farming

Grant and Parker have been invited by some family friends, on our last few trips to Iowa, to ride John Deere tractors at their farm.  The boys LOVE it!  This time it was extra special because they have a pair of twin calves they are bottle feeding and Grant got in on the action!

Peeking at the pigs through the fence, I love this shot!

If you look closely you can just barely see Grant's blue shirt in the cab of the tractor.  Their farm is so beautiful, like a page out of a magazine.

Parker loved all of the attention from Margaret!

Grant and Parker got to have a strawberry picnic in their lawn, what a perfect ending to our evening on the farm!

friends

Grant had a wonderful time with his "friends" while in Iowa.  He woke up each morning and after every nap asking to play with his friends.  I wasn't even sure he knew their names until he finally asked to go to Jacob's house and eventually would call each of the boys by their names!

Lots of play time at the park with the Grandma's helping out with Parker & Joshua!

There was a lot of golf played in the front yards too!

There were some hours of play at the splash pad and pool as well, what fun!!

 Parker loves the water and had a grand time splashing and playing in the pool! 

It is comical and hard to believe that between my two best friends, Sarah & Carla, we have 6 boys.  We laugh so hard each time we are together and have the best of times!  We miss them terribly and wish we lived closer but these visits are all the more sweet when we are able to get our families together.  Love you guys, thanks for making the trip and taking the time!!

Grant, Caleb & Jonathan ~ Snack Time!



Parker's 1st Haircut ~ June 14

Look at those wild curls, all over the place.  The humidity here really brings them out!  He started out pretty calm but definitely was looking around with a perplexed look...he knew something was up!

This is what he looked like most of the haircut :(  Poor bear!



Here he is, Mr. Handsome.  The curls on top are much more tame and manageable and I love his little boy haircut.  He was happy to be back at Grandpa & Grandma's house having a snack and trying to forget about his traumatic morning!

Love you Bear!  I promise they won't all be this scary!

10

Just the 10 of them!  What a fun playdate!  L to R: Jacob & Joshua Lien, Max & Maggie Froeschle, Alexa Teckenburg, Grant & Parker, Aaron, Adrian & Adele Teckenburg

Jen, Carla, me & Trina with our kiddos

Grandpa O & the golf cart have been in high demand this week!  Jonathan, Caleb & Grant caught a ride this time!

The boys had a wonderful time with Uncle Mark again!

today

Today's news, Parker walked behind a little push cart walker all by himself...about 4 steps before crashing.  We also had a wonderful visit with longtime friends, 4 of us with our 10 children, pictures still to come.  Needless to say, we had a grand time catching-up!  Lastly, we're pretty sure Grant has pink eye.  Yep, that's right, why not?  Always fun to travel and "catch" something so, we're hoping this ends quickly and doesn't spread to any of the rest of us!  We already picked up the medicated eye drops and are praying that does the trick. 
Sweet dreams from Iowa!

Iowa

We have arrived safe and sound in Iowa and have already had a grand time.  The weather isn't cooperating, not 80 degrees + as I had hoped for but warm enough to still be outside, just not splashing around at the swimming pool each day!

Grant has fallen in love with the John Deere pedal tractor, we had to unhitch the trailor because it was too heavy to pedal as fast as he likes!

Frank, Grant and Grandma O had a sweeping party in the driveway to make a clean surface for sidewalk chalk.

Parker is almost as in love with the golf cart as Grant.  On another note, yesterday Parker began saying, "Ma, ma, ma, ma,  ma." I am loving it and believe he really means me when he says it, I promise!

Grandma O pulled off a wonderful surprise 70th Birthday party for Grandpa O tonight, it was great!

Grant had to help blow out the candles!

our time

We traveled to spend Memorial Day weekend with Frank's family and to help celebrate cousin Jake's 5th birthday.  After a long winter Grant was thrilled to again help Great-Grandma Billie feed the fish in her pond.

He had a grand time running across her living room to jump into her arms and get raised overhead, what fun they both had!

This is the only picture, and it is a terrible phone photo, that I got at Jake's birthday party in the rollerdrome.  Grant wore his first pair of skates and kept telling everyone it was too slippery and he fell down.  He enjoyed walking...ahemmm, skating around the rink with Frank or I :)

Now, fast forward to this weekend, it was our first real taste of sunshine & Summer, heavenly!  We enjoyed two days of 80 degree weather and spent nearly every minute of it outside.

Parker has decided that he likes the sandbox and it keeps him decently enteretained for a decent chunk of time...especially if his brother is pestering him!

Lastly, this is an old phone photo I have had for a few months of Parker in his jumper, I just love it,  pure delight and joy on his face!