Cardinals' Opening Day 2009

Gone Fishin'

We went to Camp Illiana this weekend for a Junior High Retreat where Dave lead the music. Of course, that always means that we get to catch up with Matt and Renee Willis and other friends from LCC.
Jackson and Addie hit it off . . . they were pretty much inseparable and didn't want to leave each other tonight! They each said that waiting until summer was just too long not to see each other again. This afternoon, Dave took Jackson fishing with his own pole for the first time. He didn't catch anything, but he still had a lot of fun. And he always saved a spot for Addie to fish next to him : )

Town Hall for Hope

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April Fools at Studio 50

Happy April Fools Day and Happy 40th Anniversary to my in-laws!!










We spent the morning at Studio 50 . . . it is a gymnastics studio with lots of mats, trampolines and a big foam pit you can jump in. It was a fun MOPS play date.
Here are a few pictures that my friend Katie took . . . somehow I forgot my camera, very unusual for me. But thankfully she brought hers!

Meeting Fredbird

Our church had a Relay for Life dinner tonight and they had a special visit from Fredbird. We told Jackson right before we left that we were going to see him and he of course wanted to bring every Cardinal's thing he could hold on to. So he took his Build-A-Fredbird and his bat. As soon as we got to the church, Fredbird spotted us in line and ran over and stole the little Fredbird out of his hands and ran away with it. Jackson wasn't sure what to think, so we told him to go after him that he was just playing around. So he ran after him . . . gave him hugs and lots of high-5s. He really enjoyed watching Fredbird walk through the people and do all kinds of little antics. Kinsey on the other hand loved waving to him when he was FAR away, but as soon as he was looking at her or got anywhere close she would just SCREAM!! She did start to warm up a little bit before he left, but still would cry a little. It was a great surprise for Jackson . . . now he says he is ready to go to a Cardinal's game tonight!!
Only 10 days until Opening Day : )

All Smiles

Warm weather and sunshine just makes everyone happier . . .
at least it does at my house : )

Catching up . . .

The weather the end of last week and over the weekend was wonderful!! We enjoyed getting outside again and playing. We took several walks and rides in the wagon.
This morning we went over to some friends in our small group to have him look at Dave's truck and to see their horses. Jackson was really excited to go see the horses . . . of course, he informed us several times before getting there that "you don't just look at horses, you ride them!" They were both excited to see the ones in the pasture, but when it got time to take a ride, they neither one were sure. Once I got on Dixie, Jackson decided he did want to ride, he hopped on with me and then he rode with Daddy some more when we got back.
Kinsey never did warm up to it. Unfortunately, she has not been her self much of last week with teething. She hasn't been sleeping well at all and not eating much for a few days last week. But she was more herself yesterday and today, but still not quite 100%. So unfortunately, I think that played into her mood with the horses. It was quite a bit cooler this morning, so they told us we would have to come back and ride more when it is warmer outside.

More Birthday Fun!

We celebrated our nephew Luke's 1st birthday at the Children's Museum in Decatur. There was something for all of the kids to do and they all had a lot of fun exploring and pretending. The bigger boys LOVED climbing all the way to the 2nd story, it was enclosed in nets. Jackson said his favorite was the car garage upstairs where he and Daddy could pretend to change the tires on the car.
We also were thankful to be able to stay in TH until tonight, so could spend time with Papa on his birthday!

Go Illini

My dad got us all some GREAT tickets to the Illini game on Thursday night. We had a lot of fun and the kids were great! We had never sat in the A section before, so that was pretty awesome and it was a very exciting game!

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Kinsey was so cute after lunch playing "peek-a-boo" in her house. She would pop her head out with a HUGE smile and try to say "Hello!"
See for yourself in the video below.

Birthday Fun!

We spent the day yesterday in Waterloo celebrating my niece Claire's 4th birthday. Jackson was VERY excited to see and play with Claire. I made the mistake of telling him it was coming up a few weeks before hand. He, of course, asked me almost every morning if that day we were going to Claire's for her birthday. She had a Minnie Mouse party and everyone got Minnie or Mickey ears and tattoos.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Here are a few pictures of the kids from today. Kinsey LOVES to give kisses right now . . . it is so cute to watch her pucker up and come running after you! Jackson helped make some more heart cookies this morning and had to wear his "rock out star" glasses.

It was almost 70 today . . .

So what did we do, you might ask? Well, we played OUTSIDE all morning and even had a picnic lunch, of course! What else might you expect!

Kinsey Grace in Motion

I have been posting several things about Jackson lately and haven't posted about Kinsey in a while. So here are a couple videos of her from last Sunday. Hard to believe she was 15 months on Friday!!

Valentine's Party at Preschool

Jackson with his best buddy, Nathan, after their Valentine's Day Party at Preschool.

He says these are his "rock out star" glasses and insisted on wearing them when we went for a walk this afternoon. He is so funny!

1st Day of Preschool

Jackson went to his first day of Wee-Wildcat Preschool last week. It is just one morning a week for 2 hours, but he was really excited to go. And the great part is that he already knew almost half the kids from MOPS and church. Though I must admit I was kind of emotional the night before getting everything laid out and ready for the next morning, I can't believe that he is already old enough to go to "school". Partly, it was that I would be leaving him there for 2 hours and not staying in the building. But he was GREAT! I had to go over to where he was playing to say bye! The only thing that would have made it better for him is if the school bus had actually picked him up (which they don't do for preschool), but he was asking about it on the way!