The Hunting Momma

Sunday, August 21, 2011

I have a new nephew!

Eli Marshal Wedel
I have a new nephew! Courtney and Ryan had their precious little boy on August 5, 2011. He is so stinking cute...and he was huge! He weighed in at 9 pounds 8 ounces! He has red hair, long fingers and toes, and has a scream/cry to rival his momma! I am definately in love with this little guy! Wiley and Van love their new cousin "Baby E-yi"!

The almost new momma!

New Daddy and baby Eli!

Aunt Tiff and Eli

Cousin Kendal and Eli

Cousin Grant and Eli

Mommy and Eli

Aunt Les and Eli

Aunt Tiff and sweet Eli

Cousins!
Grant, Kendal, Eli, Van and Wiley

Wiley and Eli

Learning about Serving

Our Q-Group, which is our small group at church, recently did a small service project. We all made some type of goodies and delivered them to a firestation near our church. This was the first service project that Wiley has really been a part of so I wanted him to help me make the cookies that we gave to the firemen. As we made the cookies, we talked about doing nice things for others, we talked about what firemen do to help keep us safe and we talked about how God likes us to do nice things and serve those around us. It was a really fun project and I loved that it gave me an oppourtunity to talk to Wiley about service. The firemen were also really great to the kids and we got a tour of the fire station after we gave them their goodies!

Wiley helping with the cookies!

Dipping them out!

He needed to taste test the batter!

The end product!

Giving the firemen their goodies and getting tatoos!

All tatted up!

The kids getting a look at the fire trucks.

Miley and Ryan getting a tour through the cab of the truck.

Wiley was the last kid out because he kept letting all the other kids out before him. I would like to say that he was just being nice, but he really just didn't want to get out!

Aaron helping me out by holding Van.

Watching the fireman put on all his gear.

The kids getting an up close view and listening to the fireman breathe like Darth Vader.

Wiley in the fire hat! He thought this was pretty cool!

All the kids with the fireman.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Zoo Trip Without The Animals

I took the boys to the zoo today and we did not see any animals except for the goats in the petting zoo. It was great! We played at the playground and then spent over in hour in the splash park!

We started the day at the playground and fully clothed!

Just a' swingin'!

Wiley loves to go high!

The Brothers!

Going down the big slide!

The big dismount!

My little trouble maker!

Pushing the stroller!

Splash Park! He loved it!

Wiley loves it too!

This was too funny...he asked me "where di it doh?" (Where did it go) and right at that moment he stepped off the sprayer...

and it shot right in his face! He laughed and laughed!

Van was crawling all through the water! I couldn't believe how much he liked it!

The boys!

We ended the day with dry diapers but no clothes!

The missing shoes.

The other day, I asked Wiley to go put his shoes away in the closet. He picked them up. I looked away. The shoes disappeared! I could not find those bad boys and I was so sad because I bought them a week ago. I asked and asked him where he put his shoes and all I got was a shoulder shrug and "I doh (don't) know?" About a week later I finally find his shoes. In my closet. Right in front of my face. Next time I will specify HIS closet!

My Little Mover!

Van. He is soooo much busier than Wiley was at this age. Wiley crawled at 10 months and Van is crawling at 7 months and 3 weeks! Oh, Van can also walk behind a push toy, but I am in denial so I'm not posting a picture of that yet. I think I am gonna have my hands full with these two!