Unscheduled Photo Session with Yellow Papa & Gramma

Last night, Yellow Papa and Gramma came over.  Grady was so happy to see them and we ended up taking a bunch of cute pics!

 

I have to take my little guy to Daycare for the first time, tomorrow.  hmmm....I guess it's time.

Fry Family Fun Weekend

Following a cold and windy KFFW, we went on another adventure up at the Leyk cabin.  (uncle Dave's wife's family) for some Fry Family Fun.  Kara was in town from California, so she got to join in the 100934875th game of Lightning...We played that game for about 3 hours before playing 3-on-3.  We were low on activities in the cold, so that's just what happened.  I'm so out of shape I nearly perished 3x...OK, not really, but it seemed that I may! 

Macy and Daddy had so much fun on the jet ski.  Every time he took off, you could hear the loudest giggle out of Macy.  She just loved being out there.  (sharp contrast to 2 years ago when she screamed and cried the whole time he took her;) 

Jorey and Macy both loved being on the pontoon.  They would sit right along the sides with their lifejackets on and just watch the water and eat snacks.  Surprisingly, they both ate lots of beef sticks and beef jerkey...who knew they'd eat that.  Macy also ate a ton of walleye and northern...who knew?!  I'd whipped up the EZ Mac so they would eat...no need. 

They both loved sleeping in their sleeping bags.  Jorey even made auntie Heidi take a nap in our room with her when Heidi volunteered, because she 'needed' to sleep in her sleeping bag.  They were so cute, I had to take a picture. 

Macy also surprised the heck out of me when she held the leach and was happy to do so!  I'm thinking this crazy face was taken before that --otherwise, she has leach in her mouth and eyes because she had a series of dorky faces.  What a nerd.

Auntie Kara was brave enough to volunteer for the first tube ride...though, she got on the tube from the boat and was not too keen on getting wet...funny...it was rather chilly that day.  She succeeded in staying on the tube the entire time!  Ken, then, threw me off 2x and I just about lost a portion of my swimsuit both times, so I had to give up.  It was quite a rush, though. 

It was a lot of fun had by all the Frys...especially the two youngest!  Thanks Sara, Dave, Dona, and Jim for hosting!

Special Little Helper...

They're growing up so fast!

...in the sweetest little teacher voice this morning...

"mommy, would you like to come up and choose one?"

"would you like to choose one? huh? would you like to be my special little helper?"

"you can come up here and choose one."

"come on up here and choose and then you can be my special little helper."

it was pretty awesome and funny. i was choosing magnets to add some extra fun to it. really - she's growing up so fast and is now mothering me. and, actually, she's currently stamping my entire right shoulder full of 'i love you' stamps.

in sharp contrast, little jorey was playing with magnets this morning and somehow got one of the actual magnets off the back of the kitty it was adhered to. luckily i noticed it in her mouth just before she gagged and I had to dig it out of her throat...danger danger everywhere! sheesh.

macy was a little under the weather this past weekend - not feeling great with some sort of viral infection that included sore throat, 103 fever, etc. finally, she's back in business. one night, orange papa and granny came up and played. that was pretty awesome since they don't get up to these parts much!