Thursday, November 6, 2014

Fourth of July 2014

We were in the house just a few days before we had more visitors!  Leevi's brother from Texas and his family made the 8hr drive up over the Fourth of July weekend!  It was great to finally meet Cherish and their son Londale Jr. who is 2 months younger than Luke. 

Londale thinks he's a dinosaur! :)
We hit up the 4th of July festivities on post!  


Luke's first pony ride!!! 
There were a ton of animals in the petting zoo area!



The baby piglets were the biggest hit though!!!!!  Hailey, the animal whisperer, got this little one to stop squealing!  One little one got loose (thankfully not on account of one of my children!) and tore through the fields...holy moly can baby pigs move!!!!  It put on quite the show before someone finally tackled it!  (Most of the time I think Hailey looks like Leevi, but I can claim her in the picture!)
Fun back at home!

We didn't hang around on post to watch the fireworks since they didn't start until about 10:30, so the dads put on a show for us out front!  (And check out how organized that garage is after living in the house for just a few days!  Leevi doesn't mess around!!!) 

Poor Uncle!
Cherish and I took the kids to the pool on post the next morning while the dads worked on putting the backyard together (slide, trampoline, etc)


Only Hailey was tall enough for these fun slides....Kai should be by next summer!

There is a great fenced in toddler area!





There wasn't a height restriction for jumping off the diving board though!
High five, Daddies!

 

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Exploring our new town

After about a week, we fizzled on the unpacking and tried to make the most of the summer before it slipped away!!!  I wasn't getting much done during the day with Leevi at work since daily chores and summer playtime couldn't be ignored anymore.  We checked out the other local pool...this one is in St. Robert vs on post!  They both have things that the kids enjoy equally, but we found ourselves more often at this one throughout the summer!  




The weekend after the 4th, we ignored the house some more and took off to the Ozarks for the day (about a 45 min drive)

We rented a boat for about 2 hrs and cruised the lake!  The last time we were here was 13 yrs ago when Leevi was at his Officer Career Course and we were still dating! 



Since I don't know how to drive a boat, I was the tubing partner for each of the kids!   It was all fun and games until Kai and I got stuck in the wake of the boat and I had a horrible wipe out!  SOMEHOW Kai stayed on the float, but I flipped and hit the water really hard and injured by back.  It was a solid 6 weeks before it stopped hurting (I'm getting OLD!!!)  No more tubing until we buy one where you can sit and has back support! :)   
I still went out there with Luke though...Leevi just knew to go extra, extra slow!

There are two main rivers running through the area, the Roubidoux and the Gasconades, and each have countless great banks to wade in. 




More pics to come on the fun fishing spots we've found on the weekends!
Somehow she snagged this little minnow as she was reeling in her line!