Cute kids on the weekend!

Our new ride, yippy!

Making a pumpkin craft at Hannah's!

So much fun last week!

 Family trip to the Science Center! My hands, Chloe's hands, Jason's face:)

 Cooper woke up for a little bit but then napped for most of the trip like usual:)

 Chloe loves the Science Center and we are enjoying having our pass.

 We were one of the few families there, Chloe said that she liked it empty.

 Daddy is working over nights so he got to join us for the outing as well.

 Snakes!

 Daddy on the weather channel:)

 We built paper rockets and launched them, so fun!

 Chloe thought this was pretty cool!  What a fun trip!

 Thursday Gramma and Papa Kneifl made the trip to visit us.  Chloe had to get out her motorcycle and park with the bikers:)

 Playing around in the side car:)

 Thinking about taking a ride....

 Put on her helmet and daddy took her for a spin!

 Friday night we went to Rich and Andrea's to celebrate Uncle Rich's birthday, what a fun party!

 Brigett came down for her monthly girls date with Chloe but Jason, Cooper and I crashed the birthday party, we didn't want to miss out!

 Chloe had fun playing with Caden and roasting marshmallows but wished the dance party lasted longer, we'll have to start earlier next time.

 Trying to stay warm.

 Saturday we went to the Orchard with the Petersen's.  Here are Hannah and Chloe in their yearly photo together, wish we would have gotten the 2012 in the background, maybe next time since we go every week.

 Not afraid of the cow this year, big hugs this time!

 Feeding the goats.

 Playing the the 3 Little Pigs' houses.

 So fun to ring the bell!

 School time.

 Chloe led us in the pledge:)

 We remember when she could stand up straight in this tunnel.

 Daddy doing the lasso!

 Catching bugs out of the flowers!

 Sunday we had a fun time celebrating Maddox's 3rd birthday.  It was a Jake and the Neverland Pirates Party!

Chloe and Adalyn being pirates.  Maddox is Adalyn's little brother:)

So now that I'm taking pics and making posts with my phone and with the camera things are getting a little out of order but I think we'll manage.

We also want to wish Uncle Todd a happy birthday, hope it was a great day yesterday!!!

some cute pictures from my phone these past few days

 First we fed the ducks and geese them Chloe spotted the park! She had a blast at the park today, it was gorgeous out:)

Cooper just can't seem to get his fist in his mouth as much as he wishes!

So happy!

Chloe is not a morning person just like her mama!

Cooper is a morning boy just like his daddy!

Cooper is so strong and has started to really enjoy his tummy time.

Cooper fell asleep in the Moby at Chloe's gymnastics class with his paci half in and half out, made me laugh:)

Chloe has been enjoying her new motorcycle.  She always wants to go on a "walk" now but don't let her fool you, that means she drives and you walk!

Uncle Rich's Birthday Party!

Happy birthday uncle Rich! We had fun partying!

sibling love!

So much fun!

 We had such a busy week!  Monday Chloe had preschool then we had to deal with some car issues that only took 3 hours in DesMoines, blah. 

Then Tuesday we had to get picked up and taken back to our car when it was done.  That once was an easy task but now it involves putting in and out and in two car seats into each vehicle, a 30 minute drive each way and feeding and changing diapers in between, shwooh! After getting the car we got to go to our friends house to go swimming and enjoy the final summer sunshine. 

Wednesday Chloe had school and then we went out to TCBY, she got psychedelic sorbet:)  That evening I started up Zumba again, it felt good!

Thursday Chloe had gymnastics class.  She did an amazing job doing straddle jumps on the big trampoline, her coach was very impressed!  Then we met up with some friends at the mall, played at the play area, went out to lunch, and shopped til we dropped.  That evening Uncle Rich came over for a visit.  Chloe always looks forward to seeing him and showing him her new treasures and playing with him:)

Friday Chloe had preschool and we went to TCBY again!  And to our misfortune we read that they are closing their doors on October 1st, we are so sad, we love going there.

Saturday Gramma and Papa Smith came to visit.  We all packed up and headed to Ames to tailgate with Rich and Andrea and crew, we had a blast!  That evening we had Tyler, Rebecca and Ksenia over as well for a grill out.  That was a fun family weekend!

Sunday we went to the apple orchard and bought our season passes again this year, it's such a fun place to go for the afternoon.

I think that's most of what happened!

 Wearing 6 month clothes at 2 1/2 months!

 Ready to tailgate!

 Chloe on her new motorcycle and papa by his!

 Love:)

 Apple Orchard 2012

 Sibling love!

Chloe doing a craft last night:)