This past week…
We had our dear friends, the Faltys stay with us. We did some bowling, movie watching and lots and lots of talking. Just ask Luke and Marc. 
Tons of floor space and 6 kiddos choose to squeeze on the couch together!
We had such a great time with great friends!!
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Took the boys to the park on a beautiful day. I may have overestimated their energy levels a bit. After two hours and lots of stops, we finally made it around the mile long path. Everyone was pretty much over it by the time we got back to the van (to put it mildly). The first hour and a half were fun, though!
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Thought this pic encapsulated boyhood. Dinosaurs vs army men and Hot Wheel cars.
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We spent most of Thursday morning cleaning, baking and packing in preparation for our weekend trip. I promised the kiddos that if they helped me, I’d take them fishing in the afternoon. I asked for fishing poles for the boys for Christmas and I’ve been looking forward to some good weather to take them to North Park Lake. In my head I imagined my cherubic little boys standing next to the lake with their fishing poles in hand. I’d take some Norman Rockwell-esque pictures of them and we’d have a grand little afternoon.
No.
I literally spent every bit of the 40 minutes we were there untangling, unsnagging and re-hooking fishing poles, all while Lucy screamed in her car seat. I cast out for the boys a total of 4 times and we caught no fish. We did hook a duck, though, so that was fun. Finally, I just called it quits. At that point, the kids were tired of waiting on me to get their poles ready and they were equally ready to go. As we were leaving, Jackson announced that he had to use the bathroom, and no, he couldn’t wait until we got home, so I sent him and Dominic to the park restroom. After waiting for them for about 5 minutes, I left the other kiddos in the car and went to check on them. By the time I got close, I could hear them screaming for me. I had to kick open the door because it was stuck closed and D and Jacks came out with faces streaming with tears, terrified. I guess it made a good story…
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Our weekend trip went quite a bit better…
We stayed at the Ramada in Omaha. The littles loved staying in a hotel and the three beds were perfect for jumping and wrestling.
We spent a total of eight hours at the Coco Keys water park. It was a blast! The boys did the waterslides over and over again.
Jake and Lizzy and Chris joined us, too, and extra hands and eyes were very helpful! Luke and I took turns taking Lucy and Leo back to our room to take naps but the three big boys played hard all weekend long.
We also went to the Amazing Pizza Machine (or as Leo calls it “Amazing Ma-Pizza Machine”) for dinner and sat in the Sports Room. Our sports fanatic, Dominic, was completely glued to the Louisville vs. UConn game, as if he’d ever heard of those teams before.
We did so many arcade games that we vowed to never again buy so many tokens. We were there for hours trying to use them all up.
And I forced them all to sit and take a family photo.
Take one. Leo was hating it.
Take two.
Take three. Good enough.
We took a family picture in the same spot last June when Lucy was just a little unborn peanut.
And then we won all kind of junk just for playing!
It was a surprisingly refreshing weekend! And now we are all going to bed early!
Have a great week!
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