Cook Out and Swimming

Hey everyone!


I hope this finds you well. Just wanted to post some pics and write a bit. It's been a week or two since I've updated anything. Well, I was on vacation last week, then I had a 6-day work week (which was a really crappy week at work) and then I had two days off. I've had more of a vacation in the past two days than I did on my actual vacation. lol

We got a call on Saturday to see if we wanted to pick up the kids. It's a week early, but we get to keep them until this Sunday. Jasmine has a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, so we're taking her home tomorrow night and she is supposed to be coming back on Friday.

My parents are coming up this weekend (Saturday) to go to the zoo with us. I'm really excited. We're going to the zoo in Springfield, IL. We're going to IHOP (International House of Pancakes) for breakfast, then the zoo and then somewhere for supper.

We were invited to a cook out at Jason's dad and step mom's house yesterday, so we took the kids to Havana with us and had a cookout. It was such a nice relaxing day. We all had a lot of fun. We took the kids to the park for a little bit while we were waiting for the food to get done. I did have my camera, but I was so tired that I didn't take pictures. And now I really wish I had. :( After I ate, I got really tired, like I always do after I eat and I just wanted to relax and visit with everyone.

Today we went to Jason's uncle and aunt's house in a town called Bath, IL. (Swimming in bath. lol) They've invited us to come out and swim whenever we want, and we took the kids over there. The water was really cold because the sun hasn't stayed out for very long. It's been partly cloudy most of the day. I stayed in the pool for probably five minutes or less. LOL It was that cold and I'm a baby when it comes to cold water. Jason stayed in there for a little while and played with the kids though. We didn't let them stay in very long because we were afraid that they'd get sick because of the water being really cold.

Their neighbor had six lab puppies and Jason's younger girl cousins brought two pups over at a time so we could see them. They had two black ones, two that were a light brown, one a little bit darker and a chocolate lab. Jas really wanted one of the lighter brown ones and Jason, Luke and I really wanted the chocolate lab. I've got some pictures to upload of the puppies. They were really cute!

Oh and Luke learned how to tie his shoes today! Yay! I'll try to post the video from YouTube. I've already uploaded it, so I don't think it will take very long. :)

It's back to work tomorrow. Then the zoo on Saturday! :) And I have the weekend off. Always good.

Until next time,

Cole

Vaction Bible School

Hey everyone!


Grandma Stella invited our kids to VBS last week. They were all pretty excited about it and wanted to go. It was Monday-Friday, they didn't have it on Saturday and then Sunday night they had a little program they put on. It was at a little Baptist church called Bethel in Bath, IL. I went with the kids last Wednesday night because I was off of work.

Shawn was in a separate class from his brother and sister. Each class (I think there were four different classes) got to make crafts, play games, learn about Jesus and sing songs. Every night, they had some sort of theme. One night they had crazy hat night, wear your clothes inside out or backwards, etc. The night that I went with the kids, they were supposed to wear clothing that had either a sports team they like, or some sort of logo, or someone they like on their shirt. Shawn wore his Hulk shirt, Luke wore his Superman shirt and Jasmine wore her/mine Taylor Swift shirt.

The kids decided they wanted to dress up for their program and I have some pictures of how they looked. They were cute. Except, the shirt and tie that Luke had on got dirty when we had dinner, so he had to change his shirt and he wasn't able to wear the tie with that shirt. Oh well. He still looked cute.

After their program, they led us downstairs so we could see the classrooms and gather all of the crafts the kids did. They also had cookies and drinks for everyone. After that, we had to take the kids home. :(