Hello Again...

Sorry it has been awhile since the last post, but life is once again getting crazier around here. The upcoming move back to Springfield (we close on the house on June 16) has put so much more on our to- do list.

While spring has certainly arrived in Iowa City, we are now dealing with a moisture of another type...rain, and lots of it. Here we are attempting to make the best of yet another rainy day. Olivia has discovered the joy of building forts and putting all of her "special toys" in there. The fort will usually last about an hour, and then Enid (our cat) will jump onto the roof of the fort thus causing the entire thing to cave in on us.


We made the trip back to Litchfield and Springfield this past weekend. We had house related things to do, and meeting with family and friends was definitely on the agenda as well. Here are the kids with Grammy and Grandpa Brett at our lunch date with them. It turned into a cozy party of twelve with us, grandparents, and aunts and uncles.

The weather cooperated long enough for Olivia and grandpa to plant some tomatoes and peppers together. He is determined to make a gardener out of her. That and we hope that if she helps to plant and tend the tomatoes, she will then want to eat them too (tomatoes are the one food that she will not eat at all for some unknown reason).

Feeding the fish at my parent's pond has long been a summertime tradition. The fish get a bit greedy about the food, and will swim very close to the edge making it very easy to clearly see them. The main trick was making sure Olivia didn't fall into the pond due to the force of her throwing.

We were able to have a playgroup with the entire gang. It was great to catch up with everyone, meet some new siblings, and watch the kids all play together. Not many pictures were taken due to the energy levels of them all, but we did manage to get this one picture of everyone in one place. In the picture we have Olivia, Dominic, Caden, Griffin, and Kellan.