the scarecrow patch

last weekend we went to the scarecrow patch. what a fun place to go with little ones! this place has thought of everything!... there were slides, corn mazes, animals, corn piles to play in, straw bales to jump on, john deere tricycles, face painting, swings, just to name a few! and those are just the things we participated in! so i leave you with.... well way too many pictures! you will feel like you have been to the scarecrow patch yourself!

happy 29th...

...to an amazing husband and daddy!

we are so incredibly blessed to have you in our lives!

happy happy birthday to you!

we love you!

chelsea, elliana & jedidiah

cousin fun

miss claire and miss ava stayed with nana and papa last week for a couple days and we were able to spend some time with them as well! it is such a treat when elli and jed are able to see some of their cousins since they are all spread out so much! what a joy to watch the girls interact and giggle and chat and scream and did i mention the giggling?!?! i know this is just the beginning of many wonderful memories!

thanks nana for taking us to the children's museum! it was a blast!

training

way to go girly! we are so proud of you!

harvest supper... take II

jed and his buddy jaron

out and about

delivering supper to their daddies

in the field!

double the fun....

...double the mess!

100 balls is WAY more FUN with TWO!

lil huskers

carefree

some of the things i enjoy most about being a mommy to young children is the chance to be carefree again, be amazed at the simplest things, the chance to see the world through the eyes of a child once again, to remember what a good belly laugh really sounds like i want to soak up these moments because they are going by so fast! when we first had elli i remember a gentleman telling me, "the days are long, but the years go by fast!" how true that is! there are days that feel like they will never end.. that i feel like a terrible mom because my patience are lacking but then they give me a hug anyway! i want to take the opportunity to push a swing really high, play in the leaves, give piggy back and airplane rides, eat animal crackers and drink juice, play with babies and drive a pretend tractor

oh to be carefree again!

cast all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you 1 peter 5:7