everyone. It was so fun to see cute little baby Logan. If you want to see more of him, you can check out his blog... It is www.loganmjl.blogspot.com





Little Brayden was kind of jealous watching mommy give another baby some attention!






Katelyn had fun with little Logan though! She was really sweet with him.





Here are the pictures of all the Grandchildren together... They are kind of funny. We did the best we could, but the little ones were having a hard morning, so we could get a perfect pictures, but they sure are cute to see together.







These pictures crack me up. They were not happy with this idea!




Here is little Logan though, he is such a good baby! This is about how he is so sweet and happy all the time!