SUMMER TRIP TO GRAMMY AND GRAMPYS

Going to see Grammy and Grampy is so much fun!  Since our blizzard trip in Feb. was cut short, we decided to come back in July!  We did so many fun things and stayed 2 weeks!  It was so much fun!

YAY! We made it!

 

 

If you watch nothing more EVER on my blog, watch THIS VIDEO (click the TOONEFAMILYJOURNEY link at the bottom if you are viewing from email and it will take you to the actual blog to watch). Its precious. Grampy and Macie. This is why she calls him "Googagooga". It's because he says "Boogie Woogie" and she remembers this day. :)

  MELT. MY. HEART.

 

My baby went crazy walking in the airport... NO FEAR and NO NEED of Mommy!

 

A video of piano with Grammy

One day we went shopping and Macie had a melt down. Grammy took her out to stomp in rain puddles. She loves it!

LOVES to wear her sparkly TOMS

 

Riding rides at the mall!

Bubbles with Grampy

 

YAY this is fun!

Pool time!

 

Grammy took me to the mall and let me ride the rides SIX times!!!!

WEEEEEE!

LOVES this little doggie!

 

Eating lunch with Grammy and pouring milk on her head. 

Dump the bucket

Reading the Sunday paper with Grampy

Grammy got her a pool!

Her first VERY OWN cup of braums yogurt! YUM!

Got to see my best high school girls while home.  We stayed up till 2 am gabbing at Amber's parent's house.  It was so fun!!!!

Aim, Ky, Steph

Another highlight was going to my dear friend Brenda's house and playing with her boys!  She recently came home with Kaleb, her second boy from Ethiopia!

Kaleb loved Macie and chased her.  She wasn't having it!

Brenda blessed me with so many gifts, including a bag of Ethiopian coffee!

 

We went to Exploration place and although we were pushing naptime, Macie had a great time!

 

Looking at the wind wall with Grammy

YE HAW!

 

Known this girl since we were 3!

We went to Sedgwick County Park, which is an awesome park! 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!

 

We went up to Mankato over night too and Macie got to try on a cousin's cowboy hat!

And of course, the ZOO!!!!

Really cool Africa area.

Mace loved this dude!

Yeay Monkeys!

Swinging with Grampy and Grammy

 

Playing Ghost!

 

 

Mommy and Macie at the Exploration Place Castle!

Maddie and Hannie stay with us for 9 days!

 

 

It had been a rough few weeks for their little family... the Colin family had seen its fair share of stress.  Grammy and Grampy were planning to watch Maddie and Hannah for the week that Brad and Erin (my brother and sister in law) had planned their Alaskan Anniversary cruise.  I offered to watch the girls since they desperately NEEDED the trip and it would be a chance for us to hang out with our nieces/cousins!  Of course we did!  It was fun to take them places they'd never been and don't have up in Montana and let their parents relax and enjoy their wonderful trip!

 

 

LOTS and LOTS of sprinkler pool play

Hannah is read to go in for lunch "ooooooh"

LUNCH!

 

The girls LOVED to scream LUUUUUNCH!

 

Someone was so tired she didn't make it!

Cute video of Maddie making Macie laugh

The night their parents got home we took them to McDonalds, or as Maddie calls it "Old Macdonalds"  ha

dropping popscicle sticks into milk jugs

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One on one time painting with Maddie

One day my bestie Nicki brought her two over, Zac and Lucy.  So we did an all kid shot!

Poking sticks through plates

Nicki brought popscicles

Macie doesn't like the group photo apparently.

Painting girl

My attempts at art

Daily water table time was had by all

They would scream "LUUUUNCH"

Play

The twins playing in the watertable. :)

Best of buddies

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The twins

See I really did put clothes on them! :)  SO MUCH WATER PLAY there was a lot of diaper time!

We took them to a local park and they had a free outside movie.  So much fun!  Snacks and drinks-- we were set!

My Maddie

 

Hannah loved it!

Camped out for the movie

One day we took daisie for a walk

double baths

Maddie slept in bed with me each night. :)

Macie and Hannah LOVES trying on clothes and shoes

We took the girls to Wheeler Farms.  The highlight and all she wanted to do was pet the pony.  They  had a miniature pony you could pet.  Maddie loved it!!! (whenever we asked afterwards what was her favorite part, she said "petting the pony!" :)

She also pet goats and rabbits

Petting bunnies

Hi Hannie!

We took Maddie to her very own carousel.

Painting the driveway with H2O

These girls are buddies and look alike!

Hot days!

CUTE video of Maddie making Macie giggle

 

When Brad and Erin returned from Alaska, they watched Macie one evening so Lee and I could go out to dinner and a movie!   Erin took them out to stomp in rain puddles.  Happy girls. :)

 

More pics at "OLD MACDONALDS"

 

 

So glad we got to keep the girls and have some quality time with them! :)  Miss them already and love that we can SKYPE! Can't wait till Christmas!