Martin's Hillside Orchard is a darling little place just 45 minutes away. We went last year with the twins and knew right away it would be a new tradition. We ate apples and yummy raspberries all week.
10.05.2014
Then he was 6
How is it possible that this little chubby faced, smiley, sweet, sassy baby is SIX?!
Time truly flies. I use to hear that and roll my eyes and now I fully embrace that saying.
Declan is a little boy now...but always my baby.
I'm so proud of who he has become (though I could deal with a little less of the constant negotiating...this kid will not take no for an answer). BUT...he is sweet and caring and has loads of friends at school. Plus: a girlfiend. Whaaa?! I know! Oh Lily... ;)
Funny, silly, magnetic, easy to get along with. Love you, sweet Decs.
We had a Minecraft party, of course. I accidentally scheduled it on Grandma's birthday. Whoops! Fun to celebrate them together, though.
This kid does not lack exuberance. Ha!
Mark and I took Decs lunch at school. He was the first kiddo to turn 6 in his class. I don't regret waiting to send him because he grew so much last year in academy preschool.
We met some of his goofy friends and I like having faces with names. He was so proud we were there. When does that change and they get embarrassed of us? I'll soak in this stage for now...
Goodbye, Summer
Summer came and went too quick. We tried to soak up as much as possible!
Pool day with the cousins:
We said goodbye to cousin Asher and family as they moved to Vail for a job. These two will be
shredding some mountain together in the future:
Declan and I got a chance to sneak away and attend a Saltdogs baseball game together. Such a sweet night:
On a steamy night I joined a group of gals at Sebastian's and, holy moly, was it delish. As always.
A little getaway...
My best friend and I decided to take Declan and her son Owen out of town for a getaway the weekend before school started. It was such a blast.
These two silly boys were super excited when we got to the hotel:
We have been through a lot of life together. She's always there for me, no matter what.
These boys reminded me why I don't do sit down restaurants with kids. Ha!
We finished the night with pool time, movie time and candy time. ;)
Mahoney 2014
Our annual trip to Mahoney is definitely a highlight. This year we had planned a trip to the "big zoo" (Omaha Zoo) before we checked in to the cabin. An hour before we left town I received a text that we should have the boys available for the visit since their parents confirmed. ARG. They confirm a lot but don't always show. Annoying or not, the parent's have pretty bulldog attorneys and it wasn't worth giving them any ammo (saying we took the kids out of town and not having them available for their 1 weekly visit). So Mark and Decs took off without us and they had a great time. Here with cousin Evie:
My sweet nephew Landry. Love him!
Pumpkin Patch
We love Roca Berry Farm and visit every year. Little did we know, we would live only 5 minutes away once we built our house. Score! The place is a parent's dream: not to big, not too small, full of super fun things and all things FALL.
Snapped this when the boys were mesmerized by a haunted house.
Yes, we bought a lot of pumpkins.
The main attraction for most kids: SLIDES!
These huge pillows (think oversized trampoline) are a blast....and quite the workout:
One of the new attractions was this fun barn where you could shoot at targets.
The boys and grandma having fun!
I couldn't help but get nostalgic about last year. We had the twins. Our future family was still a giant question mark. Somehow I knew God's vision for us would be amazing. That it was. Here we sit, a year later, a little bruised and weary from a foster care case that feels like it may never end. But it will. We know our "outcome" will be a forever family to these two sweet sons we can't remember life without.
Last year with the twinks:
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