Jesse James Geo Cache

I found these pictures the other day from our visit with Grandma and Grandpa. We took them out geo caching when they were here. We found a multi-cache that included all of Jesse James's famous spots. So, we traveled up north to St Joseph, down south to Blue Springs and all in between there. These pictures are of the last cache that was hidden in the mountain side. These are the limestone caves that he would hide all his loot and hide from the law. We had to hike about 1mile to get there but it was pretty easy hike and the weather was just fabulous. This was seriously an all day activty but we all had a lot of fun. We were all amazed at the ground Jesse James covered and all of it done on horse back.

Nate and Josh posing in front of some limestone cave

Colton sitting up one the limestone

The boys sitting together up high

Colton, Grandma and Danny hiking on the trail

Nate, Grandpa and Josh hiking

A cute picture of all the kids with Grandma and Grandpa.

Mommy needed a picture with her beautiful daughter, Audrey

On our way out and so ready for some dinner! (and yes our big Nate is the one sitting in the stroller being lazy)

New Family Addition

We'd like to introduce our newest member of our family: Scarlett.

The kids all love this truck. Audrey is lulled to sleep in it everytime. And Nate loves sitting in the front with us.

Look at how little Audrey looks underneath this truck.

If you notice the tires are as tall as Colton. This truck is a beast! It's a perfect match for Danny!

Josh's 5th Birthday

This is Josh's finished cake that I made the night before. Josh was really happy with his cake. My favorite part is the guy jumping of the plank. 

This was a really fun cake to make. I had a lot of fun doing it but by no means am I a pro at it like Aunt Ronda.

This unfortunately is how it looked the night of his birthday. It had been ship wrecked! I would do things a little different next time but it still tasted great and Josh was still super happy with it all and that's is all that matters.

All set to go with the dart gun that Grandma & Grandpa gave him.

He got a really fun race track from all of us. They've had a lot of fun racing it.

Very happy boy with his new Star Wars Lego Wii game, he has loved playing it.

Although clothes are not that thrilling to get for a kid he was thrilled with his pirate ship shirt.

And again, another shirt but he had to wear this shirt the very next day to school because he loved it. He saw it at Target one day and said he wanted it, well when we were looking for gifts for him they had it on clearance and I knew I had to get it for him. I think Uncle Jas got my boys hooked on these kind of shirts.

Happy Birthday Josh!

Joshy, Joshy, Joshy!!!! Happy Birthday to my Joshy! I can't believe he's 5 years old! He's one of a kind! We love having him in our family. From an outsiders view, Josh seems rather quiet and timid but let me to you, he is not! As my parents found out, this kid is loud, and stubborn. Danny and I laugh cause he has a big vein on the side of his neck that protrudes big time when he's super-duper mad. We swear it's going to pop on him one day because of his anger. But on a brighter note, he has a really pretty smile. In fact the other day he said at the table that "smiling is his favorite thing." He loves preschool even if every single morning he tells me he's not getting out of bed and he's not going to get dressed. But once he eats some breakfast he's much happier and willing goes to school. He honestly has some pretty amazing eagle eyes. He can find so many little trinkets and misc. items outside in grass, dirt or under beds. He can spot animals really easily and just amazes me at all the things that he finds. Josh also has a soft spot for girls. I remember when cousin Sofie was a baby he loved to touch her and kiss her. Then he had a baby sister and he's the same way. He's so sweet and gentle (most of the time) with Audrey. His younger brother is just inches shorter than him. He's our short little guy but he has a lot of spunk in that little body! We love our little Joshy and so glad that he's a part of our family! Happy 5th Birthday Joshy!

Birth
Nate's not sure what to think of his new brother

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Just out camping in the snow. He looks like such a big boy

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We start them out young to love the hot tub.

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Look at that gorgeous smile taken up at Adam-Ondi-Omen

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This is evidence that he loves his meat.

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Our spunky Josh today

Birthday Celebration

Loving her baby doll

We celebrated Audrey's birthday the day after her real birthday because I knew that Grandma and Grandpa would be here. Here is a overload of pictures from her special day.

As you can see, she loved her birthday cake! She was a huge mess! I rinsed her off in the tub but had to drain that water and fill the tub up a 2nd time because the water was just too red to get her clean. I had a lot of fun making her ladybug cake; it was so easy. She loved all her gifts and had a wonderful 1st birthday. She truely is such a joy in our family! 

SURPRISE!!!!

 

Grandma and Grandpa drove out for Audrey's 1st birthday but the boys had no idea that they were coming. I had my camera ready for their reaction. They really were so excited to have them here even if you can't tell by this reaction. This was a fun surprise for them because there really are so few fun surprises in life. They had so much fun having them here that when they left there were many hours of shedded tears.We miss you grandma and grandpa!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Audrey

The day we brought Audrey home

I can hardly believe it's been one year since I gave birth to this beautiful baby girl we call Audrey. She has been a fantastic baby! Everyone of us love this chica, all the boys and her parents can't get enough of her. She is spoiled rotten! If she cries, there is always someone right there to pick her up. On the rare occassion that she has been napping in her crib, the boys go running as soon as they hear her cry so that they can get her first. When Nate leaves for school in the morning and Audrey is still sleeping he instructs us to tell Audrey bye and that he'll see her when he gets home. She loves each of her brothers a lot and just lights up when she see's them. But Colton is her buddy. Those 2 get along so well, one day they are going to get into lots of trouble together. Colton can just get her giggling and wild with anything he does with her. She is loved! Audrey is a happy baby. She has been laughing anytime she hears someone else laughing. She has discovered the outdoors and is loving being outside. She's a fast crawler, she is really close to walking. She can walk as long as she's holding on to something, and she'll do a few steps between Danny and I. I call her my little tornado cause she can mess up a room withing seconds of entering it. Her current obsessions are to have tupper all over the kitchen and tampons all over the bathroom. I've stopped picking them up each day cause it's pointless with her at the moment. She is a super picky eater. It's so hard finding things she likes, but we do know she has to have things that are full of flavor. Food can not be bland with her cause she won't touch it. In fact she is still a pretty heavy nurser, she loves to nurse. She giggles and squirms as soon as I sit down and lift my shirt. I am honestly at a lost as to when or how I'm going to wean her cause she's so far from being done. She loves her Daddy. She lights up and smiles as soon as she see's her daddy come home from work. And well, she really does have him wrapped around his finger. She's been so fun to have in our family. She's brought softness and sweetness to our home. I love having a little girl. I love buying little girl stuff and dressing her up. She is my little shopping partner. We are so glad that she's in our family. She is seriously the sweetest girl we could have ever asked for. So I chose at least one picture from each month since she was born to share with everyone. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!!!!!