out and about (again!)

these weekends make for long posts, lately... more likely than not the length seems to come from an insane amount of photos. lately i've found myself wondering if it's really necessary to take so many photos. yeah, we could probably do with less; however, it costs next to nothing and i'm going to cherish what occassionally seems like repetetive and/or mundane pics when i'm 80 years old and wondering where the time went. we waited almost 5 years for cole... there was a time when we were told that our chances of having a baby were slim-to-none. those words are the exact reason i don't want to miss a thing. even the ordinary things. anyone who knows what it's like to wait 5 years (or longer) for kids; well, you understand what i mean!

so anyway, about the past few days: we started with a bonfire/potluck at amber and jason's. squish was pretty clueless as to the goings on but cole had fun!
he tried out the airplane swing- it started out fun but quickly moved on to getting hypnotized while watching the ground, which led to him getting a bit green around the gills. mommy is all too familiar with that "look" and made daddy pull him out before any cookies got tossed.

cole went down the slide with auntie sarah...

...and climbed back up with some help from erica. i guess in his mind, you're supposed to go up the same way you go down...?

saturday we went to my mom and dad's... originally, kelvin was supposed to work throught the weekend, so mom and asked if i wanted to bring the kids over for the day. kelvin ended up not working, so we all went over. they put up the baby swing for cole... that swing has been in use for a LONG time! mom and dad have photos of all us kids as babies using it... so, on to the next generation! anyway, cole had fun for a little while, swinging with grandma.

in the afternoon, he helped daddy and grandpa dig up a tree stump. of course, he couldn't help without his tractor!

showing grandpa how to get it done...

...and learning to drive the real thing! daddy took him on the gator to the dump and back, and from what i was told, cole "drove" all the way there and back!

let the boys have their machines and dirt- madison's got her auntie sarah!!

cole spent most of the day outside- it was so great to watch him run freely! no roads or dog poo to get into- he had a blast, and slept VERY well saturday night.

guess cole was still in the mood to ride things!

after a busy few days, we took it easy yesterday. we went to texas roadhouse for lunch with levi and kayla and then went home to wind down before starting another week.

silly boy!

sleepy girl!