Wisconsin Dells

About a month ago I got to go on a weekend gettaway with Kelltie and no kids to Wisconsin Dells. It was so much fun and just what we needed. The first thing we did when we got to the hotel was go on a zipline tour. It was so much fun. It consisted of 5 zip lines, each progressively getting longer and faster until the last one was the length of 3 football fields.

Don't we look great!

Us in our hotel room. This place had tons of waterparks so we spent all day Saturday going to different ones.

We decided to get all cute on Saturday night and go shopping, to dinner and a movie. This was just some crazy building we drove past on our way back from breakfast. I'm not sure what's inside, but it looks like it would be cool!

It was so much fun to be able to spend the weekend with Kelltie! I can't wait to do it again! Thanks for the trip Kelltie!!!

Pirate Island

This week the new Pirate Island opened by University Mall. Me and Tim and been waiting and waiting for it to open, so we had to take the kids. It was even cooler than I thought it was going to be. The inside is amazing and so much fun! All the waiters dress up and ours even did a pirate voice and had a Jack Black thing going on. It was a lot of fun. I recomend going to everybody, even if you don't have little kids!

The pirate hats are actually the kid menus.
Jane and Tim had so much fun playing all the games together!

And Kaleb too!

Wolfley Family Reunion 2009

This year for the Wolfley reunion we went camping near Jill's place in Pinetop Arizona. You'd never guess it was in Arizona because it's not nearly so hot or desert looking. There are lots of beautiful pine trees all over. It was great of Jill to plan the whole thing for us! However, it will probably be a while before we make another drive that long. Kaleb doesn't sleep very well in the car. He hardly took any naps in the car so he was crying a lot of the drive and we didn't even get to our campsite till late that night. It was 11:30 before we got our tent up and I could put him to bed. It was the end of a very long and stressful day. He and Jane were not very happy. However there was one really funny part of the drive. We stopped at a gas station and got Jane a little toy to keep her occupied and when we took it up to the counter, Jane said, "Two hundred thousand dollars." We couldn't stop laughing.

The next day we woke up to a chilly morning. I thought Kaleb looked pretty cute all bundled up next to the fire!

We were lucky and when the sun came out it really warmed up! The kids had lots of fun playing in the dirt together!

And then all the other kids were done. I don't think Jane noticed. She stayed there for quite a while by herself.

And she loved it!

Jane was really excited to go on the 4-wheeler with Tim. I think she looks pretty cute in the helmet!

Sammie really liked chasing them. She could keep up pretty well, even when they went fast. I love this picture. If you make it big you can see her perfect form!

After the ride she gave me a great thumbs up. Even though her face doesn't look that thrilled, she had a great time!

That afternoon we went fishing. The sun went behind the clouds and it got kind of chilly.

Jane got her own new fishing pole for the trip, however, she got bored quickly, but it sure was cute watching her and her daddy. Nobody caught anything, it wasn't a very good spot, but all the kids enjoyed it anyway.

I thought this shot turned out really pretty.

Kaleb didn't enjoy being out there so much. It was too cold.

Jane didn't understand why she couldn't have one of the paddles, but she loved conoeing anyway.

Jane's second 4-wheeler ride. I like that helmet on her even better!

Cute snuggle time!

Our second day there, all the women went to Jill's house to take a shower and left all the men to go shooting. As soon as we left, it started to rain pretty hard. Instead of going shooting, the men built this little shelter. I'm so glad they did because it was still raining when we came back and it was great to have a place to sit out of the rain! They didn't have any nails so that had to tie the logs together with ropes. The did a great job! It was very sturdy! I think building that was one of Tim's favorite parts of the trip.

A shot of our camp site after the rain stopped. She the pretty rainbow in the background?

Our tents were through the trees away from everything else. Our is the little blue and grey one.

The tent site!

The look out from where out tents were. It was so pretty there!

I love how when kids reach into a bag of chips the bag gets closer to the ground when they are reaching in to the bottom. Jane was having a hard time reaching clear down there!

