Trip to Lakeside

About a week or so ago Bryce got a call from his mother offering to pick me and the kids up and take us up to Lakeside till the next weekend when we were planning to go up for Tommy's reception... while I wasn't up for being without my husband with a 2 year old and newborn for over a week I did go up for 2 days so that ALL of their grandkids (except Tommy) could be together. It wasn't easy, but definately not as bad as it could have been (the kids did okay on the ride and behaved pretty well)!

in all the times he's visited he's never seen this bear and he loved it... rumor has it a real bear has been passing thru their yard at night, watch out!

Porter loved grandpa's Elmo

Sariah was VERY excited about Avery or as she would repeat over and over -'baby'

she wanted to hold her all the time...

sometimes Avery was okay with it sometimes she was not!

grandma's idea: get all the grandkids in a picture

not going so well...

hand out oreo's

better, but still a little crazy, but there are a lot of them!

and lastly a shot with grandpa and grandma in the picture

(notice both my children must be held in the picture... not fans of sitting still for pictures!)
(Joyce... when you get the 4 cousins pictures I would love a digital copy)

Porter jumped a lot of the time we were there...

jumping/wrestling with Lauren

(I think Lauren is the reason Porter is a little rough with girls... she is one tough little girl!)

if I couldn't find him he was on the trampoline...

sitting on the quad hoping for a ride or crusin' in the pink jeep

(he looks like he knows what he's doing but he doesn't stear...

he just goes until he hits something or someone, yikes!)

or hitching rides with his cousins or chasing behind.

It was great to be able to let him be outside and playing with his cousins

or off by himself playing with rocks or the mud he had a great time!

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Cox it was fun!