I Love Being an Aunt

Spring Visit to Illinois

On Tuesday Mom, Beckisue, Drew and I all headed down to Illinois together in one car, and then 

Rhonda and Amanda waited to come till later when they picked up Rob, Chrissy and the kids from the airport.

Wednesday morning is when the fun began. 

First, my Aunt Sue made an amazing breakfast, like she Always does! :)

Then most of the day was spent outside by the pond, swing set and tree fort. My Aunt and Uncle's place is a kids paradise. Adults have lots of fun there too. :D   It's always been my favorite home away from home. 

This is the view walking down to the pond from the back of the house.
So beautiful!

 Rhonda, Beckisue and I had lots of fun on the rope swing!

 Rhonda and I were having as much fun as the kids. :)

 Keira

 I love my girl!

 This picture got out of order...

 Cole is so cool in his sunglasses. ;)

 I don't think Drew knew what was going on.

 Drew wanted to try out the rope swing.

I love being an aunt!

 Beckisue with some of the kids.

 Keira caught her first fish! She was pretty excited! :)

 Cousins

 He loves his mommy.

 A pillow at my Aunt's that I love.

 He hardly ever stops smiling. :)

 The view from the back deck.

 My Cole man and me.

 Someone decided to take a nap while he was swinging.

 Precious!

 Nice hair, Ethan! lol

 Drew pulls it off better. ;)

 Joselyn and Keira showing off their hair.
(Joselyn is my cousins daughter.)

 Keira makes it look the best. :)

While we were down there my grandpa gave each of us a copy of his autobiography that he just finished. I am so excited about reading it! My grandpa has lived such an interesting life. He is 94 and still going. :) I am sooooo thankful for the family and heritage that God has given me! 

Rope Swing

My family and I went down to Illinois to visit mom's side of the family this week. 

Like always, we had a wonderful time! The weather was beautiful for most of our visit and we got to spend quite a bit of time outside. 

I will post lots of pictures later but for now here is a video of me on the rope swing. Rhonda and I did it over and over again! :)

St. Patrick's Day

For the last few years Amanda and I have gotten a lot more into St. Patrick's Day than we ever had before and we've been having lots of fun with it. :) 

Yesterday Amanda made Corned beef, cabbage and potatoes. It was quite tasty and I'm sure it will become a tradition around here. 

Here are some pictures of us in our St. Patrick's Day shirts. One is from this year and the other is from last. 

2013 

2012

Snow Day!

Rhonda and I decided to play in the snow today. Something we hadn't done in awhile and it was a blast! We went sledding, made a snowman, attempted to make snow-angles (mine was quite deformed), went sledding again and I laughed so hard a few times that I snorted... which made Rhonda laugh even harder. Yeah, we had a good time! ;)

 Rhonda and me with our handsome snowman. :)

 He just looked so kissable! haha

What a fun day it has been!