Wedding and a Week

In June, my cousin Krista got married!  It was a beautiful wedding!  We had a such a great time seeing family and being together.

Jase, Amelia, Ayla, Isabelle and Liz

All of them from the back!

The bride stealing the heart of a little boy - Landon!

Landon and Uncle tom

Grandma and Grandpa dancing!  The longest married couple!

The longest married couple dancing with the youngest married couple!

Liz and I reminiscing how this used to be us :)

Father - daughter dance

Brother - Sister dance.  Wow did we dance like crazy people!

After the wedding, we headed to Gramma and Grandpa's house for the week for some cousin bonding time!

Amelia and Isabelle

Amelia and Landon

One day small boy, one day....

Landon finding some fun to do

Landon LOVED spending time with his big cousin Noah

The girls chillin' in the lounge chairs

Isabelle about to give Lando a kiss

Everyone went bowling and Amelia won!  Way to go - Girlie!

Amelia bowling

Isabelle with Gramma and Landon

And what is time at gramma's without a little....or a LOT of mud!

Daddy, Amelia, Isabelle, Uncle Tom, Emma and Noah

Muddy Isabelle

Amelia on top of Gramma's mud hill

Noah entertaining his cousins

Mommy, Landon and Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom and Landon

The new lounge chair

Isabelle catching a ride with Mommy

Amelia getting a tractor ride from grandpa

"I'm cool like him"

One of Landon's first words.....arly

Hey cool cousin Noah!

Hugs!

Pizza Time!

Isabelle and Gramma

The dolly is fun for lots of things!

The first time the girls have flown a kite!

They had so much fun!

Quote for the Day

From daycare notes...."Landon was super active today.  Very busy!  Way more than normal.  Curious about everything :)"

I didn't know that was possible!  Love this kid!

Tidbits

This past weekend we watched some home videos - Amelia was about 20ish months and Isabelle was an infant.  It made me think about how quickly time has gone by.   Now Landon is 20ish months, Amelia is 5 and Isabelle 3!  We all walked into Walmart this past weekend and I thought to myself....wow, how far we have come to all walk in.

So here are some tidbits to mark this moment in their lives.....

Amelia's favorite color - Pink and all the colors of the world

Isabelle's favorite color - Purple and on occasion - pink

Favorite plate - monkey plate (both girls)

Favorite place to sit - by the wall looking out at the kitchen (both girls)

Most common request - cuddling at night, vitamins after brushing your teeth

Landon you are trying so hard to talk - tonight you grabbed the duck and said uck......ack (translation - duck....quack).  You also say hi, uve (love), all (ball).   You give hugs and kisses.   Also following simple commands - sit down, come here, front door.

Landon you have a fascination with trouble - biting off marker heads, putting Isabelle's undies in the toilet, pulling anything off of the table (such as flour in a bowl).

Amelia you love to sing - the other day you had all three off you sit on the trampoline, while you played guitar and sang about loving Jesus.

Isabelle you try over and over to love on Landon and well, he just hits you a lot....usually in the face.  Tonight you were so heartbroken, but daddy explained how one day Landon would learn to play with you and how he would love you as much as you love him.  You are so sweet and sensitive.

Landon, despite hitting Isabelle you give her hugs all the time.

Amelia you think your daddy's crutches are stitches.  When daddy called them stitches (like you), you said, 'No daddy they are crutches).

Landon, you grunted and clapped to the abc's the other day. We were pretty impressed!

Isabelle - for whatever reason you love to put your shoes on the wrong feet.  And every time I tell you they are on backwards you always say in the most surprised way "OH, ok".

We have been reading a lot of books lately - Landon you LOVE the Little Blue Truck books.  I think we have now broken 100 times!

We are so lucky to have you as our kids and while right now its a lot of work and there is lots of yelling and whining - you small people have our hearts.  Life just wouldn't be life without you.  I cherish these moments as they are fleeting.  I wish I could capture all of the moments like the ones above so I never forget, but there will be new memories and new fun things to capture.  

I love you kiddos!