Back HOME!

 The boys and I headed back to our home and Dad on Thur. morning. Here we are at the airport with all our stuff. Luggage (50 lbs x 5 bags), 1 carry on backpack with 20lbs of cheese (I was stopped at security for extra screening :o), 1 purse, Jacks little suitcase and backpack with toys and snacks for the trip.

 After a 13 hour flight (the boys were pretty good!) we had a 4 hour layover in Korea. We showered, ate, and the boys ran around the several play areas of the airport for 2 solid hours. They also got in some good plane watching.

 The boys are just SOOOO happy to be home with dad.

Now if we can just get some sleep... going on 6 hours in the last three days... yikes!

Pure Corn Joy...

 I helped my parents prep corn for freezing last night. The three of us were able to make quick work of around 15 dozen ears. And... of course we had corn for dinner.... 

Summer Update #3

 Last Sunday we spent the day in the Dells with Bryans two sisters and their families. We were able to get discount tickets to Mt Olympus and it was a super fun day! We took in the camera in a water proof bag, so here are a few pictures!

Summer Update #2

hard to believe another two weeks have flown by! We are having a blast this summer. here's a little bit of what we have done. You can view the link to the FB photos to see more.

Week 1: In Des Moines with the Thompsons.

Art Fair, emily lunch with Mari, lots of golf, parks, rides, shopping, good food,  bryan lunch with scott, pools, splash park, panera :o)

Week 2: In Galena with the Thompson family.

games, grilling, pizza, pool with slides, celebrating Bryans 40th, phase 10, jack loving his cousins! aggravation game.

Week 3: Schroederville with family.

baby shower for Ellen (35 people here!) 100 heat all week, lots of pool time, cousins play well and have a blast, sand box, adults play game tournament, taking care of pregnant Sarah and Ellen, movie outside, taco johns.

I will hopefully do an update next week about our coming week. it will be just us at my parents...

link to photos:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151061870311151.484820.520951150&type=1&l=de1cc4de33

summer update #1

I'm just going to title our posts like this for the summer :o) Keep it simple and then I can put up a variety of pictures. here's our week so far in IA with the Thompsons.

 We had a ton of fun at one of Des MOines' splash pads on Tues.

 Fun with the car track...

 Race track down the driveway!

 Fun times with Grandma!

Max and Jack go to a Party...

We had a really fun week last week. On Tues. we headed over to a friends for playtime and lunch.

 Then on Friday a friend of Jack had a 4th birthday party. The girls were a bit more into the party than my boys, but everyone had a really fun morning.

 And this is how Max felt at the end of the party... :o)

 Today we headed out to Stanley for a little shopping...Max got some new shades...

 And finally...tonight we met up with several other families. To say good-bye to some who are leaving Hong Kong for good... and to say hello to our friends the Ablines who are back to visit after leaving three years ago.

the UGGGG face...

 Max makes this VERY intense face.. usually while trying to grab large chunks of my facial skin or neck...We tried to get a good shot of this face the other night...it was hard to get it replicated on film... but you get the idea!

 Today Jack and I made a countdown chain to when we leave for summer

 Jack is NOT into having his picture taken.

 And fresh out of the shower... just because I think these two are pretty cute! :o)