Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Random Pictures from the Weekend

We really had a great weekend this past holiday weekend.

Here Braeden is figuring out (very quickly) the ins and outs of a Nintendo DS. Whose DS would this be??? That would be GRANDMA's!!! LOL Crack me up!!! My mom loves this thing! :) And now the kids do too (remember we don't have video games!). :) But this was a lifesaver at the party. 3 1/2 hours was a bit long for him! :)

Olivia however became the baby watcher. :) She LOVES my cousin's little one (J)!!! And J was mesmerized by Olivia and her hair, she watched her nonstop!!!

My cousin and aunt are big into rummage sales right now. They are loving finding things, especially kids clothes and accessories. They gave us bags of things they found for the kids!!! Here Braeden is modeling the awesome Superman blow up outfit they got him!!! It was hilarious. Unfortunately, Mr. Sensitive didn't like feeling laughed at. :(

After opening all the goodies, we grabbed out a couple things so that the kids could change out of their "party" clothes to go out back. They were able to feed the horses...

ride the 4 wheeler...

act like "farmers"...

watch each other ride the 4 wheeler...

and they fed all the barn cats! :) Boy that was BIG fun for my crew!!! :)

The next night we met up with family at the BEST pizza place!!! Olivia got to play with baby J, who got a great grab of her barrettes!!! :)

That night at the hotel we bypassed the swimming as the water was FREEZING. We went into the little arcade instead, a novelty for them. We loved the air hockey and played quite a few games, even Liam got in a few shots! :)

And here is Olivia as mom sent in a great goal! :) (I ended up winning because she hit in 5 of my 7 goals herself!!!) :)


A fun- and family- filled weekend!!!

2 comments:

Shea said...

I love your pics. Your children are beautiful!!!

Brandi said...

Your kids are too cute!I love the pics. . .and I love your new layout! Too cute!

Love ya,
Bran

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I am a single mom to four amazing kids; each of whom just happen to have been adopted. The first three were adopted through foster care, and we just completed an international adoption from Haiti. Our family has grown through adoption and I am all the more blessed to know each of my children. I worship a mighty God, teach Special Ed, love bargains, and am inspired by Pinterest... come along with us for the ride!


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