Happy Birthday, Silly Boy

He still loves to laugh! You can tickle him until he can barely breathe, then he asks for more.

Great Wolf Lodge

We decided to splurge on a little family vacation while David is home... partly because we only get him for 2 out of 52 weeks and mostly because he has missed out on the last three summers with us. Our kids are crazy water babies and one thing we wanted to do most was visit a water park together. Instead of waiting for this summer we surprised them with a trip to Great Wolf Lodge, which if you haven't heard is an amazing resort lodge with a huge indoor waterpark! Yes, an indoor water park complete with wave pool, kiddie area, tube rides, water slides, hot tubs, etc... When we were ready to pack we simply told them we were going on vacation to a hotel and I snuck their swimsuits & goggles in the bag when they weren't looking. Of course they woul have never imagined there could actually be an indoor waterpark! We loved every minute of it and spent as much time in the water as possible. Enjoy the videos.

Gigaball

My brother Daniel and his wife Stephanie love to surprise the kids with something big and exciting for Christmas every year. Last year it was Kota the Triceratops, and they said they had to think long and hard how to top that one! They did really well with this Gigaball!

With the help of our Craftsman air compressor I was able to fill it up in about 45 minutes, (while the kids were napping on "Christmas") then we sent them outside for the big surprise.

(I didn't' quite get the coloring right when I edited this lat one)

Thanksgiving Day

Tried to keep the kids busy with crafts so we could get things done in the kitchen. Found this cute headband idea at No Time For Flashcards. Lots of good food and friends and noise(!) with 5 kids under 5. I couldn't help but think one day in the future Thanksgiving won't be so loud and hectic and we'll look back and wonder how we even did it when the kids were all still little. Check out this video just to give you an idea what I'm talking about...

Happiness

A garage sale find for just $2, and they say money can't buy happiness...

By Request

Video of the kids playing Wii Music. Yesterday I mentioned the Barking Dog Suit, well now there we also have a Cat Suit too. You think they like it just a little?

A-10 Demonstration

Since my Dad is retired Air Force, my brother is a Navy aviator (and his wife too!), and my husband an Army aviator I've seen my fair share of air shows and been around plenty of aircraft. I think this was my first A-10 demo though, very cool!



And Cali insisted I take this video of her showing her enthusiasm for the air show. She is attempting to do some of the dives and rolls we saw demonstrated.