So, here's an update of sorts on other things we've been up to over the past several weeks. There really is no "theme" to this post; it is just a compilation of random photos and news!
Our beloved 1999 Subaru Forrester...that we sadly have to sell! There just is not enough room in that backseat for 3 car seats to fit well, so with baby #3 on the way, we had to move on to the next stage in family car ownership....the minivan. But we will definitely miss our "silver bullet"! It's been a great car! If you or anyone else might be interested in buying it, contact Bryan at bryan.dik@colostate.edu.
And here is our newest addition to the car family, a 2002 Kia Sedona EX, sleek, black, and stylin'. We are really enjoying this minivan so far and are excited to take the "Black Panther" on a road trip to Michigan this summer!
Yes, it has a sunroof! I am loving this feature!
Here are the boys water-coloring and finger painting. They both love to be creative and artistic!
Eli has been building several towers a day lately with his Wedgits blocks. They are the greatest! He is getting more and more adventurous and making some incredible towers. Most of them are even bigger and more creative than this...I just happened to take a picture of this one.
At a yard sale, I found a play fire-engine tent, some firefighter helmets, and a video of Elmo going to a fire house. That was Eli's inspiration to draw a picture of a fire engine spraying water.
Silas, being his goofy self.
The clouds above our house one evening. (For those of you that may not know, I love taking cloud pictures) The past month has been crazy weather-wise. We've had a huge tornado (our home was not damaged thankfully!), several thunderstorms, hail, extreme winds, hot weather, cold overcast days...we never knew Colorado could be like this!
Eli and his friend Will went to Vacation Bible School for a week at the Wellington Community Church. The theme was God's Custom Car Garage. They seemed to have a fun week!
Here's Eli watching a slideshow of the past week of VBS at the end-of-the-week program.
Eli singing with other Pre-K'ers on stage.
"Come on, get up! Rev it up!"
Now this video is of Eli singing and doing motions to the VBS theme song. I apologize for how dark it is...they had the lights off in the church and their spotlights were pretty weak. We were in the second row and had some trouble seeing him!
This past Sunday some members of our church small group went to Library Park for Victorian Sunday. They had free popcorn and lemonade and live music. Some people were walking around in period-style clothing. They also had the Fort Collins Museum open, which the kids love! Here are Brenna, Eli, Jenna, and Silas inside the teepee!
And Eli inside the old school house, pretending to be the teacher.
On Father's Day, we pretty much had a typical Sunday. Bryan is an amazing Daddy and a wonderful husband, and we are so thankful for him! (He also makes a great pillow for two little sleepyheads!)
Eli reading a book to Silas.
Silas and those eyes...
Aren't they adorable?
Pretending to sleep in Eli's bed....almost time for a big boy bed for Silas!
Early this morning we had two little guys sneak into our bed...with 4 (actually 5!) people in our queen-size bed, it gets quite crowded!
Our beloved 1999 Subaru Forrester...that we sadly have to sell! There just is not enough room in that backseat for 3 car seats to fit well, so with baby #3 on the way, we had to move on to the next stage in family car ownership....the minivan. But we will definitely miss our "silver bullet"! It's been a great car! If you or anyone else might be interested in buying it, contact Bryan at bryan.dik@colostate.edu.
And here is our newest addition to the car family, a 2002 Kia Sedona EX, sleek, black, and stylin'. We are really enjoying this minivan so far and are excited to take the "Black Panther" on a road trip to Michigan this summer!
Yes, it has a sunroof! I am loving this feature!
Here are the boys water-coloring and finger painting. They both love to be creative and artistic!
Eli has been building several towers a day lately with his Wedgits blocks. They are the greatest! He is getting more and more adventurous and making some incredible towers. Most of them are even bigger and more creative than this...I just happened to take a picture of this one.
At a yard sale, I found a play fire-engine tent, some firefighter helmets, and a video of Elmo going to a fire house. That was Eli's inspiration to draw a picture of a fire engine spraying water.
Silas, being his goofy self.
The clouds above our house one evening. (For those of you that may not know, I love taking cloud pictures) The past month has been crazy weather-wise. We've had a huge tornado (our home was not damaged thankfully!), several thunderstorms, hail, extreme winds, hot weather, cold overcast days...we never knew Colorado could be like this!
Eli and his friend Will went to Vacation Bible School for a week at the Wellington Community Church. The theme was God's Custom Car Garage. They seemed to have a fun week!
Here's Eli watching a slideshow of the past week of VBS at the end-of-the-week program.
Eli singing with other Pre-K'ers on stage.
"Come on, get up! Rev it up!"
This past Sunday some members of our church small group went to Library Park for Victorian Sunday. They had free popcorn and lemonade and live music. Some people were walking around in period-style clothing. They also had the Fort Collins Museum open, which the kids love! Here are Brenna, Eli, Jenna, and Silas inside the teepee!
And Eli inside the old school house, pretending to be the teacher.
Eli
Silas, with his mouth full of teddy grahams
Will
Savannah
Ryan
The kids alternated between eating snacks and playing in the water.
Will and Eli enjoying the crazy sprinklers!
Eli doing a water dance
Eli and Will splashing
Savannah and Silas discussing some finer points of life
Eli, Silas, and Savannah
Some of the moms and babies...Bethany (Will's mom), Angi (Savannah's mom, and pregnant), Stephanie with Orion, and Sheri with Ryan
Eli, Tristan, and Silas throwing balls which happened to be way more fun than actually getting into the kiddie pool.
Tucker (the older, cool kid) was a trooper and filled up tons of water balloons for the boys (Will, Tristan, Silas, and Eli) to play with! (As a side note, Tucker is the boy who Eli said he wanted to be for Halloween!)
For a while now, Bryan has been wanting to try roasting his own coffee. He's had a book on how to do home coffee roasting, and he finally ordered some green coffee beans online to give it a try! Here is the best batch so far...Costa Rican Peaberry, light roast. The method he uses involves a pizza pan, really hot oven (and quite a bit of smoke), spraying water and shaking off the chaff, but he really enjoys having fresh coffee! Come for a visit, and we'll brew you a cup (arguably the freshest coffee in Wellington)!
This particular day Eli wasn't feeling very well. Both boys slept on the couch for most of the afternoon. They kept twisting and turning!
Here Eli fell asleep at the kitchen table! He must have just decided to curl up on his chair. Looks uncomfortable to me!
Silas has developed a rather strange attachment recently. He went shopping with me when we were in need of some kid's shampoo. One look at the bottle with the elephant, and he was sold! He wanted to hang on to it during the rest of our shopping trip, and then hold it in the car, and then have it with him at the table, and then sleep with it that night. Since then, not only does he want to have his hair washed with it at bath time (he loves the smell), but he wants to take it with him to bed, like a security...um, shampoo bottle. He also likes to carry it around with him during the day and smell the shampoo and say, "Mmmmm....whoberry!" He really is a crazy kid.
Silas also took a turn falling asleep at the lunch table. Not even one of his favorite foods (mac & cheese) could keep him awake!
Play hard, sleep hard.
