Welcome Home Ben!

Tonight we got to meet our little nephew Ben.  Pat, Lindsey, and Ben drove all night from Dallas to arrive this evening for us to go over to their house and meet him.  Here are some snap shots of the first meeting with Ben.

Some of the cousins waiting patiently for their turn to hold Ben

Adam and Kaylee getting their turn.

Kisses for Baby Ben

Proud God Momma

Proud God Daddy

Critter Bug Looks so big!

Adam was really into the baby:)

Adam and Christopher were so happy to finally be "Big Cousins" and cannot wait to start showing Ben the ways.  I can already tell the 3 boys, or the A.B.C. Boys as we like to refer to them are going to be the best of friends.

The Eye Roll....

I guess we need to start watching our actions and behaviors around home seeing as though we have a 2 year old that picks up on everything.  Here is an example of one of my bad habits that Adam seemed to pick up on.....

Last night while Dan and I were enjoying dinner, Adam climbed up on his chair and wanted to try our food too.  He was already done with his dinnner and all cleaned up, bath and all so we really didn't want him to get dirty again, but thought fine if he wants to try our Chinese food we are not going to stop him.  So we gave him a taste of Chicken and Noodles.....he didn't like that...He wanted a cookie instead.  Dan gave him a Fortune Cookie which he took 2 bites out of, and decided he didn't want that either.  After a few minutes of fussing and trying to grab at the food Dan told Adam that he needed to get away from the table and go and watch TV.

Instead of Adam just getting up and walking away he looks at Dan sighs. and rolls his eyes at him!  I started to snicker which I know is not what you are supposed to do, but I was shocked that he knew how to do that.  Dan didn't see him at first so asked why I was laughing.... I told Adam to show daddy what he did, so he did it again SIGH...Eye Roll!  I asked him "Adam, Where did you learn that."  Without hesitation Dan looks and me and says Umm... You of course.

Lesson Learned....as cute as it was watching Adam roll his eyes at something....it's not a funny thing to do...And Dan from now on you will not see any eye rolls from this direction:) 

Twisty Turn Twist....

Adam and Christopher are really into watching cartoons together.  They like to watch all diffrent shows, but really like Handy Manny.  If you don't have small children, or don't know who Handy Manny is....it is a cartoon on Playhouse Disney in which Manny is a Handy man with talking tools that go on jobs to fix things.   Anyway, Adam and Critter love watching this show, and dancing to one particular song....Twisty Turn Twist.....here is a sample of how excited they get when the Famous Twisty Turn Twist comes on.  If you notice, Adam also turns the volume up to make sure we can all hear the famous Twisty Turn Twist!

Introducing Bennett Anthony Jordan

Dan and I are Very excited to introduce to you our newest Nephew and God-Son Bennett Anthony Jordan.  Little Ben was born Monday July 12th in El Paso, Texas.  Congratulations to Pat and Lindsey! They received the call Thursday afternoon that they have been chosen by the Birth Mother.  Shortly after receiving the call, they jumped in the car, and made the treck down to Texas. God Chose such a wonderful family for this little baby!  We wish we could be there with you guys to share in the joy of the birth of this beautiful little boy!

We are so excited to meet you Little Ben, and cannot wait until your homecoming back here in Minnesota.    Sending lots of love to Pat, Lindsey, and Ben!  We cannot wait to meet you!!!

Storm

The big storm came through last night, and the boys loved that Kaylee was here to play under the stairs with them:)  Thankfully we had no damage....the kids hung out under the stairs just in case, Adam was ready with flashlight too which fortunately was not needed:)

Momma's Boys

How sweet are these 2?  I love this picture, so I had to post it.  Enjoy:)

4th Of July

I know I am a little behind on updating the blog....summer does that to you, but better late than never right?

 

So this 4th of July was spent like the last 2 have been..on beautiful Bay Lake...and Ruttgers Bay Lake Lodge. This is quickly becoming our "4th of July" traditon, and a great one at that. This year our group got a little bigger as it was Mindy(Kaylee) Joe, Angel (Silas), Dave, Pat and Lindsey, Jim and Rita. We thought of the brilliant Idea, and I stress Brilliant idea of bringing along a personal nanny to help us with the boys. My step sister Sarah was very willing and Eager to come with us and help with all the kiddies while us grown ups could go out and enjoy a late night boat ride, or a nice dinner without the kiddies. Thanks again Sarah we were so happy to have you with us, and hope you want to continue in the Bay Lake Tradion:)

Critter and Dan taking us for a cruise on the Pontoon Thursday afternoon before everyone arrived for the weekend fun.

Adam and his new buddy Silas.  They really had a lot of fun playing together!

Thursday night after everyone arrived and got everything settled, us adults took an evening cruise before dinner at the White Hawk.  The White Hawk has been closed for the past 3 summers, so we were very excited to see that it is finally opened again.

What a beautiful night for a cruise.

Friday was spent on the beach monstly where the kids had a blast playing in the sand and water.

After a fun filled day of boating, jet skiing, and just relaxing on the beach it was time for the annual 4th of July Fireworks.    Some people took the boat out to watch the show, but Joe, Angel, Silas, Dan, the boys, and I stayed on shore.  Ruttgers had a great pre-fireworks concert, which the kids loves, and we even found ourselves getting photographed for the Bay Lake News:)

The rest of the weekend was spent boating, hanging out at the beach, eating, shopping.  Thanks everyone for such a great 4th, can't wait until next year:)