From the looks of it, she managed to get enough out.

When we were packing up camp I was worried about when we were going to do for Kaleb's nap since there would be no quiet place to put it. He's very picky about where he sleeps. We just put him in his playpen while we were packing things up in the tent and amazingly he fell asleep even with us in there doing stuff and making noise. So then when it came time to take the tent down, me and Tim just picked up the playpen and carried it out and he stayed asleep! I was so amazed.

I sure thought he looked cute just sleeping outside in the trees.

He was pretty happy about it when he woke up too!

We were so glad Uncle Kevin was able to make it! All the kids ( and us too) loved having him there!

Poor Sammie. She always gets put in clothes, but it's so funny!

Silly Baby

From the title of this post, you may think that I'm referring to Kaleb. You would be wrong. I'm talking about Jane. We took Jane's soother (pacifier) away from her a couple of months ago, but every once in a while, she still asks for it. Tonight she really wanted it in the car while we were driving home, so we tried telling her that she's a big girl and big girls don't have soothers, only babies. In response, she was telling us that she wasn't a big girl, she was a baby. We tried to persuade her otherwise, telling her that babies go to bed early, don't get treats and have to eat baby food. She didn't seem to mind that and said the rest of the way home that she was a baby and wanted baby food. We were more than happy to oblige her and when we got home, she was put in the high chair like a baby. I was worried this was going to backfire on us because she looked very pleased at being in the high chair. Tim gave her some baby food green beans. She said, "Don't like it." and then said that she wanted a banana. We told her that she had to get out and sit in the big girl chair to eat her banana. She didn't want to and said that she would eat more baby food. Tim gave her another bite and her face turned to complete disgust and she actually dry heaved on it. I thought for sure she was going to puke. After that, she consented that she was a big girl and would eat big girl food. I was trying so hard not to laugh in front of her, but I just thought this story was too funny not to share. She is quite the character and makes me laugh every day.

Jane was looking over at Tim laying on the floor and must have thought he looked comfy. She studied very closely how he was laying and copied him.

Kaleb loves his swing!

But sometimes he looks up at the mobile and then can't lift his head back up again and I look over to see him very upset.

Jane is always wanting to hold Kaleb. I'm so lucky they like each other so much!

Kaleb before his bath. Can you believe he can actually reach his feet over that big belly?

Jane is the best at getting Kaleb to laugh. At the end she is singing her favorite song. She loves to sing and is getting better all the time!

The Different Sides of Jane

The sweet and precious side. . .
. . . and the super silly side! I absoluetly love this girl! She is always doing something funny that makes me laugh. Now every times she changes her clothes she wants to do this and tries to get me to take a picture again. She is talking more and more all the time. I guess I should rephrase that, she has always talked and talked and talked. Now she is starting to talk in sentences and is getting a lot better at expressing her thoughts. She says some of the funniest things. The other day, we went to McDonalds and Tim gave her the little toy, a beanie baby monkey. The next morning she told me, "Daddy give monkey me. I so lucky!" I thought it was so cute! That night she had a babysitter and when Kaleb went down to bed he cried a little bit and Jane said to the babysitter, "Poor little guy." The next day, Tim play hit me in the bum and Jane turned around and said to him, "Don't hit mommy! Not funny!" I love being able to play with her and see her little mind working and see a little bit of her sense of humor. She is always looking for new ways to have fun.

Kaleb is getting bigger and bigger all the time. I wonder if he is ever going to slow down. He has only just recently started rolling from his back to his tummy, but still can't do it the other way around, which is really frustrating to him! He is doing really well at sitting up all by himself, unless he's tired, and then that big head is just too heavy to keep up! He's been sleeping through the night for about the past 2 weeks which is amazing!!! I'm loving that! He also got 2 little teeth about a month ago. They are so cute! I love every single minute I'm with this little guy. All it takes is for you too look at him and he gets the biggest grin which always makes me happy no matter how upset I was before. I'm so excited to see him grow and see how his little personality developes. I'm so blessed to have two amazing kids!