Three Troopers!

My children are amazing travelers!

Over the course of a week we went to Madison, Chicago, back to Madison, to Des Moines, to Omaha and back to Des Moines!
Last Thursday I packed up my three Wee Ones and hit the road by myself with the three of them on our way to Madison! We arrived in time for dinner with Aunt Kelly! Quinton kept Aunt Kelly VERY busy. They played frisbee, baseball, soccer, guitar, read books, watched the scary dog in the movie the Sandlot (Quinton loved the scary dog) and went to the zoo!

Friday we enjoyed seeing the animals at the Madison zoo!

Myla and Rex enjoyed sitting more upright in their stroller to see the sights.

We had to take a picture of the rhino. We don't have these at our zoo... they are huge animals!

Quinton once again enjoyed feeding the goats! I think that the highlight of the zoo trip was riding on the train at the zoo. Quinn and I road around on the train in the blue car. Aunt Kelly captured the pictures... I'll try and post one soon!

Quinn riding on the big turtle!

Saturday was my cousin TJ's wedding in Chicago. A fun time to see family. I had not seen most of my Aunt's, Uncle's and cousin's since Dana and Ryan's wedding over two years ago so it was wonderful to catch up and see everyone! Sunday we went to my Uncle Tim and Aunt Roberta's house for a BBQ. Again, it was wonderful to see everyone and to share my kids with them!

A father/daughter picture!
Can you tell where I get my blue eyes?

Myla eating a roll in her pretty dress (thank you Ashley Garrison!)

Rex enjoying a roll with Mom!

My cousin Beth and sister Dana

Uncle Ryan holding Miss Myla

Kelly, Ry and Myla

Quinton kept his best bud Papa busy.
Here they were on the ground looking for bugs... a favorite past-time of Quinton's lately

The Rude Girls

Nana and Myla
Papa, Nana and Rex
(not sure how to make these pics bigger...)
Rex partied too hard and fell asleep on the chairs! Worn out from all the travel!

After traveling to see family we swung back to Des Moines picked up Dan and were off to a conference in Omaha! It was a great conference. Always fun to see friends that live far away!

My kids all enjoying goldfish on the hotel bed!

There were some fun fountains near our hotel. All three of them enjoyed splashing around and getting their feet wet!

Quinn and Dan touching the water!

Rex being a fabulous traveler!

Myla and her dimples!

There are lots of Buffalo around downtown Omaha...

My babies were fabulous at sleeping anywhere and everywhere on this week long adventure. They camped out on the floor of the hotel room. They both move around so much, especially Rex. I found him many times 4 or 5 feet away from his pillow... I guess that is why they have cribs!Well, we are back home in Des Moines. We all have adjusted once again to sleeping in our beds and cribs and are enjoying a little less car time! I was inspired by my Aunt Chris to get rid of Quinn's pacifier (or as he calls it his Wa Wa, I'm not sure where he got that). So when we got back from Omaha yesterday Quinton got the honors of cutting the nipples off of his pacifiers and we threw them in the garbage for the garbage man to pick up. I have been dreading this day for a LONG time. Quinton loves his Wa Wa's, they are very much a comfort thing. But much to my surprise he is doing AMAZING. A little fussing before nap and bedtime but overall much less painful than I imagined. Every once in a while he will remind me that the garbage man has his Wa Wa's now! An exciting step in our house... just a reminder to me though how fast he is growing up!

My three troopers getting clean in the tub!

We love Des Moines but sure enjoyed our traveling!

Hi Chicago Family!

The kids and I are on our way to Chicago this weekend for my cousin's wedding. We are driving to Madison on Thursday and driving with my sister Kelly to Chicago on Saturday. I am looking forward to seeing all of my family and Quinton can't stop talking about the fact that Papa is going to bring him a BIG fishing pole so that he can practice casting!

A little video for our Chicago family!


The newest Superhero at our house!
Rex quickly out grew these PJ's so they now are Myla's and she is quite the tough little girl!
Can't you tell by the Spiderman on her PJ's and the hammer in her hand! I guess that's what you get with two brothers!

I think she makes a pretty sweet Superhero!

A new game at our house is "smooshing" faces. Quinn thinks that it is a blast. The babies are indifferent at first but after too many smooshes they get a little irritated but Quinn seems to think that it is the funniest game!

Quinton has become quite the helpful big brother. We put the legs back onto our music table so now the babies can practice standing at it. The only problem is neither of them are stable enough to leave by themselves so Quinn has become my helper and takes care of Myla. He offers her a little support and gives me warning what she is tipping over!

Quinn dancing and helping Myla!


All three in the wagon on our way to the store!

Rex has gotten sneaky these days. He will pull Myla down from behind, steal her bottle and the both try and take each others toys. Oh how the fun never stops with these two!

