Tuesday, November 8, 2011

September

Tucker planted a sunflower seed at a booth at Walmart. We didn't realise how fast it would grow. The first picture is from Sept 5th and it's already taller than he is!

















Then we had to get Griffin some flower seeds to plant. We tried a Daisy, but must have planted it too late in the season because we never got a flower on it.
















This picture is from the 8th after the flower really opened up! Thanks to our neighbor Marie who took care of it when we were gone!











On the 10th we went to Monticello to join Grandpa and Grammy at the State Fire Convention. They have a huge parade with tons of fire trucks.
















Sitting with Daddy waiting for the parade to start
































Tucker and Grammy sat right up front to get the candy


















Daddy, Griffin and Grandpa









































Then Griffin thought he was missing out on the good candy, so he joined them!












We went to Indian Creek Nature Center again on the 17th.












Kings of the mountian!
























































On the 19th Sarah had her first boy, Charlie. I hurried around and made this diaper trike to take to him the next day. I love how it turned out, so cute!
























At the hospital on the 20th, the boys got a little bored with the grown-up talk and even the baby so they watched Phineas and Ferb on the iPod!











Tucker loved holding Charlie. After a few minutes I asked him if he was all done and he said no. Then a few minutes later I asked him if he wanted me to take the baby and he said no. A while later I told him to tell me when he wanted to be done and he said "I just wand to hold him for a long time"!







Griffin, Tucker with Charlie, and Dustin












A close up of the handsome little guy!



















We visited again on the 25th after they got home and Tucker got to hold Charlie some more!













Family photo: Sarah, Maddie with Charlie, Dustin and Bell











The 24th was Grandpa's birthday so we celebrated at his house. We got him an electric fly swatter, he seemed almost too happy about it!
















Grandpa's cake













Griffin got to try a bite early!













Tucker helped blow out the candles













Great Grandpa George Conz, Great Grandma Alyce Conz, (honorary Great Grandma) Mary, and Great Grandpa Charley Spence! These boys are lucky to have so many grandparents!










Tucker has been working so hard on potty training and staying dry all day. He'd have 1 accitdent every 2 or 3 days becasue he plays a little too hard and forgets to get to the potty! He finally made it a whole week without a single accident and his reward was getting to stay up during nap time. We told him he still had to stay dry all day and not get whiny or throw any fits and then he didn't have to take a nap. He made it on the 30th and played Ninja turtles with Mommy and Uncle Miah! He's been doing great and doesn't have to nap hardly at all anymore!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Rathbun Lake

Sept 3 and 4 we went camping at Rathbun Lake with Sarah's family. This year Tucker and Griffin got to ride on the tube with Daddy! Tucker was pretty upset and scared at first, but he loved it and couldn't stop grinning!























Dustin with Maddie and Griffin on the boat.












Tucker took this picture of Isabell!












Griffin never cried but he did look a little scared at first. We think he had fun, just look at the smile in this picture! (double click to see it bigger)























The tube ride was a little too much excitement for Griffin, he crashed and even slept through the big waves on the boat!










Dustin and Maddie, Daddy and Griffin and Andy swimming.












Bell, Grandma Betty and Tucker decorating cookies












Everyone was sitting around playing with different toys by themselves, so I decided to teach the kids how to roll down a hill. They had a blast! It was so much fun watching them all figure it out and race down. They did this over and over for most of the afternoon!






















Griffin playing in the sand













Trace is coming over to check out what Tucker's doing












Tucker getting ready to build a sandcastle













Trace













Our sandcastle, mostly built by Tucker and Daddy with some help from Mommy and Sarah



























Tucker and Bell found a catterpillar












Ladderball tournament teams. Daddy and Abby came in 2nd this year!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

End of August

Camping in the tent in the backyard! We cooked hot dogs and s'mores over the fire and slept in the tent.





























Leia snuggled up with the boys to keep warm!












We got to see the University Hospital life flight helicopter at North Liberty Fire Days. The boys thought it was so cool and Tucker had lots of questions, mostly about how fast it could go!
























Both boys in their fire truck shirts





































Ladder truck


















My firefighters!














Griffin tried out the Cars slide, but didn't want to do it again!
































Tucker loved it!


















Actually, he had a great time on all bouncy houses!











He insisted on trying to climb up this tower so he could go down the big slide.

















He just wasn't quite tall enough!













He could climb this one though!



















We were excited to take them on a pony ride b/c Griffin loves horses! It took Griffin a little longer to smile, but they both had so much fun!
























Tucker, Daddy and Uncle Miah playing frisbee golf









































Getting ready to go puddle jumping


















My favorite puddle picture! 5 out of 6 feet off the ground!












And the splash!












There is a parking lot near our house that really floods when it rains. Tucker always asks if he can play in the water so after this big rain, we let them!


































It was super deep! I was afraid the water would go over the tops of their rain boots. We all had so much fun getting completely soaked!