Mom's Birthday

I had a lot of fun on my Birthday this year - Matt and the kids surprised me with some beautiful flowers! They were wild flowers mixed with roses...I loved the colors of them!! Later in the day we met up with some of our friends at On the Border for dinner and drinks. Matt's parents watched the kiddos for us so we could have a night out to ourselves. It was fun hanging out with our friends again! The following day Matt's parents had us out for dinner - the food was great and dessert was even better! French Silk Pie!! :)

Night at the Ballpark...

My company had their night at the Ballpark at the Iowa Cubs game again this year. Tailgating was fun and thank goodness the rained stopped just in time! Ryan brought his friend Caden along for the fun. They had a blast - as soon as they saw Cubbie we had to run after him for his autograph. After that, the kids wanted to play on the playground set so we did that for a little bit. Once they were finished I was FINALLY able to go upstairs and socialize with the adults :) We stayed at the game past 10 pm - we had a great time!

Father's Day 2012

The kiddos wanted to take Matt mini golfing for Father's Day so we drove out to Toad Valley. It was definitely the popular thing to do that day! I was really surprsied how well the kids played. We also made him shrimp scampi for dinner and a cookie cake which he LOVES!

Pool Day with Ry and his Friend

I took Ry and his friend, Caden, to the Ankeny pool last week. We all had a really fun time and the weather was absolutely perfect for the three hours we were there! I think he was a little nervous to go down the slide but once he saw other kids his age going down it, he tried it out and LOVED it.

Cousins

We had my sister, brother-in-law and Kobe over for dinner the other weekend. Kobe loves to explore our house. He peeks in every room and even trys to go downstairs. After dinner we took the kids outside and Kobe decided he wanted a ride in Ryan's escalade. He absolutely loved it and he looked hilarious riding in it because he put his arm up on the door like he was going joyriding!

Park Fun

I took the kids up to the park near our house the other weekend. They met up with some friends and decided they were going to try and skip rocks on the pond. There were several ducks that greeted us - I think they were looking for food!

Memorial Weekend In Boji

We went to Okoboji for Memorial weekend and had a wonderful time. We did the usual stuff, boating, fishing, playing in the sand and shopping! I think Mattie will be spending A LOT of time there this summer with Papa :)