The Raspberry Dessert and Two Growing Boys.

While my parents were here staying they decided to take Kaia to the grocery store to pick up a few things. Well, my mom being the sweet tooth that she is (yeah she totally passed that onto me and my kids...Thanks Mom! LOL) decided to pick up these little croissant looking raspberry filled dessert. (I know yummy, right?) Well they were suppose to be for after dinner but I couldn't wait and neither could anyone else. So we started digging in. Well I know my kids pretty well so I was hiding in the kitchen so I didn't have to share, I know I am so bad but I hate sharing! Well my dad just sat down at the table and here came the herd! Gatlin and Gabriel were right at his side...begging. In this picture my Dad was shovling as much as he could and they thought, "Mmm this is pretty good." Well these happy faces went on for a few minutes and then it was all gone. And here they are...not so happy anymore. The little choir was hitting a high note.

Cedar Point or BUST!

Since Matt had school this past week my parents weren't able to spend much time with him. My birthday is next week and Matt's is in a couple of months so my parents wanted to do something fun for us. They offered to treat us out to a fun day at Cedar Point (a HUGE amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio). It is about an hour drive from our house so we left about 8:30. We decided to rent park strollers because our stroller is too heavy and a pain to push. So we rented two doubles. My mom is afraid of heights and doesn't ride too many roller coasters but she still loves to go hang out at the parks. So she had baby duty most of the day. She had so much fun. Her and the kids just walked around and people watched. We brought tons of food and drinks so they were set to go. Matt, my dad, and I rode some pretty intense rides. (The Millennium Force, The Raptor, Top Thrill Dragster, and The Mantis just to name a few). Then we took Kaia over to Snoopyland and rode a couple of ride with her. She got to meet Snoopy and really loved him. She cried when we left and was so upset that I had to sit in the stroller with her just to calm her down. (Yeah Matt got a huge kick out of taking this pic). People were laughing and pointing at me now as my dad was pushing us all over the park, but I didn't care she was happy and I got to get off of my feet for a little while. We rode a few more rides and decided to end the day with a family ride on the Cedar Point and Lake Eerie Railroad. (This is Gabriel with my parents while we waited for the train). It took us around the whole park. It was so relaxing and fun. On our way out we stopped at a Snoopy gift shop and they had this little play place so we let Kaia run around and pose with all the different Peanuts characters. We had such a fun long day (we were there from 10:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.) and we are already planning another trip to go back. It was a beautiful day to go the weather was great! It was not too hot and not too cold, just perfect! And our kids had a blast. There is a lot for them to do and see. But I think that Kaia was enjoying the chance to just run around, we had her in a little puppy dog harness, and the boys just loved being outside all day. The end to a very fun and awesome day! Thanks Mom and Dad!

So, here's the scoop.

This past week has been an eventful one. Matt started school, my closest I am ever going to get to a vacation ended and I had to turn into "Super Mama" again. Gatlin has two more teeth (6 total now). Kaia pulled my flat iron off the shelf and burnt the heck out of her arm (I am a horrible mother! ) Ok enough whining, onto a more positive note these past few days the weather has been great and we had a picnic at the park yesterday with ice cream and slushies for dessert. Oh yeah and Church today was horrible but what can you do Matt and I are so out-numbered. (totally not fair!) But all of the frustrations of today left when my parents called and said they had left my brother's house in Alabama and were on their way here. They will be here tomorrow morning! I cannot wait. They haven't been up here together (my mom came after the boys were born) and it has been almost a year since we have seen them. I have a small list of little projects for me and my mom to work on, my dad has made a date with Matt to go see "The Dark Knight", my parents have promised a date day for me and Matt to take, and if all goes how we want we are planning a trip to Cedar Point at the end of the week! YAY. I will have plenty to post in a few days. So stay tuned...

Get Well Soon, Grandpa!

Well, things have been a little hectic lately. This past week we found out that Matt's dad needed to have open heart surgery. When we got the news we thought that it would be a good idea if Matt headed down to Louisiana to visit. The surgery was Tuesday and Matt flew out on Thursday. Thankfully enough the surgery went well. He ended up having a quadruple bypass and from what I hear he is doing good. (YAY) He was able to come home from the hospital today. Since me and the kids couldn't make the trip we thought we would send him some love. So this post is for our Grandpa/Dad. We all love you very much and hope that you get feeling better soon! Promise us that you will take it easy so we can have tons of fun with you at Christmas! (sorry the boys look so tired in this picture, it was right before their nap)

A Little Boy and his Daddy...

Gatlin loves his Daddy. He is Matt's baby. Matt insists on having him every Sunday and usually dresses him for bed. Evey morning when he leaves to go to school Gatlin comes speed demon crawling to the door and tries to follow him out. So of course Matt has to pick him up and say "Daddy will be back buddy." But it never seems to satisfy him. He stills cries. So today after his birthday party Matt went to take cake to our neighbors. And of course he went for the door. I didn't realize Matt left so the door stayed opened and he waiting but only cried a little. He stood there and waited and waited. What can I say he just loves his Daddy.