First trip to the property

Every year for the past 5 years, we have rented property for camping from Jayson's aunt. The really nice thing about the property is that we have a spot whenever we want one and we can just park our trailer there and leave it if we want to too. The problem with the property is that it doesn't accommodate other big trailers and it is by a busy road that can sometimes be loud on the weekend.

One responsibility as a renter, is that we have to keep the grass (weeds) down so that the snakes don't make a permanent residence while we are there. We got this awesome old riding lawnmower from Jayson's dad a few years back to help us with the task! The kids love riding on it so it makes it fun for everyone!

 

Visit from Mandy Sue!

In nursing school, I made one really good friend. We sat by each other every day and tried to keep each other from falling asleep and eventually helped each other to graduation. Mandy was my best girl in nursing school and we grew really close to each other.  After school, Mandy's husband got accepted to a dental school in Ohio and they were forced to move there. Her mom still lives just one city away from us so when she came to visit this summer, we scheduled in a play date!

This is her little (and I mean little!) girl Iva. She is about 13 months old and as cute as a button. Paxton does not like sharing his toys, but thought she was cute enough that he didn't really squawk when she got in his car!  She really loved riding in McQueen.

New bunk beds

Up until now, Caiden has had his bedroom in the basement by himself, while Paxton's bedroom was right across the hall from our room. Caiden liked having his room downstairs until recently, when he started saying he was scared in the basement all by himself. We decided to bring Caiden back upstairs with his brother. In order to do this, we had to purchase some bunk beds and while they are not my favorite ones in the world, they are functional and the boys seem to love them.  The other night we found them both in the top bunk with Paxton sleeping on top of Caiden as shown in the pictures.  These boys really do love each other and we might as well enjoy them wanting to share a space cause I'm sure it won't be long before they hate sharing a room.