Rex is "gettin" Myla, according to Quinn

We have been practicing our animal sounds and imitations.
Here is Quinn acting like a Monkey!

The cutest Monkey I've ever seen!

One of the new games around our house is the Train game.
Quinn pushes all the kitchen chairs into a line and then we get our trusty paper plate steering wheel and we are ready to go. Dan and I taught him to say, "All Aboard" and "Last Call." He enjoys taking us to many destinations! A very fun and entertaining game!

Quinn driving the train!

I'm riding the rails!

Rex woke up from his nap and was allowed to ride along with me. At every stop we must get off and play! Two Handsome Rude Boys!

These two sure do love eating! They have become very aware when there is food and what people are eating and they insist on being a part of the action. Quinn has enjoying shoving goldfish into their mouths!

Not sure it gets any cuter than this!

Not sure it gets any cuter than this!

Not sure it gets any cuter than this!

The twins enjoying the pool!

Quinton has become obsessed with fishing these days! The only fishing pole that we have is a soft bath tub fishing pole so that is what he has been practicing casting with. There are little fish that go along with it that have magnets in them so that he can catch them. It keeps him entertained but he keeps asking me for a BIG fishing pole!

We have fabulous friends with lots of kids! On Friday's we meet some of the other mom's in our church nursery. The kids have a blast and the mom's get caught up on life!
Quinn, Malachi and Leighton all playing some sort of drum in the little house!

The funniest part was that the boys kept on singing, "Bless the Lord, Oh Malachi".... not sure where they came up with that. But they sure had fun and made a TON of noise!


Millie is another friend of Quinn's. Millie and Quinn had a fun time playing together!
Quinn is a little social butterfly and is Fabulous at remembering names!

Quinn has become quite the singing! His favorite song this week is "Awesome God, Holy God, when you draw near I'm humbled!" The funny thing is that instead of saying humbled, he thinks the word is "bumbled" and his insists that Dan and I say "bumbled" instead of humbled. He thinks it is so funny. A new Quinn phrase recently is "Oh my gosh." I never realized how much I would say "Oh my gosh" around the house when something exciting happens but apparently I do and Quinn has picked up on it!
"Oh my gosh" life is a blast!

Three Amigos!

I love being the mom of my three Wee Rudes.
There is always something exciting going on. Rex has begun to clap (Myla has been clapping for a little while) so we ALWAYS have some sort of music on, whether its a CD, Dan or I singing or Quinn making up one of his fabulous new songs! Quinn remembers songs SO well! Dan and I went on a date last night and we came home to our friends Yvonne and her son Noah, Mary and Courtney singing songs to our kids and all morning Quinn has been singing, I would have joined in but I still am not sure what songs they were teaching him! And the whole time my sweet babies are clapping along! What a fun stage!

The other day I lined them all up for a picture! I have a feeling that as they get older they will be great friends. They are my three amigos!I love looking at the difference in sizes!

Quinn got his first scooter the other day and I don't think that it has left his side since then! He has been scootering day and night! When we can't be outside on the scooter he is allowed to bring it inside and he goes around the kitchen table and into the kitchen. The funniest thing is that he will scooter over to me and say "Hi Mom" and as he scooters away from me and says "Bye mom, see you later" then scooters around the table for a while and comes back and says to me, "missed you mom!" I love the funny sweet moments that happen around my house!

He is pretty talented on his scooter. As he gets going faster we will need to get this boy a helmet!

We get to put treasures into his little scooter backpack!

Quinn loves to do everything by himself these days! He is very independent and decided to learn how to take pictures to help mommy, of course! So here is his first picture!

Something new that Quinn is doing is telling me to be "loud or soft" when we are riding in the car he will tell me to turn the music loud of soft, while reading books or singing songs he will tell me "loud mommy" or "soft mommy." It's always so funny the things that they latch onto!

Check out my flowers growing! Is my thumb turning green??

Last Friday marked the end of Mission to the City! There was a big outdoor concert. The mommy group gathered in the back! It was a great concert and perfect weather and the message of the gospel got to be heard by almost two thousand people! A wonderful evening!

Carla, Myself, Christy and Yvonne

Check out the crowd!

It looked pretty cool as the sun went down!

Quinn and his friends enjoyed playing in the dirt by where we were sitting! If the amount of dirt in his hair, on his face, in his diaper, in his shoes, stuffed in his pockets was any indication of how much fun he had, the he had a BLAST!

A quick thought about being a mom of a two year old...
When trying to make cleaning fun don't make a bigger mess for yourself... although sometimes it's inevitable! When Quinn does the dishes for me, usually more water goes on the floor and all over him than what goes to actually washing the dishes. While folding the laundry this usually end up messier than I started. It is just part of the joy of having a two year old... I can't even imagine the mess of "cleaning" with two two year olds... just something to look forward to!