Building an oven

A new project is going in at mom and dads right now, an outdoor oven. Today mom watched my kids while Travis worked and I toured around a writer from Midwest living magazine. They worked on installing the actual oven part today. The kids have enjoyed playing in the "house."

Moms fruit trees are loaded. We picked a bowl of apricots that I am going to make into a crisp in the morning for desert after lunch.

Travis set up the bed frame and box springs for amelias bed. What a big girl!

A trip with my dad

Today I had a follow up appointment at the vein clinic in wichita. Dad needed to get some stuff for moms outdoor oven project, so he offered to drive us. We had a good day, shopping, olive garden for lunch. We went to Kansas building supplies to get concrete block and the had several outdoor ovens/fireplaces outside.

After lunch we went to lowes and I got Travis a grill for an early fathers day/late anniversary gift. The one we had quit working and we'be got steaks to grill! For its maiden voyage we just had hot dogs though.

Sweetie

Tonight we after supper, the kids and I went over to mom and dad's for some pool time. On our way home, the sky was pretty, so I pulled over to take this picture.

As soon as we got home, I put Truman in bed, then Amelia. I got her laid down and she wanted to say prayers, tonight she was mostly concerned for Ashley and Clint, they got a couple of mentions. She grabbed me around the next and pulled my face down by hers and said "It's ok, I got you, sweetie."

Hilarious.

Sunday Swimming

Yesterday, Ashley and the kids came up to Mom and Dad's late in the afternoon for some pool time and to hang out. The water was cold, Travis and Stephanie were the only adults who'd get in. Jett and Amelia enjoyed jumping off the steps to Travis.

 When we got home and got the kids to bed, I had the urge to make something. So I busted out my book of kids clothes pattens and tried my hand at something new. I made these little boy pants for my old friend who just had a long wished/hoped/prayed for baby. Even though I haven't seen her in at least 7 years (I think that's how long it's been) I have followed (ok, stalked) her blog and kept up with her.

8 Years

 

This week, Travis and I celebrated our 8th anniversary. Last night, Pat offered to watch the kids so we could have a "date." We went to Pratt, ate dinner, went to a movie, and grocery shopped. Romantic.

A few pictures from the last week:

 Tonight we took the baby cage down from around the stairs. Truman now can easily navigate them and they both can go downstairs to play. His vocabulary is expanding, I feel like this last week he is saying alot more. He says daddy, mommy, cracker, goggy (doggy) and more.

Tonight at dinner we had brocoli with cheese. Truman and Amelia both kept asking for more. It was all gone and Amelia said, daddy go get more, bye. It was so funny. Tonight all four of us sat at the table together, Truman in the booster seat and Amelia on just a chair. Popcicles on the front porch are becoming the nightly routine, after dinner she shouted It's popcicle time!

I hate that the last few weeks I have only written on Saturday nights, I am going to try and be better about it!

It was a BIG day

Today was the grand opening of the Big Well Museum. Words cannot begin to describe how I feel now. Tired is the first word, pride is the next. It was an amazing day. We opened at 9 and had a steady stream of traffic, around 2 hundred I think, until noon thirty. I decided to close at 12:30 to have some down time and prepare for the grand opening ceremony. During that time we were closed we had a huge crowd that gathered outside. We had the ceremony at 2pm, Travis says he thinks there were 500 hundred people there, I don't know if there were that many. I think total for the day we had maybe 750-1000 people. When the ceremony was over, it was like Black Friday at Walmart, everyone was rushing to get in.

Ducks and Donuts

 Last night after work the kids and I headed to McPherson to spend the night at the Barkley's house. We had a great time, the kids played, Alana and I caught up and watched a girl movie. Both of my kids slept late, it was nice. We went and got donuts, then went to the park to feed the ducks and geese and play.

Around 11:30 we left McPherson and headed to Salina to go see new baby Lane. Tanner stayed in the room with my 2 while Jill and I went to the nursery to see Lane. He has had a couple of episodes of apnea, so they have been monitoring him. I got to hold him for a bit and was so enthralled with him that I didn't get a picture of him.