Friday, September 23, 2011

Playing Catch Up: Washington Trip- The First Few Days

Our first full day we went to the Fair. Oddly enough these are the only pictures I have of our adventure there, seeing the Pirate Parrot ShowEldon waited and waited for a bird to come and take the money out of his hand but they just didn't come to him.I feel bad that I don't have pictures of eating the delicious ice cream, or Isaac and Eldon competing in their first races, or randomly meeting up with Ingela and her family at the Monster Truck show, and loosing Isaac at that show (yes loosing a child at a fair in Washington is considerably scarier then when it happens in Evanston- I thought Travis had him, Travis thought I had him. As I ran down the bleachers in search of my little man all I could do was pray and pray and pray. There he was in the arms of security my heart stopped and a sob escaped as I grabbed him. Pretty much one of the scariest experiences of my life to this point.)

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Poor Aunt Ingela . . . Eldon tends finds some one he loves then he is pretty attached. Eldon bestowed this honor on Ingela. But she took in good stride, I think she might have enjoyed it too! It even got to the point on our last day in Washington he feel and when I went to go get him he said "I don't want you, I want her" (pointing to Ingela). But I think they make pretty cute buds!The boys loved their cousins. Oh my we still hear about them all the time! It was so great seeing them get a long so well and playing together!Travis trying to get the goat to kiss him . . .man what is with Travis and goats lately?? Anyways Isaac did not want to miss it.

Kyler being eaten by a lion- don't worry it was only a statue.Obviously we had been at the zoo a little too long, it was getting to us!Every time we go this zoo we get our picture on this elephant. We did it when we were engaged and have done it every time since, it is definately getting crowded . . . and didn't realize Eldon was picking his nose . . . At the beginning of the summer we made a list of all the things that we wanted to do. One of the big ones for Kyler was get ice cream from the ice cream truck. Well we didn't hardly see our neighborhood ice cream man and when we did it was inconvenient timing. So I was telling my sister-in-law about this and so she and her husband turned their van into the:They played music out the window and everything! The kids thought it was fantastic!!! Isaac's choice.Eldon eating his treasure!







Kyler was sooo thrilled!!! It was seriously the funnest things ever. See this is why we should live by family or at least closer.

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Travis and his sister Andrea working together to hit their children with balls.Breathing in the air!Isaac and Gideon- they are only a month and a half apart. Playing connect 4 with robotsCutest astronaut ever? Probably.
Cutest chipmunk in the world? Quite possibly yes!Isaac trying to do the computers . . .tired of waiting for us to help him he climbed up himself and started pushing buttons. Glad he did it there and not at my house.
They had Narnia stuff from the movie on exhibition there. It was neat though if my kids have nightmares it will probably be from some of the costumes that were on display.
Stay tuned . .. next post BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!

Playing Catch Up: Washington Trip- The DRIVE

Sooo we left for Washington at 10:00 p.m. on August 11th. Yes you read right at 10:00 p.m. We left after my rehearsal and then ran home to pack more things into our trailer that we might need. Then we drove for twenty minutes and then pulled over for 20 minutes while Travis threw up on the side of the road- good times! We drove for 2 hours that night and stopped in Snowville at Lottie Dale's Camp Site. Where we put up a tent at midnight and got our sleeping bags out and pillows. Boys were super stars and Maggie a champion. They didn't fuss and went to bed quickly. Woke up and set off on the long drive at 8:00. We watched movies, read books, played with toys, earned new toys every 300 miles, ate snacks, and had long fuel buying breaks. One break we took was the fish hatchery close to Travis' house.

Everyone was happy for the break. Travis tried to catch a fish with his bare hands . . . before we read the "Don't Touch the Fish" sign.Checking the sturgeon fish upclose. Our family over looking the sturgeon fish! Wow look at what a big family we are- four kids, really? Wow. And I look at this picture and I think seriously how can I be so blessed with four healthy wonderful kids?? Pretty spectacular.Maggie was just happy to get out of the carseat for a while. She loved kicking her feet and feeling the air on her back! She is simply fantastic!!!
Stay tuned, more on our Washington Trip coming up!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Playing Catch Up: Before Washington Trip








Soooo . . . it's been awhile. So I am going to try to catch up with all the happenings over here in the Hogman House of Craziness. And really I should be doing something majorly constructive right now like clean my ridiculously messy house or fold the three loads of laundry that are currently occuping every sitting space in the living room . . .




So here is what we did before we drove to Washington:

Kyler got his back pack for Kindergarten!!!!! My little boy is growing up!!!

We went to the County Fair. The stage was empty so the boys went up to perform. Kyler said "Ladies and Gentlemen we will now perform a song for you." Kyler performed "I'm going to Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair", Eldon sang "Batman", and Isaac did very rythmic grunting and random gibberish words.

The animals are always fun to see. The boys are getting braver now so when we see goats they grab them by the horns instead of barely touching them and running away.

Travis wanted to see if goats really do hit your back side if you bend down in front of them.
And the games! The Fair is so wonderful because of the games and the rides but the rides weren't there when we were.
Maggie got tubes put in her ears from having ear infections so frequently since being born. We had a great doctor and she recovered wonderful!


She is still such a novetly that the boys take turns picking out her bows and feeding her. She's just happy that there is a bottle in her mouth regardless of who is holding it.

Stay tuned Washington posts are up next!!