Rewind back to Fathers Day

I wanted to have Clayton help with his Father's Day present to Justin this year. So I got a matted frame from Target and had him do some finger painting on the mat. I also put finger paint on Madeline's foot so she could contribute as well. It turned out awesome! (I just need to get it hung in Daddy's office now)

I wanted to take a pic of the 2 of them to put in it. Not so easy when trying this alone. :) I told Clayton he had to hold Maddie's head up. He took that literally as you can see by the first pic. The second pic was the winner. Not perfect, but daddy loved it!

Fun Weekend in Harvel/Pawnee!

Two weekends ago we headed north for a visit. We had dinner with two of my college friends, Megan and Megan and their husbands. Crazy, yes my roommate's name was Sarah and then across the hall two girls who would become great friends, Megan and Megan. What was U of I thinking? Oh well, I am so happy they put us there. Oh and I don't have much to say about the other Sarah other than she collected Frutopia labels. :) It was so nice to see Megan and Scott's new house. Clayton had a ton of fun playing with his friend Kate. They got to explore the garden and the church that Scott is a minister at. I don't think they will be asked to play the piano on Sunday anytime soon.

We then headed to Pawnee to stay with Grandma and Grandpa B for the rest of the weekend. I don't have any pictures, but Clayton went to the zoo with Grandma, Aunt Heather and Aunt Shannon. I was told I couldn't post the picture, but Clayton conned Grandma into going down the slide! Justin and I were able to spend the evening at some friends house on Saturday night. Maddie tagged along with us. Then on Sunday we had a dinner with the Great Grandparents.

It was a super nice weekend! P.S. I am posting like crazy so scroll down for more! :)

Catching up on the Last Few Weeks-Cho Cho Train

Over the next couple of days I hope to get all caught up. I feel like I haven't talked about what we have been up to for ages! We have been having tons of fun though so I don't feel too bad. :) Did I mention that 15 weeks for a maternity leave is waaaaaay to short!

A couple of weeks ago Justin mentioned that there were some old cho cho trains in downtown St. Charles by the river. Clayton has become somewhat obsessed with trains so we knew he would love this. We decided to go down one evening to check it out. Clayton definitely loved seeing the train and even got to see some barges on the river.


Clayton and his Puppy Keely on the way to the trains!

Small rocks=Clayton needs to play on the ground!











Clayton and Daddy checking the ChoCho train out.

Maddie thinks her big brother is silly!

Mommy

Everyone needs Mommy! (Yes that is an 80 pound Keely wrapped around my neck)

Slacker!

I know I have been slacking on the blog. Posting pictures, but not giving many updates. :) I need to catch up this weekend, but wanted to get this picture up. Clayton loves the water and I think he is really going to be a fish! We are lucky and have a neighborhood pool. Clayton and Daddy were working on his kicking technique.

Thanks Stephanie & Craig!

Only Maddie could
pull off these adorable
sunglasses!