Meeting Miss Emry

 Baby Cousin Wyatt has a new baby sister! The kids were so excited to meet her.

She wasn't as excited to meet them.  She did a lot of sleeping.  :-)

 She is a doll baby though, isn't she?

Emry just couldn't handle the noise noise noise! Those crazy, wrestling cousins!

 Wyatt had a great time playing with his cousins. Charlotte has no idea what that device is she's holding.  Phones don't have cords!!

 I didn't want to get two cups dirty so I made/let them share with two straws.

 The kids also took over Wyatt's water table. They had so much fun.

 Charlotte wanted to hold Emry so badly but she cried as soon as she tried so she was a little upset about it.

 She was happy to be in a picture with her though. :-)

 She definitely loves her baby cousin!

They both thought she was something special.  Yay for new baby cousins!

Wyatt's First Birthday Party

The kids were so excited for Wyatt's first birthday party.  Why? 1.) They love their baby cousin.  2.) They love Mickey and it was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party!!  YES! 

 The kids went right in and Wyatt immediately decided Andrew was his favorite person.  He really took to Andrew from the beginning.  He loves his funcle! :)

 The kids did a lot of playing but then... "Where's my cake, people??"

 Yay! Cake time! Erin's friend made the clubhouse cakes.  They were adorable and also delicious!! Wyatt LOVED them.  I haven't seen very many kiddos who love their smash cake but his cake was delicious so I understand why he loved his!

 We took a cousin picture. One of these, I keep saying, we will get a picture where they are all looking at the camera at the same time and smiling.  Might be when they are 30 but one of these days...

 There are quite a few outtakes that I had to include because they were so cute.

 So close! Ha!

 Charlotte loved the edible arrangement (and me too actually).  Yum pineapple!

 Here's the kids group shot.  Charlotte was having a total meltdown in the other room.  Sigh.  But she hadn't had a nap so I can't blame her. 

 After the party was over, the kids helped Wyatt open his gift. 

There was more playing too! 

What a wonderful party for Wyatt's first birthday.  The kids had a blast.  Happy birthday, Wyatt! We love you!

Keiper Family Getaway

 We started off the Keiper Family Getaway weekend with Dancing in the Streets.  My dad took his car because he's considering selling.  There's a story about who was interested in selling but I don't really want to put that on the internet.  I will just say that he is a local public figure and he said, "ALRIGHT BABY!" and we having been laughing about it ever since.

 The kids loved watching the cars do whole shots.  (Sarcasm font needed) In fact, the cars scared them so much, Charlotte (who had just officially started potty training) literally peed all over herself and the stroller.  It was dripping down the sidewalk.  Sheesh. What a mess.  She also did a major number two and I ended up throwing her third outfit from that night into the portojohn toilet.  Wowzers.  Not a good time to start potty training but we think putting stuff off is like super fun... haha!!

 The next day, we headed off for vacay.  Andrew brought his bike which is suction cupped to our roof.  Yikes! But it's a sweet temporary bike rack system.  Big fan of this thing!

 On our way down to Lake Monroe, we visited baby cousin Wyatt after his surgery.  Kiddo is doing so great!! We are so proud of how tough he is.  He's one resilient little guy.

 He just makes our kids so happy.  It's adorable. 

 They also loved to visit Wyatt's house because he likes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse too.

After a surprisingly long drive, we finally made it to the lake.  The kids got right on the boat. Hey look! Ducks!

 This picture would have been super amazing if I didn't look like a total dweeb and if you could actually SEE Emily.  But oh well, it's still kind cool and Charlotte looks totes adorbs.

 After some fun on the lake, we hung out in our hotel rooms and played spoons, a family favorite. 
It was down to the two Keiper boys in this pic. 

 Jack was victorious!

 We all crapped out from him one by one.  It might have had something to do with the drinks that the adults were participating in.  I can't say. 

 The next day we did some wakeboarding.  Way to go Lilli!

 So did I! I haven't wakeboarded in YEARS.  Pretty sure it was well before I was pregnant with Tommy.  So long ago.  But it was like riding a bike.  Sort of.  I was a little rusty.

 The kiddos loved playing on the beach.

 Jack loved playing Pokemon. ;-)

 As per usual, something went wrong with the boat.  The accelerator cable broke.  So we decided to rent a pontoon for the last day. 

 It was perfect! The weather, the boat, the people. A perfect end to our mini vacay.

 We did a whole lot of THIS.  Just floating around.

 But we did somehow manage to get a family picture.  iPhone cameras always coming through!

Then we did some more floating and a lot of jumping out of the boat. 

Then we made the kids do some dabbing.  It was a perfect summer vacation for the whole family.  A great time was had by all. 

Mother's Day Weekend 2016

For Mother's Day weekend, we got together with our family.  

 On Saturday we got to play with Wyatt.

 I'm not sure how Wyatt felt about us though. ;-)

 One of these days, we will get a wonderful picture with all three of them smiling and looking... but today is not going to be that day.

 All the pictures are cute of course but it's near impossible to get them to look and smile at the same time.

 Or to stop picking their nose. 

 Or to stop playing with each other's feet.

Actually even paying attention at all would be surprising.  Charlotte was playing with Wyatt until she got distracted by Tommy doing... well I have no idea what he's doing. 

But our kids definitely love their cousin Wyatt.  :-)

On Sunday we went out to eat at Mountain Jacks.  Charlotte had her favorite: butter with a little bread. :)

We kept the kids busy with movies on phones and we had a really nice dinner out.

I got a picture of the whole family and our server did a really great job! Wow, a picture that's not just kids! I don't have many of those on my phone. :)

It was a very lovely weekend.  Happy Mother's Day!!