Zoo time

Getting ready for his first pony ride
You can tell this is past his nap time

Jarrad on the rollercoaster, you can't see Talan he's beside Jarrad and Jayden is in the cart after Jarrad you and kinda see his head.


Ky really concentrating on the pony

A family picture on the train

Looking at the Walrus

The boys loved the penguins

Jayden touching a shark

This past Saturday I told Jarrad I wanted to do something fun with the kids, since we have been focusing on getting our house on the market and the kids have been stuck in the house a lot. So, we decided to go to the Indianapolis zoo before we move and I'm so glad we did, the kids had a blast! It was of course really hot and a little crowded, but we still had a great time. Jayden and Talan got to touch the sharks in Oceans part, which they thought was pretty cool. They also got to ride the zoo rollercoaster a couple of times and while that was the highlight of their day, I wanted to puke afterward!

Kylen had a couple of firsts, since he couldn't ride the roller coaster we let him go on a pony ride. I thought for sure he would scream, but he loved it and didn't want to get off. He also was very excited about the train ride we all went on and was not to happy about getting off. If was a very much needed family day, and when we came home all of us took a nap. That was the highlight of Jarrad and I's day. :)

We're Moving!!

It's official!! We are moving to Warsaw the weekend before July 26th. I'm really excited about moving home and the kids are super excited about being close to Grandma and Grandpa Lipply! Jarrad got a new job working at a company called Navistar. He will be the Material Manager of a new section that is making all electric FedEx trucks. It's not a Japanese company so that will be a change since he won't be able to use his Japanese, but it seems to be a great company and hopefully he won't have as much overtime and we'll get to see him more.

Now here's to hoping that our house sells quickly, so we can buy a house with a basement!!!

A birthday party and 4th of July fun

Kylen lovin the water
My Talan

Trying to get up the wet bounce house

I think they might be a little big for that pool

A truck!

Another one!

Instead of blowing out the candles, he smacked the cake

Another great birthday cake made by Jarrad

With everything being super crazy for us these last couple of weeks we decided to go up to the Asay's to celebrate the 4th of July and Ky's birthday since most everyone would already be there. Kylen's actual birthday isn't unitl the 9th, but it just worked out better if we celebrated it early. I'm really glad we did it that way because it was a lot of fun.

All the cousins played in the little pools in the front yard and Kevin and Michelle brought over a bounce house, which the kids loved! Kylen got spoiled with lots of truck toys and Jarrad made him a "Bob the Builder" birthday cake. And, to top it all off he got to end his party with fireworks! I think he really liked the fireworks, but he didn't really care for the noise. We also got to meet Gemma, Kathy's little girl! It was a really great day!!

A great garage sale deal

A couple of weekends ago, on my way to order new carpet I saw a neighborhood garage sale so I decided to do a quick drive through. And, I was glad I did because I found an early birthday present for Ky. I had been wanting to get him a Jumpstart trampoline for his birthday, but they are $79 at Target and that would be all he would get from us. Luckily, as I was driving through the garage sales I saw a Jumpstart trampoline! I thought for sure it would be too expensive as most people price stuff like that high at garage sales, but when I got out to look at it, it said $15!!!! I couldn't believe it, so I asked the lady if she would hold it while I got some cash, she did and Ky couldn't be happier!! I love it when I find good deals!!!