only in iowa...

Elly m. got her dose of good ol' iowa fun. she played in a couple 5 gallon buckets of corn... to dan's dismay,but oh well. the whole time her and shelby were playing, dan was biting at the bit for it to be cleaned up. anyways.. she had a ball. an absolute ball playing in that corn. i think i might have to go get a couple bushels and fill the little swimming pool for an indoor winter activity.

What is all that white stuff Mother???

why it's snow. something that we always say to miles when it is snowing out, because thumper says it to his mother on bambi. anyways.. it snowed in iowa while we were there. we were all pretty excited about it. the only regret i have is forgetting to take ruthie's picture in it. she just wasn't herself that day. it could of been because she got her first tooth that day... eek. three and half months and already has a tooth. crazy girl.

best friend time

It is crazy to say that brooke and i have been friends for almost 10 years, but we have. it has been so fun to be her friend too. i often miss having brooke around. but we both drove 2 hours to just eat dinner together, because as brooke said "life is just different with kids!!" to say the least. it is hard to focus on adult conversations when two children are screaming their heads off because they are tired.. i love you brooke. i miss you and am so glad that i got to see you. you rock.

Turkey day

Here are the ONLY pictures i took of the girls on thanksgiving..what kind of mother am I??? you can't even tell it is thanksgiving. anyways..here they are. elly m. and brooklyn got along so well. it was so fun to see them become friends. we opened presents from all the cousins because we will not be able to make the trip up there for christmas. but we had a wonderful time at thanksgiving.

the wegener's

the wegener's are my second family. i used to watch their son miles, whom is 18 with autism. he is not really so little anymore,but it ALWAYS a treat to go to their house. i have more pictures later from our second trip there...

yeah right...

elly m. just wasn't havin' it. we tried to get pictures of all the cousins together.. it just wasn't happening. everyone was doing great except for little elly märta. she had an emotional breakdown after being pushed over by brooklyn. oh well. better luck next time. at least the great grandparents tree was decorated.

cousin owen

here is the littlest cousin...baby owen. he was born four days after ruthie. they are almost the same size. they are so cute... i can't wait until they actually interact with each other... that will be fun to see. poor little ruthie only gets boy cousins around her age.... oh well... i am sure they will still have a ball.

great grandparents

Here is ruthie with her great grandma curry and her great grandpa curry. we got to see a lot of them when we were in iowa. it must be great to be a great grandparent.

water park...

we went to an indoor water park while we were in iowa... all of the kids had so much fun and so did all of the adults. only three bucks to get in. totally worth it. so fun for a whole day. elly m. got pretty brave toward the end, going down the slides by herself. little daring thing.

cousins...

here are a few photos of 2 of the cousins on my side of the family. we are missing the little one owen, but he will be in later posts. i will write more when ruthie isn't sleeping right next to me and i am going to wake her up with my typing.