Friday, September 2, 2016

Living History Farms

We have been meaning to get to LHF all summer with our tri-pass. After getting the 'your pass expires at the end of this month' letter, we decided today was the day! What a blast!



On the tractor ride to get to the farms!


Inside the tee pee at the 1700 farm. 





Lunch time!




















We ended our trip with a trip to the General Store for some gum drops and lemon drops :) 


Monday, August 8, 2016

Olympics Party

We hosted our Community Group Olympic Party this past weekend. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but you'll have to believe me that it was just awesome.



I gathered ideas from multiple blogs over the months, yes months. 
Our events included:
Hit Me- Dad's had shaving cream shower caps and the kids threw cereal at their heads! Dad who had the most at the end of 20 seconds wins!
'Mom'- Moms were blindfolded and kids were spread throughout the yard and said 'mom' until each mom found all their kids!
Multi-tasking Dad: Each dad had to change a diaper, text a grocery list shouted by the mom, and put a pony in their daughter's hair.
Marshmallow Launch: Whoever spit theirs the furthest won!
Name that Flag: 20 flags around the yard; identify as many as possible. 
Family Pic: You had to take a family picture to quality for the trophy!










The Champions/Gold Medalists! The Reischls!

The Pouchers brought some sparklers, which I thought was the perfect way to end the night!





Indianola Balloon Classic

Heading to the Indianola Balloon Classic was on my summer bucket list. But.... we kind of forgot it was going on until Thursday (which was Lily's birthday). So, we headed down Friday after Jay got home from work at 6. We decided to watch from afar as we have never gone to this before, left DSM so late, and have a wild 17 month old. I'm glad we did, and I think we'll be going back and watching a little bit closer next year!











Jay was so great and played/walked with Paige while we watched all the balloons start flying. 
Can't wait until next year!