Our life lately...pictures from early March

Another bunch of pictures to upload on here...

just usual daily stuff, but some cute pictures along the way!

Colin had a cavity on the last dentist visit - so we went in to get it filled a couple weeks ago.

He was very brave, and besides feeling numb afterward, he didn't have any complaints!

Super proud of him (but we won't be getting any more cavities, hopefully!)

We celebrated Moose's 5th birthday a couple weeks ago.

The kids were extra huggy on him and he got 2 new bones!

What a great day to be a dog!

We had Father Joe over for dinner one Sunday night.

It was a lovely evening filled with salad and lasagna - until Eli decided to have a little meltdown, then the evening ended rather quickly.

It's so awesome to have such a caring priest at our family parish!

I finally gave it and let the kids make slime.

I found the easiest recipe ever, and then the kids had a blast playing with it.  I can't believe how many tooting noises they could make with it.

They still play with it a lot, so I guess it was worth it!

Colin helped Maggie fill out her March Madness bracket one morning before the games started.

All of our brackets are busted as of right now, but it's still fun to see all the teams play!

Another trip to Omaha!

We just love taking advantage of those Groupons to Omaha, NE!

The kids have fun, the water park is usually not very busy, and it's just a short few hour drive for a little weekend getaway.

This was the first time with Eli being a little bit older - he had a blast!  He went down the same orange slide about 50 times in a row.  He could do it by himself so usually Brian or I would just camp out at the end of the slide and make sure he got up/down okay.

Maggie still wasn't quite tall enough for the super big slides, but got to go down all of the other ones.  She is such a good big sister, too, that she spent quite a bit of time just helping Eli navigate around the water park.

Colin and Brian did all of the big slides on the tubes.  Colin is getting close to 'outgrowing' the water park in Omaha, but he still has fun.

I didn't take too many pictures because I don't like bringing my phone down to the pools all the time, but I did manage to get a few pictures.

 The lighting isn't the best in this area of the water park, but it was a super cute picture!

 Then I insisted on one more picture with Brian - 

 Maggie could've played all day in the lazy river.  The water was super warm and she just swam around looking for rocks and splashing us all!

 Taking a quick break

 Colin and I lounging in the lazy river

 Every day we would bring Eli up to the room for him to nap...and every day Eli refused to nap.  But, he did handle his 'nap-less' weekend fairly well!

We were able to go to the Pirnie's house on Saturday night for dinner.  Brian and I swam with Beth in college and she and her husband Todd have 3 little boys.

We always try to see old college friends when we visit Omaha!

So glad it worked out!

Colin and Jackson playing checkers

This Hot Wheels track was super popular all night long!

Eli just kept to himself and quietly played with the fun toys!

Then they pulled out Twister...that was hilarious!

The kids had so much fun!

Lots of stretched out arms and legs - they tried so hard!

 A group pic of the kids - all boys and one girl!

Back row: Eli, Graham, Mason, Bennett, Maggie

Front row: Keller, Colin, Jackson

 Colin was recruited to take a pic of the parents:  Brian and I, Beth and Todd, & Diana and Zach.

Diana is expecting their 3rd kiddo the first week of April.  

Brian, Beth, Diana and I all swam together at Truman State.  Go Bulldogs!!!

And one more picture of Twister - it was so funny because poor Jackson had to put his head right behind Colin's bottom.  Probably not a very safe place to hang out for too long :)

Random pics from February

Found some pictures that I wanted to post - 

Maggie's still LOVING gymnastics - I think we'll probably end up enrolling her for another session!

The kids had their dentist appointments and this guy had his FIRST EVER dentist appointment.

He did fine - just didn't want those loud tools in his mouth so they just brushed him manually.

He was so proud of himself...

Speaking of proud...

Maggie was selected by her teacher and peers as student of the month for February for the Christ Skill of Sense of Humor.

It was a surprise for her and she was so excited!

I caught Colin and Eli reading books in bed one night.  He can be such a great big brother (when he wants to be :))

Maggie had a friend's birthday party and one of the neighborhood mom's brought her home from the party for us.  The mom took a picture of a bunch of the girls from the neighborhood right before she dropped Maggie off.

So nice to have such great friends close by!

Colin and Maggie had Jump Rope for Heart at school.

I was able to get there and volunteer for an hour or so.  Super fun to see them having a blast being active!

Colin and Maggie also had their 1st/2nd grade musical at school a couple weeks ago.

They did a fantastic job!

After the performance - they looked smashing!

And finally, I got to attend a "celebration of life" for my coworker's (dr. Sabath) wife, Pat Sabath.  She passed away from a brain tumor in early December and he threw this wonderful party to celebrate her life.  

Dance Clinics and Gordy's 4th Birthday party!

We signed Maggie up for another dance clinic, this time it was held at St. Pius X high school (where Brian went to high school).  This clinic was just one afternoon with an evening halftime performance at the women's basketball game.

Maggie had a blast, of course.  The basketball game was pretty fun to watch as well.

Passing the time making silly faces

and more silly faces...

Finally it was Maggie's turn to do her performance

Maggie did great and had so much fun!

Even cousin Olivia was there to perform, as well.

So fun watching these girls dance together!

Later that weekend we went to Belton to celebrate Gordon's 4th birthday.

It was a superhero theme and Aunt Tiff did a great job with the decorations and party favors.

The kids had a blast!

We had to keep little ol' Eli at home cause he had a little fever the day before, but Colin and Maggie had a lot of fun celebrating with Gordon!

Superheroes standing on the couch!

Playing pin the batman logo on Batman

They even had a really cool climbing wall to play on

So many little kiddos there - it was such a great party!

The backs of their capes with their initials

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And the next days to follow we had a whole lot of this....going on at our house

Crime fighters unite!!!

January ordinary days

Just figured I hadn't put up any new pictures in a while so I thought I'd find some on my phone to add on the blog!

Colin's newest artwork creation from school:

I love his creativity!  Pikachu on his one shoulder and a soccer ball on the other...

Maggie's newest artwork creation: This is her representation of Saint Therese.

She looks lovely!

Eli and I being silly on Snapchat one night...

We got a little bit of snow one evening so the kids were super excited to get out there and play!

Colin is so patient with Eli - they played outside for quite some time!

Throwing snowballs at the kitchen windows!

Eli came in from playing outside - demanding a banana.

Look at his poor red cheeks!

He was pretty cold but had a blast out in the snow!

Maggie decided she wanted to try Gymnastics instead of Soccer this spring.

She started going to class last week and is loving it!

She is really strong and has already learned some pretty tough gymnastics moves!

We went out to dinner to celebrate the kids' good report cards

Of course I couldn't get a good picture - but we had a nice meal and are so proud of the kids for trying really hard in school!