Wonderscope Childrens Museum!!

Here in Shawnee, Kansas there is a children's museum that is alot like Discovery Gateway. There are different rooms with different activities for the children to do. Their favorite was the golfball rollercoasters and the sound room, where they used everyday objects to make cool sounds. There was also a farm, shopping room, tinker room and many more. We got to go with our friends the Noerrings and Arthurs. All of the kids LOVED it!



Watch out! Easton is ready for battle!


There were tubes that blow air through them and you could put scarves inside and they would zip around and shoot out of different ends. The kids thought this was hysterical! Especially when they got hit in the face with a scarf.





They had an awesome mini Legoland where everything was built out of legos!


Look out, Easton's on the controls!!


Kaydence scoping out the underwater world!


A whole little house built of Legos


Yes, thats a Lego toilet! Don't worry, it's just for show and behind glass in case anyone gets confused. :)


Kaydence said she was checking Facebook! Gotta keep up with her little buddies!


Stealing daddy's hat again


Exploring the tunnels


Getting WET!


Daddy joining in on the fun!


Easton's poem-
"Oh the thumb suckers thumb may look wrinkled and wet
and withered and white as the snow
but the taste of a thumb is the sweetest taste yet
which only us thumb suckers know!!"
-Shel Silverstein


Pirate Captain Kaydence



Easton and his little girlfriend, Alyssa

Curious little Alyssa


Musical bowls. Kaydence could've played on these for hours!


The golfball rollercoaster


Dressing up!!





Riding a cow... now there's something you don't see everyday!


Kaydence and Caden with their war paint on!


CHEESE!!

Our first month!!

It is so crazy that we've been here for a month already! Things are going really great so far. We've had the chance to explore the city and we've seen a few things and spent lots of time at the park and pool. The weather was beautiful last week but the humidity is definitely kicking in. A couple of days it felt like you were stepping into a sauna when you went outside.
I didn't think that I would like living in an apartment but i love it! It is so nice to be able to clean the house from top to bottom in an hour. We really don't have much stuff here and I'm suprised that I don't find myself missing any of our things from home.
Rob is doing GREAT at his job! It is so great to see him growing and gaining the confidence in himself that is needed to do this job. He is #2 of the first year reps in our office!! With our really good friend Bryce as #1, there is some very friendly competition going on there and the race is tight. LOL! It is so great to see him being successful and alot of our friends as well. It is so good to see him enjoying what he does. He has had a good experience getting to talk to lots of different people daily. We've had some pretty weird and really funny things happen to some of the guys in the office but nothing too exciting happen to him so far. Fingers crossed it stays that way!! :)
Here are some picture from our trip here and the area around where we live.

Sneaking some snacks for the road


Exercising to pass the time


All tuckered out


Settling in for the night in our hotel


Kaydence thought that she was helping blow the bid energy pinwheels faster. She was so excited every time we saw them!


Ahh the soothing thumb makes the whole world better


Our first trip to Shawnee Mission Lake


Checking out the ducks


Daddy had to hold Easton because he is not a fan of the grass


Bouncing fun at the park





Sliding fun!


Climbing monkey


Princess Rapunzel! Kaydence wears this almost everyday. Such a dress-up princess!


It is so fun to have lots of little friends for the kids to play with everyday!
Twinners! Kaydence and Taelie


Easton and his buddy Broox. What a couple of handsome boys!


Easton and Stocktons. Such studs!!


Little Lanaya. She is one of the quietest, sweetest little things I've ever met

Our little guy is 1!

Easton turned 1 over a month ago but life has been so so crazy that I am just barely getting a chance to blog about it.
Here are his stats from his 1 yr appointment:
24 lbs (75th percentile)
28 inches (70th percentile)
I don't remember his head size but it was 50th percentile
He started walking at 10 1/2 months. Has 4 teeth. Says Da-da all day long. He also can say ma-ma and ba-ba. He is the happiest and most content baby I have ever seen.

We had a combined birthday party at my paretns house for Easton and I since our birthdays are only 4 days apart and EVERYONE on my side of the family came and it was so so fun! We opened presents, ate dinner and of course had cake.

Easton got a big foam hammer from his sissy and he figured out quick that he can bite it to shreds


Two of a kind! Easton and his papa


Look at this beautiful little face!


Spoiled with lots of fun presents


Elmo cake


My precious little babes!


Mama and her favorite little boy!


