Sean's 34th Birthday

Our favorite daddy turned 34 at the end of May! We celebrated with some cake that my parents had brought up when they came to help with some things around the house! Don't you love the pink candles! ;)

Sean surprised me by taking off the whole day on his birthday. He had told me he was taking off the afternoon, so when I was hitting taping him nicely to get up, he rolled up and told me he took the whole day off! ;) I had 2 photo sessions that morning and when I arrived home he had packed a picnic lunch and had the Durango pack and we were off on an adventure. An adventure that I have now named Nerdapalooza! 

For his birthday, he wanted to go around and see some history spots in Kansas. First off, was Old Fort Hays in Hays. 

This may be the only time he sees me in something like this.

Future solider??

He was so thrilled - can't you tell!

Hotness

Daddy and his "nerdites"

Love, love, love them! After Old Fort Hays, we went to Frontier Park in Hays and had our picnic lunch!

Lyla did not want a picture, she just wanted to swing!

Then we were off to Fort Larned

Pretty girl!

Lyla looks a bit possessed in this picture, but I love it of Co and I!

Huge daddy's boy!

Famous self timer picture!

After that we headed to Greensburg to see the World Largest  hand dug well. Thrilling, isn't it? ;) I will honestly say, this was the best part of the trip. Mostly for the fact I have never been to Greensburg and it was neat to see all of the pictures from the tornado years ago.

We then went over to a new playground at the well and I believe Sean had more fun then Lyla!

And that was it!

We drove through GB on the way home and stopped to eat his birthday dinner at the Page with his bromance Jonathan and his daugther! Great finish to a boring fun trip! It was still a great family day and I would do it again in a hearbeat. Even if I was bored outta my mind! ;)

Happy Birthday, Love!!

Last week and this weekend

Last week the kids and I headed to Wichita for the week. Tuesday and Wednesday, the kids and I got to babysit Ben and enjoyed our time with him! He is such a chunk and I LOVE it! I always wanted a chunky baby and well, I get peanuts instead! ;)

Self portrait in the mirror. Let's say I am not good at these... but this is the only picture I took of me and ben and I kinda love it! ;)

Tuesday night I took some pictures of them and at the end we headed to see some of the geese. Lyla was not a fan! And these geese were NOT scared one bit and would come right up to you.

 Pretty cute family! ;)

Cousin baths!

Wednesday night til Friday morning we headed to our cousin and cousin to be - Sonya and Ryan's to spend a few days! The kids had a blast and I'm pretty sure they were birth control for Sonya and Ryan! ;) They kinda trashed their house! ;) We did some shopping, ate sushi - yum! - and just enjoyed hanging out!  Ryan even bought Lyla her first barbie doll and she's in love - with Ryan and the barbie!! Ha! 

Crazy story - so I'm pretty blessed to never have sick kids. Well Wednesday night, Lyla was tossing and turning and kept telling me she needed me.  Well after being up for 2 hours, her hair smelled really bad and I noticed a brown/red fluid coming from her ear.  A google search later and it told me she either had an ear infection or her eardrum burst. It was then she kept telling me her ear hurt and would wake up on and off crying in pain. Well I debated taking her into an emergency room and going and getting her some tylenol and waiting until morning. Well, Ryan and Sonya got up and Sonya ran to get her some tylenol (thank you thank you) and finally she fell asleep for a while.  The next morning we went to an immediate care center and found out she had an ear infection! Boo! She's doing good now, though and actually asks for more medicine because she likes it! Ha! 

Friday we headed to Salina and did some shopping at Hobby Lobby and ate lunch with KK (Kayla) which the kids loved seeing her, as did I! ;) After that we headed home!  

That night, we headed to Hays's BBQ and blues deal they had going on and got some free BBQ! We saw our BIL, Dan there who was competing with some friends and they got 13th out of like 39 teams I believe! Yay! 

Our camper broke last weekend (blah) and so we enjoyed a weekend home! I have so much to catch up on and we got the house organized! Also enjoyed dinner out and some pool time along with a little church! ;) Great finish to a great week! Love my family!

Time flies by...

 In a few days, my baby boy will be 11 months? How in the world did this even happen? While it's super exciting for him, it's super sad, tear-worthy for me! 

I thought I'd post a few of his 9 month pictures b/c I don't think I ever did. I'm already planning for his 12 month pictures!

Houston Trip/Texas Ironman 2012

 Next up - Kevin finishing his bike ride. I think this took him around 5 1/2 - 6ish hours? They rode for 112 miles I believe so we only got to see him finish.  During his biking, we went and got breakfast, did some shopping, played in the splash parks and met up with family that live in Houston.

Coming into the bike finish.

 

 

  Then began the running. He ran a marthon - 26.2 miles. We got to see him come by us every 6 miles or so and then 2 miles later we saw him ran past us on the other side of the canal, so we got to cheer for him a few times!

 Ben and Cohen just hanging out. Luckily, Kelci and I are blessed with good babies and they all did so good!

 Give him a water bottle and he is a happy baby!

 Running by on the other side of the canal!

 The finish line is somewhere in there.

 And he finished. Here's a not-so-funny story. So Kelci and I had our parents and the babes go up to the finish line while we waited for Kevin to run by one more time towards the finish line. Well, Kevin never ran by. And that would be because he finished!!! We thought he was supposed to run by us 1 more time before going to the finish line. But instead, when he ran past us on the other side of the canal, there were only 3 more miles until the finish.  So our parents and the kiddos were the only ones that got to see him finish! But he did it and he did really well, finishing around 11 1/2 hours!

 Kevin Burkey - You are an Ironman!

 We then walked to the medical part of Ironman where there were chiropractors, massage therapists, food, drinks and the medic tent.  Well, Kevin went in to go get a massage and ended up getting sick and passing out to some degree. So they took him to the medic tent and he ended up being in kidney failure. Lots of fluids and puking later, and he was fine!

 Ironman 2012 wore Lyla out!

And that sums up his race! We are SO proud of him for how great he did! I love that we were able to be there to support him!