It's good to be home!

So, I guess there is something to be said for routine. My kids are home and happy and cuddled up in their "softs". Life is good.

Jackson Hole... Trip of horrors!!!

Hi there everybody. So, last weekend we got to go to Jackson Hole for a Family reunion. I have been so excited to go and have been looking forward to it for weeks. I love Jackson and Yellowstone. I've been there tons and just feel it in my blood when I see those mountains. But I now realize how much my life has changed since I have last been there. Driving so far with two kids under three then trying to get them to sleep in the same room in our cabin, then having my two year old scream nonstop for basically 4 days... "Mommy, hold you!!" while I am already holding my 10 month old. What more can I say. It was rough. But wait. We saw a bear! Check out this picture. It had caught a baby elk. Isn't that the coolest picture. There were about 250 people pulled over on the side of the road watching it.

Some austrailian dude was nice enough to take this picture of the family. Believe it or not, this is the best picture of all of us. I'm glad I got to go and see the family. And Saturday was great. We took the kids on the ferry at Jenny's lake and that night we hung out in Mike and Steph's cabin and the kids had so much fun and were being silly. It was good times. But I think we'll wait a year or two before we venture out for another long car ride.

Our new nephew Aiden

My brother and sis-in-law were able to adopt a baby this week. We are so happy for them!! They are the best parents and now they have two of the cutest boys I've ever seen. We got to spend some time with Drew this week while Mike and Steph were at the hospital. It was so great. I love that kid. Unfortunately Burke has our camera with him on his annual motorcycle trip so I couldn't take any pictures. very frustrating. So instead I stole some from Steph's Blog. Check out this cute little peanut! He is only 6lbs 0 oz. wow! Oh... and they named him Aiden James Postma which was what I wanted to name Mason if you all remember. But Mason is a Mason and we got our Aiden after all. Yay!
Drew will be the best big brother. He is so strong and so loving. He constantly wants to snuggle with everbody so it might take him awhile to learn some boundaries with this little one. Here is a sample of Drew with Tess who, although you can't tell in this picture, adores Drew. She is constantly grinning at him and loves to climb on him or crawl after him.


Since Burke is gone this week, my life is kids kids kids. Just so they wouldn't get bored to death, we had Charlie and Lillee over to play. Lillee and Tess hung out in her room and played dress up. Lillee liked to put bows on Tess. I guess she also noticed that um.... Tess is bald. But Tess didn't care. She loved the attention.

Mason and Charlie loved cruisin' in their friend's cars although you also can't tell from this picture. (I can't get Mason to smile for the camera no matter what I do. I guess it's a good thing. He is a new driver and should keep his eyes on the road.)They loved running in circles around this tree. I guess everything is fun when you are with your best friend and you are two years old!

One last minute plug. Can I just say how excited I am that So you think you can dance has started again!! I love it!!! Can't wait for the choreography to start next week! It's the only show I have to watch every second of. I keep them on my DVR for months and watch them over and over and over. Someday maybe I'll get reincarnated as a dancer.