My Favs

Here are some of my favorite pics from our vacation!!!!!! OOOPS...after I downloaded them I realized there are quite a few. Sorry. ;)

Such a happy boy!

Yaya and Papa Steve with the kiddos!

Hehe

With my love.

This is my mom's Dad...Grandpa Gregersen. I think Pierce looks most like him :)

Getting attention from his Great Grandparents...and loving every minute of it!

So pooped!

My Dad's Mom...Grandma McFarlane :)

So doting!

Peyton was such a trooper and played ring-around-the-rosies...about 100 times...maybe more!

Papa Steve, Mom and my Aunt Nome

Naptime for my boys

Sweet Peyton and Baby Pierce

Bryce my baby whisperer and Pierce

Love this picture..even P's huge belly hanging out..haha!

CUTE!

My Aunt Molly holding little Pierce

Grandma playing with Saffy

On our way back to Colorado

Love the scenery!

Melts My Heart

I have to interrupt my vacation blogging to share this story!

Last night we dropped the kids off at our church nursery so we could go to our church small group. When we came to pick up the kids one of the workers said, "Saffryn makes me smile." So naturally Dan and I wanted to know what she did.

From the worker: "Well I walked by Saffryn to take another little girl to her mommy during pick-up. Saffryn started to get a little upset. Then I heard her say, 'mommy pick me up soon.' Then she stopped crying and went back to go play."

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! That seriously melts my heart. I am so glad she feels confident that we will come for her. I am also amazed that she is self soothing by self talking.

I love that the workers there tell me these stories about her. It is fun for me to hear what she does when I am not around. I am so proud of her. She is the sweetest!!!!!

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Dan's Highlight

Are you just DYING to know what the highlight of the trip was for Dan???? Welp...here ya go!

I am just going to go ahead and say what you all are thinking...I am awesome!!! LOL. Dan was so excited about his new gun. He brought it along to shoot prairie dogs. He really wanted me to try it out (don't worry I couldn't bring myself to shoot those cute little friends). So instead I shot:

And if I am being honest I have to say it was a blast!!! Dan, Papa Steve and myself had a little friendly competition. A desert bottle shoot out if you will. Papa Steve won. Dan and I tied...that's right I TIED! I bet you are thinking about how awesome I am again...haha. :)

Now before you judge Dan and Papa Steve too harshly for killing prairie dogs know that all the farmers out there despise them. They desperately want people to come out and kill them because they ruin everything! The crops, the cattle and horses. My uncle kindly put it this way: They are pests...rats that dig. Well when you say it like that...

Dan and Papa Steve checking out Dan's kill



Looking around to see if there are more. The color on the pictures here are a little off because I was in the car...no I didn't care to get out and see it (though Dan made me later...sigh).




The guys and their guns!




This picture makes me smile!




The view from my Gregersen (my mom's parents) grandparent's house! I love it!!!




Told you they live out in the desert :)




My grandpa McFarlane (my Dad's parents) taking Dan out for some more prairie dog hunting!

 A Special Thanks to:

My mom for watching the kids for a bit so I could go shooting and make my husband happy (and have fun, too..hehe)

My uncle for taking us out and showing us where to shoot :)

Both sets of grandparents for letting Dan (and Papa Steve) shoot on their land.

Love you Dan-O!!!

Grandma Love

Here are a few videos of Mr. Pierce getting some love from his Great Grandmothers. You can tell that he loved loved loved playing with them! How spoiled we are to have them in our lives :)

Little House on the Desert

I can easily say what the highlight on the trip was for Saffryn. This little house:

This is a little play house in my grandparents back yard! Saffryn spent COUNTLESS hours in there. She had tea parties, did dishes, swept the floor, washed the appliances, opened and closed the door, locked the door and managed to talk everyone in to playing in there with her!



Peeking through the window :)




Just the right size for a little girl!



Close that door!

Here are some pictures of my grandparents playing in the house with her. I think they won "The Best Sport" award for the week! They were great sports all week! So relaxed and easy going and just let my kids be that..KIDS! We can't forget all the love they showed Crash. He also had a great time! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!




There was really only room for one adult in there with her. But don't be fooled my grandpa drank just as much tea as my grandma :)




Such a fun memory for us!




Grandma and Saffryn

Now my  sweet sweet cousins also get an award for the week. They win "Most Devoted" award. They completely showered my kids with love and attention! Both kids totally soaked it up. Saffryn adored them and did not want to leave their sight for even a second. She still talks about "The Girls" or "Byce and Peypa". I cannot even begin to tell you how fun it was for her and what that meant to me. They showed her how to do so much and spent the most time in that house with her I am guessing!



