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My younger sister Laura and her two youngest kids - Aiden (1) and Lyrik (2) came from ND to visit. We all had a lot of fun. It was especially nice for me to have someone to hang out with! Laura used to come and stay with Brock and I before she was married or we had kids and it was so funny because she always zipped around the kitchen getting it cleaned up. We joked that she would have the table cleared and dishes done before we were even done with our meal. Well, she hasn't changed much - she zipped around the kitchen and house like a whirlwind leaving a neat house behind! What a treat for me :-)
Cute little Aiden loved getting tickled by Brock's foot
Sir Isaac and his two princesses - Lyrik and Hannah
Aiden loved Samson. These pics crack me up because it is like they are both looking and pondering the same thing. If only we knew what they were each thinking and gazing at :-)
Sunday was such a beautiful day that we decided to walk to the nearby park so these three could play
It was very nice to have Brock's sister
Erika and her son Finn visiting last week. The kids had so much fun. They had lots of time to play and even a couple sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa's! We had decent weather (minus a few thunderstorms and a major hail storm) so they got to play outside alot.
Isaac "reading" to Finn and Hannah
One hot afternoon the kids cooled off in the sprinkler. Shortly after finishing a storm rolled in and we were all scrambling to get inside
Hannah definitely spent the most time in the sprinkler. She LOVES water. She will be the little fish of the family.
An essential part of any hot day - Popsicles!!
Finn and Isaac having fun with the deck cushions. We have spent enough time chasing our cushions - we have now learned to get them all inside when the wind starts whipping :-)
Liam and Maggie had a wrestling match in town on Sunday so we spent most of the day watching it.
There was a lot of time when neither Liam or Maggie were wrestling so the kids played, ate, sat, slept or colored and drew
Don't they look enthused :-) When it was time to watch one of the kids wrestle we moved to a spot where we could see better
Naptime for the little man
Liam (in the red)
Liam did great and only lost 2 matched (both to the same kid)
Maggie
Maggie pinning one of her opponents. She only lost one match and did great.
While Nicole and her family were here Brock and Shane took the kids sledding. They headed to the same spot we had been a few weeks earlier. It was such a cold day that Nicole and I stayed home with Brogan and Hannah.
Bailey heading down on her stomach. I can never understand why anyone would head down a steep hill with their head/face the first to meet potential danger???? I am so not a dare devil. I sit straight up, ready at any moment to jump. Never lay on my stomach, never lay on my back, never go over a jump and never go down the steepest part of the hill :-) Like I said, I am NOT a risk taker. It is funny how many times people try to get me to do all the things I don't want to try. It is like they think that once I do it I will be so glad I did. Like they are doing me a favor by helping me "conquer my fears". I have expressed myself a million times but they continue to try (Brock especially) - I have no desire to try it, I do not feel I am missing out on anything, I am very content just watching, my life is complete without it :-)
They found a huge snowman and all had to climb on it
Liam
Back to sledding :-) Liam looks freaked as he flies sideways over their newly built jump and Madison and Bailey
Liam again - still lookin' a bit scared :-) He is really flying -over Shane's arms and all
My handsome photographer was finally photographed
Bailey going over Shane
Madison in a cloud of snow sails over Brock and Liam
Bailey
Looks like Madison is about to crash
Shane taking a turn
Liam and Madison after a wreck
My sister Nicole and her husband Shane and kids Bailey, Liam, Maggie and Brogan came to visit a couple weeks ago. It was so fun to have them here and of course fun to have a darling little baby to adore :-)
Madison and Bailey in their new "spectacles"
Little blue-eyed cutie!
Maggie and Isaac played like crazy. We hardly saw them as they disapeared into their world of forts, make believe, animals, cars and anything else they could get their hands on :-)
My niece Lyrik's evil eye and Hannah's oblivious smile crack me up!!
My sister
Laura and her husband Joey and their kids came to visit us for New Years. It was so fun to have them here and the kids had a blast and played great! Brock and Joey went snowmobiling one day and skiing another day so Laura and I stayed home with the kids and enjoyed just hanging out. The kids played and played and played - finding exciting things to do inside and outside.
Madison and Lily (7) sledding
Isaac and Kiaran (5).
Kiaran was my nephew who had a head injury this summer so although he is healing perfectly he still needed to wear a helmet for added protection.
Isaac and Kiaran play SO well together - it is fun to watch. They were so sad to leave each other and have had some exciting phone conversations since. Funny boys!
Madison and Lily enjoying skiing. Lily fit Isaac's skis so got to try it out.
Joey and Brock playing XBox
"Grandma Lily", Lyrik (2) and Hannah and Lyrik as a soldier. Hannah and Lyrik played okay with only a few mishaps :-)
Madison and Lily made several stickers and set up a craft store to sell their goods :-) Little entrepenuers! Madison and cute little Aiden (7 months)
Creativity - always fun to see :-)
Sir Isaac and his two princesses - Lyrik and Hannah
Aiden loved Samson. These pics crack me up because it is like they are both looking and pondering the same thing. If only we knew what they were each thinking and gazing at :-)
Sunday was such a beautiful day that we decided to walk to the nearby park so these three could play
