I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Long time, no write, yes?! We’ve been a weeeeee bit on the go…
July is one of my favorite months because my hubby gets a little vacation thanks to the sale barns closing down for Independence Day and harvest and county fairs. YIPPEE! This year, we headed south to visit the plant in Texas and then see the fam in Oklahoma and Kansas.
Before we left, sweet Sawyer helped daddy get the car ready to go. She helped change the oil and loved laying under the car. (Safety note: the Ford is tall enough to change the oil without being jacked up so there was no risk of it falling on them. Just wanted you to know before you started sending hate mail… 😉 )
We went to the sale with daddy on Monday – his only one for the week – and then headed south to Texas where his plant is headquartered. We got to stay with his boss/our good friend, Travis. It was so good to see him and spend some time with his INCREDIBLY sweet girlfriend, Kasey. She is the epitome of a hospitable, Texas lady and we were greeted with hugs, a steak dinner and fun gifts for the kids – what could be better?!
Wrex spent Tuesday meeting with folks at the plant and then we loaded up and headed to Oklahoma to spend some time with the fam and meet those precious nephews of ours.
Sawyer and Breckyn had soooooooooooo much fun together! They were both absolutely exhausted come nap and bedtime every day.
There was a lot of popsicle eating…
and porch swinging…
and swimming…
and book reading…
and dog playing…
and cuddling…
and tea parties…
and car driving…
and general playing/running around/kid-fun chaos! It was so fun to watch them all interact with each other…wish we all lived closer…
On Thursday, we got to meet our sweet nephews for the first time! Oh. My. GOODNESS! They are so sweet and cute and cuddly! We got to spend time holding them both and comparing their little personalities.
We were so hopeful that they would come home while we were there, but they both needed a few extra days in the hospital. On July 11th, after 105 days in the NICU, they got to come home!! I know it was a sweet, sweet homecoming; truly, they are miracles.
We hung out with more family and watched fireworks for the 4th. I bought the girls some glow stick accessories to wear and they had a ball dancing around, entertaining us.
Saturday, we celebrated Breckyn’s 2nd birthday with an ice cream party! Her momma had a fun idea for balloon ice cream decor – it turned out super cute!
On Sunday, it was time to say goodbye. 🙁
We packed up and headed back north…with an extra car mate. Booey the dog is in Colorado to live out the rest of her days! Sawyer was so excited (as were we). Booey is the sweetest little dog and doesn’t mind the constant pestering of children; she is truly an answer to prayer!
We stopped and spent some time in Kansas with Uncle Waco and Aunt Amber. Sawyer got Uncle Waco to help her make her fancy necklace from Aunt Tootsie and Uncle Blake.
Someone slept with Sawyer all night…
We spent a little time at the farm with Amber’s family and then it was time to head north again, as daddy had a sale on Tuesday. We finally got home on Tuesday evening and then headed to Denver Wednesday morning for an impromptu work day/mini vacation. We stayed at a hotel and ran a bunch of errands we can’t do anywhere around here.
The kids swam and I shopped and we checked out the local Krispy Kreme. Sawyer and Wryder had their first donuts that Tuesday so we went and saw how they were made.
They rode the train with daddy through the Orchard – a big hit!
We got home Thursday night and I spent eight hours on Friday unloading the car, unpacking bags and doing laundry.
It was soooooo good to get away for a bit and spend some time with some of our favorite people on the planet. We laughed and ate and worked and talked and reminisced and enjoyed each other…give me a few more days to recoop and then I say let’s do it again!
LOVE this!! LOVE you!!