4th of July in Nebraska

Saturday we had the 4th of july at my moms

 these 2 are just to cute for words!!

 mom and chasen cut the letters and chasen told me they were U S and A and it stood for Nebraska States!

 we had water balloon fights
and mom hung this old window and we took photos in it...super cute

 a hanging sprinkler/shower

 grandpa with his grandson and great grandson's

 all the Grands and Great Grands

First fourth of July

 cute family photo!!

 smoke balls and tank races. Every year we have tank races...this year many of the tanks were duds and didnt move

 The winners 1st 2nd and 3rd

 sparklers so you dont burn your arm

 chasens first roman candle

 not sure if you can see but chasen's hands and cheeks are BLACK from fire works/those black snake things

 baby dash tried to sleep through the fire works...no luck!

 I got the kids glow in the dark necklaces and straws

 father daughter pyros!!!

On the actual 4th of July we went to North English.....more on that later but I gots to get to bed cause we are floating the river tomorrow!!! :)

5 Days in Nebraska

we left on wed night to go to nebraska, ean was doing my moms roof and a friends roof.
Thursday night we went to Uncle Jacksons baseball game but it was so hot Ean and I took baby Dash home after 25 minutes...Chasen stayed and ran the bases after the game 2 times with Lily and came home covered in dirt!!

grandpa, ean, chasen and lily

its too hot. Time to take baby home

Friday night we celebrated Aunt Ann's 40 1/2 birthday party

with a DJ and Block party

ann and ava

I think the kids had more fun then the adults dancing and running back and forth to the food table for cookies, pop corn, pizza and a million other goodies!!

granny and dashtyn

me and grandma jan

some unique human air guitar moves with mom and ava and ean and chasen

more dancing and having a dam good time!!!

lisa mom and alyssa...journey was playing

chasens dance moves were outta this world...videos to follow

grandpa alyssa and I

 dancing into the night
and the night ended with ean hula hooping

saturday we celebrated the 4th of july at my moms!

pictures to follow....

5 Months

 at 5 months Dashtyn can roll like a champ. sit up in his boppy and play with his toys
loves to chew on stuff becasue ... He has his FIRST tooth. it came a couple days before his 5 month birthday.

 He LOVES his brother and smiles with delight  when he sees him. He also squeels and screams when he sees him and is ALWAYS watching him play wanting to do what he does.
He loves to eat his cereal and eats it everyday around 5

he plays for longer periods of time

and today fell asleep playing!

Home For A Weekend

This past weekend was the only weekend we had free in June and so we stayed home!!!

Friday night we had friends over for brats, playing with kids and a bonfire!

steph and pep with dashtyn

playing at wolf pack park with alex

chasen showing corbin our new baby goat

swinging with alex and tori in the baby swing:)

taking the baby goat for a ride

 On saturday we went to the freedom festival in cedar rapids! Above Chasen and Daddy are eating a sucker while watching the dock dogs jump into a pool

 then it was off to the BBQ round up for ribs, beer and we discovered chasen is allergic to pink lemonade...Dashtyn was the happiest baby ever!!!

 and chasen had fun in the wowballs...mostly just lounging in it...your supposed to walk in them!

 enjoying a baba and sitting for a minute

 chasen was finally hungry at 9pm and got the cheesiest mac and cheese Ive ever seen!
ean said pushing this stroller was like driving a limo it is so long.

 we ended the night with fire works in fairfax

 sunday was spent at home bathing our dirty lil monkeys!!
first time they have taken a bath together... Dashtyn  loved it!!

Now we are headed to Nebraska tomorrow or wed. Ean is doing my moms roof/windows and we are going to Anns 40 1/2 birthday block party!! and my mom is having a 4th of July party on saturday!