A case of the sillies!

So, with summer, came the summer viruses. Ugh. Lily got the ADENOVIRUS (I think I'm spelling that correctly). It's a virus that causes a variety of symptoms. For Lily, she had a fever for 15 days, a rash and red eyes. On top of that, she got a staph infection in her nose. It was no fun at all. Luckily, nobody else in our family got sick. However, 15 days at home waiting for others to get sick was no fun at all and it was a big chunk of our summer. We had to miss 3 birthday parties :(. Lily's good friend Ella Garber was one of the parties we had to miss. Ella's mom was so sweet to drop off at our house the party favors that she was passing out at Ella's party. In these bags, were sheets of tattoos! Lily and Madeline entertained themselves for hours putting on all of the tattoos. It was great fun and exactly the kind of distraction we needed in the middle of all of our sick days.

Lily is fine now and the virus has completed running its course. We were of course concerned that this was related to her illness this spring, but it was not.

A visit from the Jaaskeleinen's

Over the Fourth of July, Annette and Sakari came to Austin to visit us. We really enjoyed seeing them! They left little Mattie at home with Grandma and got away for the weekend. Annette is expecting baby number 2 (a girl) this fall. We're so excited for them! Thank you Annette and Sakari for visiting! We hope to see you again soon!

Meyer Family Vacation

We spent a week at Lake Ouachita in Arkansas! It was a wonderful vacation and we all had a great time. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I took hundreds and I can't post them all. These are some of my favorites...

We went out on the boats most days. We'd go out in the morning and then about 2:00, it would be time to go in. Every time, Madeline and Wyatt would fall asleep on the trip in. It was so sweet!

Madeline playing in the shallow water. The lake was clean, but in some of the shallow parts it looked a bit murky because of the clay like dirt.

Uncle Dick and my silly girls.

One evening we gave all of the kids glow sticks. Cousins Kim and Heidi sat with the kids in the bathroom so they could all see their glow sticks.

Scott made Corn Hole boards for the trip. Of course they are in Steelers colors!

Road Trip

This summer we took our first family Road Trip. We drove up to Hot Springs Arkansas for the Meyer Family Reunion Vacation. It was a wonderful trip. The drive there took about 8 hours to Hot Springs and then another hour to the cabins on Lake Ouachita. We were nervous about the drive. Our kids had never been expected to be in the car that long, so we weren't sure how they would handle it.

We decided to leave at about 2:00 AM. Scott had gone to bed that night at about 7:30, so he got several hours of sleep before we left. The kids and I mostly slept until about 6:30 AM. At that time, we stopped for some gas and to stretch our legs. We stopped at a Denny's for breakfast at about 8:30 and then after that we had less than 2 hours drive to get to Hot Springs. The kids were great!

We got to Hot Springs around 11:00 or so and we had some time to kill. We walked around the mall, played some goofy golf, at lunch and then did some grocery shopping for our week. After that, we headed out to the lake.

There were thousands of these tiny frogs all over the golf course. Wyatt and Madeline spent most of their time catching and releasing these frogs. They were so cute!

Happy Birthday Scott

Happy Birthday to my sweet husband! I love you so much. I hope you have a wonderful day!!

These pictures are from Father's Day. We went to see Toy Story 3. Wyatt and Scott got matching shirts that are also chalk boards, so we wrote "We Love Dad" on Scott's. Wyatt's shirt said "I Love Dad".

Doll House

My silly kids! Madeline figured out that she could fit in the second floor of the doll house. So, she climbed in and then Wyatt and Lily each scooted into a room on the bottom floor. They asked for a picture.

Whoo hoo! Wyatt is TWO!

I can't believe it, my baby is TWO! Wyatt's birthday was on June 7th. The girls and I baked him a cake and we celebrated at home with Papa Dennis and Grandma Marcia. Wyatt was thrilled. He seems to know that he's a big boy now! I'm having a hard time letting my baby grow up, but I guess it's going to happen whether I'm ready or not.

I'm going to take this minute to tell you how smart my little boy it. Oh My Goodness! (of course, I'm not biased AT ALL!) This kid is putting together puzzles that say ages 4+. He can sit and work on something for 20 minutes or more sometimes. He gets on our computer and knows how to pull up PBS kids and clicks on his favorite games (Martha Speaks, Clifford, etc.) and plays them. He hardly ever asks for help. I am so impressed.

There is a sweet story to go with the little Thomas The Train that is featured in the picture below. Once, while Lily and I were at CVS filling a prescription, Lily saw a Thomas the Train bath toy. She immediately thought that Wyatt should have it. I didn't want to buy it for him that day, so we talked about how much it cost ($10) and that maybe it would be a good birthday present. Later, when we were home, Lily ran up to her room and found her purse with her birthday money in it. She brought it to me and wanted to know how much she had left. She had $15 left. She was excited because that was enough to buy Wyatt the Thomas bath toy. So, when his birthday was getting closer, I took Lily up to CVS and she bought the Thomas toy for Wyatt with her own money. It was the sweetest thing! It still brings tears to my eyes when I think about how big her little heart is. She let me help her wrap it and she was so excited to give it to him on his birthday.

Papa and Gram gave Wyatt a remote control car. It's awesome! It's soft, so when he runs it into mom's feet or the furniture or his sisters, no body is hurt. It flips over! It can go forward or backward. It's great!!

I love this picture!