Gymnastics, the Zoo and Hopefest…oh My!

We have been very busy.  The kids started gymnastics a few weeks ago.  Landon is in the Dynamites group and Sienna is in the parent/tot group.  Landon loves, loves, loves gymnastics and can’t seem to get enough.  He loves the running, jumping and most of all falling into the foam pit they have.  I have been the one to help Sienna in the parent/tot group and for most part she does well, but the occasional I’m going to run off on you happens.  Both have learned how to do “safety falls”, straddles and pike jumps.  My favorite part while watching Sienna is when they are supposed to jump apart and then together.  She has the words apart, together down pat, but can’t seem to get the brain and the legs to work together.  It is pretty cute to watch it.  She also has pretty much become a pro at somersaults. 

We also attended the Zoo’s member appreciation night.  Both kids loved this event as well.  Landon was able to pet a porcupine and both were able to feed a camel.  Sienna’s highlight was riding on the carousel, multiple times.  I have to admit it made me slightly dizzy, but she wanted to keep on going.  After two times and Landon being super patient while watching us, I decided that was enough of the carousel. 

The kids and I also took in Hopefest last Sunday when it was 91 degrees.  They had fun bouncing on Games To Go equipment, playing games and eating.  Sienna’s favorite thing was riding on the ponies multiple times.  I think she ended up riding them a total of three times.  She is much my more adventurous child.  Both kids had a great time and can’t wait again for next year. 

Wedding

Just this past weekend Auntie Mo got married.  All of us had the honor of being in the wedding, Travis was a groomsman, I was a bridesmaid, Landon was a ring bearer and Sienna was the flower girl.  It was a great day, but I must admit it was a lot of work for me.  We are very happy that we can welcome Brandon into the family and call him Uncle Brandon.

The Egg Hunt

Friday I had off and after enjoying a great run outside the kids and I headed up to Yunker Farm for an egg hunt.  They had a blast filling their bags with eggs, getting their faces painted and making art projects. 

Catching up…

It seems as though time has escaped me lately and I am not able to update the blog.  We have been busy with all sorts of things lately.  Let’s see…we have fought the flu, fevers and ear infections again.  Sienna was hit the hardest, poor girl.  One week she work up throwing up and then ended up with a high fever the next day.  It appeared she kicked whatever it was and then boom was hit with a high fever on and off for several days.  During that time Landon ended up with an ear infection.  In one week I was home with Sienna for two days, and caught a little bit of what she had, and then ended up at the doctor with Landon.  We have saw too much sickness in our house, thankfully its minor things like ear infections, pink eye and fevers, but I am so done with it. 

We have enjoyed a few, very few, nice days here and there and have gotten outside to enjoy the weather.  I have added pictures where you can see the kids having fun playing in the water.  Sienna loves, loves, loves to swing and play on the swing set.  As for Landon, well, he loves to ride his motorcycle or bike and play with our neighbor kids.  We have lots of kids all around us, so we will be spending many days outside playing. 

Like Father, Like Son

Hello Spring….Are You Coming?

Not only do I have the itch to get outside and enjoy the weather, but so do two kiddos.  Last night while daddy was enjoying his new smoker, Sienna requested to go and swing.  This posed a bit of a challenge because of all the darn snow we have left.  After some removal of toys that were stuck in the snow I got her in the swing.  Landon was excited to be able to walk Jack, so down half a block he went and then he came back and repeated it.  This flood business needs to be over with and we need spring, soon!

Fun and Family Weekend

This weekend the kids and I headed over to West Fargo Saturday morning to let them  “go on the jumping things” as Landon would say.  Our great neighbors provided us with free tickets to go with them.  We spend two hours there and the kids had a great time.  Landon was very brave this time and asked to ride the mechanical bull and climb the volcano.  After that we headed to the mall to have lunch and spend some time at Dino Land.  We stayed until about 1 pm and then head home where we all cuddled in together on the futon for a two hour nap.  Oh, how I love afternoon naps!

Later that night Travis and I enjoyed a night out with my sister and her boyfriend’s family.  Thanks to our wonderful neighbors we didn’t have to be home at any certain time, because they kept the kids overnight.  Landon and Sienna love spending time at the Peterson’s house.  Sienna gets to play with new toys and Landon got to bring his Trouble game over and play it with new people. 

Sunday brought visitors to our house for lunch.  My cousin Carrie and her family were in town and came to visit.  It was so nice because her kids are around Landon and Sienna’s age.  All four of them played so well together.  After they left, you guessed it, nap time again!  By the time Sienna and I woke up daddy was busy smoking some things for supper.  We enjoyed smoked ribs, chicken and great conversation with some great friends.  Then it was off to bed for the whole family.

What a great weekend we all had.  It was so much fun to spend time with family and friends this past weekend.  The weekend flew right by us, but it was oh so much fun.  It makes you realized how blessed you are to have such wonderful people in your life.

Fun, Sun and Friends

Just two short weeks ago Travis and I were in warm paradise, seems like forever ago at this point.  At the end of February Travis, myself and some great friends of ours headed out for some sun and fun. The day before we left I ended up in the walk-in clinic for the second time with strep throat.  Apparently the antibiotic the doctor prescribed for me the first time didn’t do the trick.  I’m so glad I decided to go back in and get checked out instead of roughing it through our whole trip.  Back on the antibiotics for me it was.  We prayed the kids wouldn’t get it, but no such luck.  The day we left G and G Moser brought Sienna in because she wasn’t feeling the best.  You guessed it, she had strep throat.  Grandma ended up taking extra time off from school to stay home with Sienna to make sure she was doing ok.  Then that Tuesday or Wednesday it was back to the clinic for Landon.  Yep, strep throat it was!  So needless to say everyone was on an antibiotic for strep in our house as daddy had strep in February too.

Now back to the trip and the fun.  We went to a resort south of Cancun, Mexico and had a great time.  It was the third time we had been at this resort and it was great.  We arrived on a Saturday and stayed through Friday.  While there we drank, ate and met some really great people from Canada.  I’m pretty sure I ate calamari one day, as I thought it was onion rings and didn’t look at the label.  In my head and mouth I was sure it was onion rings and that is exactly what it tasted like to me.  Later that evening while eating at the buffet I was excited because they had onion rings again, only for someone to tell me that it was calamari.  The food overall was pretty good and the sun, well that was wonderful.  It felt so good to soak up some 85 degree weather and get vitamin D!

Good food, good friends and good fun

The pool bar

This is where intense games of water volleyball happened