Tailgate Fun

We headed up to Ames last weekend for the ISU/A&M game.  Kyle's whole family from Texas was in town and we had a blast.  This was Peyton's first tailgate, she even had her own little chair, thanks Uncle Nick!  Peyton and cousin Boston (BoBo) got along great and she says "bobo" all the time now.  She also says Sassy and JoJo, super cute.  I had a "good time" as well....needless to say, I was ready for bed by 3 pm. 





{boston giving peyton a kiss}

{chris, blake, tyson and kyle}

{kaleigh and i smothering tyson}

{peyton giving her cousin boston a hug - precious}

{greg and mary with their grand baby's}

{heather and bobo}

{holding hands}

{kisses for mama}

{kyle and tyson} - Yes that is drink in Kyle's hand, yay!



{mary and nissy}



{me and my two favorite brothers}

{bag boards turned slide - so fun}

{the car peyton and boston hijacked from the neighbor tailgaters}



{t|k}



{kaleigh and me}



{a gentle nudge, you go first bobo}

{race ya!}

{peyton's got bobo's cowboy boots on, she LOVED them!}
Every time we put her black boots on, she says bobo.

{they'll hate me for this one, but had to include bath time fun}
Boston splashed the whole time and Peyton laughed hysterically!



Until next time...

House for Sale, Goodbye and It's Fall "You All"

Hello there.  Some things have come and gone since our last post but the new venture I referred to last time is that our house is for sale!  For those of you heard.....NO, we are not moving to AL.  Plans in the company and division changed course so you can all rest easy, we are staying put in DSM.  Notice the title, "You All" instead of "Y'all!"  But, our house is for sale (ironically, before the whole AL thing even happened).  We are just testing the market to see what happens.  If we are lucky and can sell, we would like to take advantage of the low rates and get something new.  Check out our listing here:  http://www.15790wildwood.com/.  Thanks, to our friend Jeff Schulz for being such a great realtor and Kelli for "staging" it!  Looks nice huh?!  We've had a few showings and a couple people give some good feedback so we'll see what happens. 

Last month, Kyle's grandpa, Wayne passed away.  He had been suffering from Alzheimer's for the past year but is resting comfortably now and enjoying his family from above.  He was such a great man, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather!  I wish I had the chance to know him like Kyle did but I am thankful for the couple of years I did have with him before he slipped away.  We love you gpa!  A bright moment of that week was Peyton and her cousin Jada got to play!  They got pretty good at "sharing." 

Carrying around Gma Sheryl's purse

Jada and Peyton singing tunes and playing piano

Peyton MAD because she couldn't actually play the Piano

Meet George, Jada's George.  Peyton stole it every chance she could.

This face just cracks me up!

Auntie Kaleigh

Well the leaves changed, the weather is till 80! but it's fall.  We traveled to MN last weekend for a family reunion on my Dad's side of the family.   It was so good to see everyone and the next generation of kids.  There are 10 grand kids including myself and almost all of us have had kids of our own now.  Peyton had a blast playing with all her new second cousins, unfortunately I didn't take any photos!  : (  We did get to a pumpkin patch in MN with Grammy Pammy and Auntie Stephy.  Peyton took off running straight for the bouncy house as soon as we got there.  Here are some pics.  Until next time!