If life gives you wind...

...fly a kite!
We finally found a good use for all of the wind out here! The kids had a fun time flying a kite today. We have another huge kite from Gammie to try, but thought we should test this one out first. Good thing - despite Shane and I reminding him to "hold tight!" Wyatt let go at one point, and well, if you look hard at the last photo you can see Shane in the tree getting the kite down. :)

Every time Papa comes to visit, Wyatt makes a fun game out of taking his ball cap off of his head. So, finally Papa brought a special surprise for the kids - their very OWN caps! They were excited. In fact, I heard Wyatt get up to go to the bathroom during the night last night, and when I went in to help him...he had the cap on (it looks really nice with footy pajamas) :) Thank you, Papa!!!

Happy Mother's Day

catch of the day

We went out to eat and to get ice cream with the kiddos one night and it was so nice we thought we would go to a park in Indianola since we haven't checked any out yet. The first one we saw had a ton of people there, so we followed signs to a different one only to see that it was all taken apart except for a merry go round! So, with ice cream melting we hurried home and decided to sit by our little pond, eat ice cream and throw a line in. Hey, Uncle Jim makes it look so easy... :)
Well we did catch a 10" bluegill that was hooked pretty well, (with Andie taking 20 min to reel it in...haha!) So, we decided to clean this one and add it to a mess of crappie that Jim had given us. Andie and Wyatt were so funny, they kept touching the fish and saying it was cute, but when it came time to clean it - you can see that Andie lost her excitement. Even still, Andie said,"This was a fun night!" - I guess better than the park any day.
Oh, and Wy Wy has had his "mop" trimmed since then!!

chasing butterflies

It is so nice out today - the perfect spring day to chase butterflies with the butterfly net from Lake Gammie and Papa! Andie and Wyatt ran until their sides hurt. Those butterflies are fast!

splish splash

Sawyer is 3 months! His "fussy time" in the evenings has now turned into a bright-eyed, excited time (which is much more preferable). It is really funny watching him look around and take in everything.