Starting the organizing and cleaning process :)




So busy!




Bryce helping Saffryn




It was hard to get a picture of them because they were so busy!



Sweet Bryce :)

 

And don't worry...Dan and I spent our fair share of time in there, too. I think Dan spent even more time than I did...LOL. What a good daddy :)



Saffryn look at the camera!



Thank you!

Now just in case you haven't gotten your fill of pictures here are a few more of Saffryn busily playing in her favorite spot. Man oh man did she LOVE this play house!



Pouring tea




Serious work..




She set that all up!




Love her!

SO MUCH FUN!

Utah

I wasn't too sure how the kids were going to do on this trip. I knew it was a LOT of driving. It was a place they have never been with people they aren't very familiar with. I was so pleasantly surprised. Literally as soon as we got out of the car at my grandparents house Saffryn had warmed up to my grandparents and loved exploring their house! I couldn't believe it. My shy and reserved girl really opened up. Her and Pierce just did great. They didn't take great naps but crashed so hard everynight. They absolutely loved getting doted upon by so many people and had a great time. Dan and I loved being in cooler weather, lovely scenery and just l-o-v-e-d seeing my family. It was a GREAT trip. So glad we went. Thanks to my grandparents for keeping us for a week! As I already mentioned I took alot of pictures so there will be several blog posts about this trip. But for now enjoy some pictures of our first day at my grandparents!



Grandpa and his great grandbabies!




Pierce and my grandpa




Momma and Pierce. Gotta love the floppy hat!




Saffryn loved watching the dogs play. You can see my shadow too..LOL




Crash playing with my grandparent's dog Shadow. Trust me when I say he thought the long drive was worth it!



Daddy and Pierce relaxing outside. The weather was just PERFECT! Such a great change from our heat wave back in Kansas!



Saffryn loved Shadow!




Both of the dogs were so good with the kids!





Saffryn enjoyed playing in the dogs water pool! Behind her is my grandparent's vegetable garden and the old barn. They used to have lots of animals. Now they just have some barn cats :)

Stay tuned for more on our vacation!

Utah and Colorado

We just got back from a week and a half long vacation to you guessed it...Utah and Colorado! :)


My Mom, Step-Dad, Oma and Opa, Sister and Brother-in law live in Colorado. Dan's Brother and sister in law (and grandma, aunt and cousin) live in Colorado. Both of sides of my grandparents, almost all of my aunts and uncles and cousins live in Utah. So we got to see a lot of family...mostly mine.

We left Wichita Wednesday afternoon and made it to Colby, Kansas before we had any major melt downs. But we HAD to stop in Colby because both kids had had enough. I never realized before but there is actually a playground in the "Oasis on the Plains"!!! THANK YOU!!! Totally saved the day. Dan played with Saffryn while I fed Pierce, walked Crash and then played with both of them for a bit. The sun went down and we set off again. Both kids slept until we got into Colorado Springs! WOOHOO! Good job kids.

My mom is now known as Yaya (Saffryn's idea). And Saffryn just loved Yaya's and Papa Steve's house! They have two dogs (always an area of interest to my little girl) and lots and lots of fun toys for her to play with. It was a really fun day with them. Then we drove up to my sisters house! SO CUTE!!!! We loved getting to see her and Steve and play in their super fun backyard. Kicking myself for not getting pictures that day...sigh.

The next day we left the house at 5am. Thats right you read that correctly. We were on the road to Utah at 5 AM!!!! Our hope was the kids would sleep for a few hours and we could make some decent progress without them realizing they were in the car. IT WORKED! They both slept until Rifle, Colorado! Then we stopped and had a long breakfast and hit the road again and made it to my grandparents around 2pm. I don't think the kids even shed a tear that trip. Can we say troopers!!!!

Now I did get pictures of our time in Utah...only about 150. LOL! So now I have the daunting task of organizing them. Well here are a few on our way out to Utah to give you a little taste :) I will be working on the rest ASAP! I know you are on the edge of your seat...haha.

My cute little sweetie relaxing in the car



The car packed to the brim. Crash is back there somewhere..LOL



Pierce napping a little in the car



Peek-a-Boo!




Dan laughing at me being ridicoulos! If you are curious about the background that is right outside of Grand Junction, Colorado :)

 Welp...look forward to more...about 145 pictures more..hahah :)

P.S the spell check wasn't working...I am a terrible speller...If something is really mispelled just smile and keep reading!