Spjut Reunion Day 4 (For Us)

Sunday brought kind of a low key kind of day.  Still...driving to church with cousins is pretty cool. -T

Uh plus we like the fact that Mandy can buckle and unbuckle our children

Lucy: "Help!"

Spjut Reunion Day 3 (For Us)

A very fun day.  We went and played on the toys down the street.  While there we captured two of the greatest videos of all time.  We then said bye to the Ryan and Amie's.  After they left and later in the afternoon we headed to Totter's Otterville for a lot more fun. It was already evening by the time we got done there so we promised the girls ice cream when we got home and called it a day. -T 



Fun hair

Going backwards down the slide?

Nah, it's just a tunnel

It's fun to watch your girls have fun

THEN the log rolling began!

It's good to see Anna up there standing on two feet

Actually Anna is now gone and probably wished she didn't come back

But she did...and was rewarded with the following event - caught on tape!

And this is how Anna lost both her ACL's and how Jackie received the Bad Aunt of the Day Award - and if you're wondering where her parents are at the end of this well, one was laughing in shock and the other kept rolling tape!  Luckily, another aunt came to her rescue - restoring our faith in aunts.

 

 

This is one of those videos you'd see on Facebook that would say something like: "Grandfather log rolls down a hill...you'll never believe what happens next!"  Oh, and thankfully, Anna had second thoughts before a repeat of the previous video happened again.

 

 



Mae and Audrey - one last playtime before she left

Couldn't wait to get to play in the balls

Motorin' down the slide

Does this not scare the bajeebees out of anyone else but me?  One of these days I'll get Lindsey to watch this movie with me.

Indoor water fun

Puppet show - you can see her but I don't think her mouth moved at all!

Not sure this is ballet dancing - but fun nonetheless

Running the post office

They were okay leaving early for the day when this was their reward

Mae + Sugar = Not Good

Spjut Reunion Day 2 (For Us)

I thought family pictures were just once a year?  I guess that's the price you pay for getting married.  I guess I'll choose TWO family pictures in a year over standing alone in any family picture - been there.  Anyway, pictures were semi-painless.  The rest of the day was spent hanging out, and of course, conspiring with one of my favorite people in the world to get her more cheese puffs (Audrey).  It was another long, but fun day; however, it was sad when we had to say goodbye to Grandma Spjut or Grandma Ruth - I've heard her called both so I'll list both - as she flew out the following morning. -T

Grandparents and Grandkids - we were just 1 of 3 on our kids smiling in this picture.  BUT...we were 2 for 3 with actually being able to see our kids' faces!

Dad's and their latest kids - can't anyone have a boy these days?

Siblings and their latest kids - seriously with all the girl babies!

Watching Mae play with Audrey is awesome - if only she lived closer.  Uncle Scott is a really nice - and trusting - uncle to let them play on his guitar

That Audrey is sneaky!  I think I gave that girl about 150 cheese puffs in attempt to be her favorite uncle

It all started catching up to Anna by mid-afternoon of Day 2 (For us)...

...and for Grandpa

"Oh my gosh - I'm out of cheese puffs!"

The grand-kiddos

Mae is NAILING the smiles in all of these!

Max be like - "Not another picture!"

Storytime with Grandpa

Great smiles girls - you too Mom!

Another long drive home - nothing like nighttime drives with sunglasses

Spjut Reunion Day 1 (For Us)

We missed the ACTUAL first full day of the family reunion as I still went to work and Lindsey, less than two weeks removed from another delivery, wasn't necessarily super motivated to load three girls 3 and under up in the van and take them places by herself.  So, she waited one more day for a second parent (me) and Grandma and Grandpa had to suffer one extra day of not seeing Mae and Anna. The trip to the Museum though was a hit - the OmniMax video not so much for a 3 year old and 1 year old, but they had a great time overall! -T

Now THIS is a sandbox!

Anna, unafraid, and always doing her own thing

I wouldn't trust her behind the wheel quite yet

Same goes for this kid

Keystone

It's like being in St. Louis

Water fun

Bridges and slides

Shooting balls

Storytime with Great Grandma Spjut

Quality time with Great Grandma Spjut

No nap, no problem...well, maybe a little...it could have been worse we'll say

Gifts from Grandma and Grandpa...good work on the smile, Mae!  Audrey...keep workin' at it.

Brooklyn's First Bath

We got Brooklyn in for her first time in the tub (or the duck).  She was a little unsure, but seemed okay with it. -T

Funny...I don't ever remember being this crowded trying to give a bath with the first two girls

"What?  Oh heck no...hold up...huh...

...oh, okay!"