Easter 2016

We had some great friends come over to celebrate Easter with! The kids loved hiding the eggs although I didn't boil them long enough. Lesson learned: boil eggs for MUCH longer so that when the kids break them ooey gooey centers are not running out. :( #gross #messy And I might have gone a little crazy in buying those PAAS egg containers to dye eggs in. If you ever need some we have plenty! :)

Camping

In September during our fall break we decided to go camping with some friends. We had never taken the kids camping before so we weren't sure what to expect. We went to Cloudland Canyon State Park and rented a yurt for a couple of days. We had so much fun! The kids loved being out in the woods and within the first hour of us being there they were able to see a doe and her buck out side our little yurt! We took hikes, saw a beautiful waterfall, roasted hotdogs and s'mores and laughed a lot! We will definitely be doing this again! 

Halloween

As I was looking for things to post I realized I never posted Halloween pictures. Oops! Bailey was Cinderella, Jesse was Darth Vader, and Jack was Captain Hook or some kind of pirate. Our friend Aspen went with us but she was scared of Jesse with his Darth Vader mask on and would scream hysterically when he had it on! Finally after about 20 min she understood it was only Jesse and he was able to wear his mask. Funny and not all at the same time!

Disney Day 3

Today started out bright and sunny but as soon as we got to Magic Kingdom it started to rain! We had to buy ponchos and Billy's umbrella. The latest in fashion from Paris! The good thing about the rain was the lines were short to ride the rides. Some rides 20 min, some 5 min or so and some no wait at all! We did go at the best time of year which also helped. Anyway the kids had a great time. I hardly took any pictures because of the rain. Tomorrow Disney Holllywood Studios!

Kindred Spirits

In July, I was able to see two really good friends from my days of living overseas. I had the privilege of seeing these ladies come to Istanbul on a short term trip and then return to live for a couple of years. And then we quickly became friends! Now we are scattered and it is harder to see them as often as I would like so I guess I will have to live with every 3-4 years! Rindy is going back overseas and so I knew we had to get together and thankfully it happened! We spent a few days camping in Iowa. Neither Teri nor I are really campers but I made an exception to see these great friends. We had a camper cause if it had been tent camping I would have drawn a line and we would have met at the beach instead of a lake in Iowa. The place wasn't really important. Just spending time with good friends was worth it. It was nice to be around kindred spirits.

We flew into Sioux Falls, South Dakota so Teri took us by some falls in the middle of town. It was really cool.

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On the way to Iowa we had to drive through part of Minnesota! So we did the touristy thing and stopped to take a picture!

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Then we made it to Iowa! We went to Lake Okoboji. See my t-shirt? Iowa Full of Crop. Get it? haha!

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saw a rainbow while we were there. It stretched from the Wal-Mart to the Burger King. A pot of junk and a pot of hamburgers at the end of every rainbow!

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out on the boat

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one nice thing about the trip was that we got to meet Teri's husband for the first time. He fit right in! We showed our approval by giving him a really hard time! Unfortunately I don't have a picture of him.

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Mexican Train! We played this game a lot around my table in Istanbul! We played it so much Rindy is not a fan anymore. But we made her play anyway! The only thing missing was Billy at the table.

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And this was the koozie that Teri gave me to use...

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does she know me or what?!