Cheesy face


Easton wasn't interested in his cake at all. He wouldn't touch it so I took his hands and smashed them into it and he just started to cry. Definitely not like he eats his dinner. We got him a spoon and he started to taste it a bit but it took his sissy helping him to figure out how yummy it was.
Sissy helping stuff his face


All done with cake. What a mess!


I am the luckiest mom in the world to get to have this little guy in my life! He is definitely one of the BEST things that has ever happened in my life. It is so fun to listen to him laugh and watch him discover new things everyday.

Time to play catch up!

Things got really crazy getting ready to go to Kansas so I never got a chance to blog these random pictures. Enjoy!
Oh the many faces of Easton!


Kaydence cheering her little brother on!


Easton learned to walk in January with the help of his little Lion friend


Mommy and Kaydence found a new hobby to do together, puzzles! Kaydence is so good at doing them on her own!


Finding anything they can to make noise on!


Frosting cookies for Valentines day with Kolt


Kaydence and her best friend Raegan playing dress up


We finally finished our spare room downstairs! Kaydence loved to help paint. Don't you love her art work?

Hello from Kansas!

Hello everyone! Sorry that it has taken me so long to blog about our new adventure but we are mooching the internet off of Rob's office and the connection is weird so I never know when I will have enough time to write something. So here's to hoping this works. LOL!
Our ride here went EXTREMELY well! The kids did amazing! The first day flew by and was pretty uneventful other than our check engine light came on in Evanston, Wyoming. Rob checked the oil and it was almost totally empty... Thank you to the geniuses at Tunex who had serviced our car a couple days before, guess someone missed something... It was a quick fix and we were back on the road. We planned to only go 8 hours to Nebraska but thanks to the wonderful closure on I-80 after Cheyenne Wyoming, we had to back track to I-70 and go through Denver Colorado. It added an hour onto our trip, which was no fun but not bad. We planned to stay the night in Denver but the kids were doing so great that we decided to push on to Goodland, Kansas, another 4 hours. So our total trip that day was almost 13 hours with potty breaks.
We didn't have much of a choice of where to stay in this podunk little town so after a trip to wal-mart for a can of lysol we chose our best option, the Super 8 motel. It actually wasn't too bad and I felt much betterI after giving the room a lysol bath. Yes I am a germ freak, I'll admit it. :) The night went smooth and we were off at 9 the next morning. That trip really flew, being a total of only 6 hours with only 1 stop. Again, the kids were amazing! The portable DVD player we bought for the trip was the best purchase I think I've ever made.
We got to our apartment and let me just tell you that Kansas is NOTHING like I expected! I thought it would just be flat flat flat but no, there are hills everywhere. I feel like we live in the Woods! It is green everywhere and trees galore! It really is a beautiful place.
Our apartment is great! Big rooms, big living area, 2 full baths, and a MASSIVE walk in closet for our room. I really love this place.
We're right across the street from Shawnee Mission Park and it is amazing. There is a huge lake that you can boat and fish in, play areas for the kids, frisbee golf and regular golf courses, tennis courts, baseball field, etc... Gee I sound like a brochure. LOL! Anyway, it is a really pretty place and we've spent everyday there that we can. The weather has been kind of crummy, cold and rainy but not too bad.
Kaydence is loving it here. She tells me everyday that she loves everything about our new house. She has friends here that she sees everyday and that is so much fun for her. We're all within walking distance of eachothers apartments and there are lots more people to come so I'm sure it'll get pretty hectic around here.
Easton has done pretty well adjusting except I'm having a hard time getting him back on schedule. Hopefully it'll get better soon.
Rob is doing amazing at his job!! He has had alot of success so far and is getting better!!! I am so proud of how hard he works and the positive attitude that he has had because this IS NOT an easy job. It is so nice to see that this huge risk that we took is paying off! The long days of walking aren't bothering him at all. :) I am so grateful for that because he's always had a bad back and it hasn't acted up at all. Fingers crossed!!
I am doing well too. I have my moments when I miss my family or get bored but I just need to figure out more stuff around here and I think I'll be fine once I venture out a little more. I'm getting pretty sick of the trip to Wal Mart and back.
Sorry there are no pics but we can't find the cord that hooks the camera to the computer. I'm gonna search today and go buy one if i can't find it. I won't leave you all hanging on without pictures, i promise!
Love and miss you all!!!