Casper Trip

Just before school Started we headed to Casper and had a lot of Fun Brent had an interrogation class and we got to hang out and do some shooping for school....

 Farmers Market with my Mom and Keri, Rob, and Natalie, and then face paintings from Grandma Dot.

Night out with my dad...Stanfords for dinner, adn some fun at Old town with Putt Putt Golf and Arcade games.

Ladies Night out for dinner and some catching up with the girls from Elementary School.

Bounce houses, Snow cones, Goodies bags, Cotton Candy, and Face Paintings from Grandma Dot.  WHat's not to love.

Owl

Unicorn

Peacock

We Also went shopping for school clothes with Grandma Nessi and when to the Castle park and Went Swimming at Grandpa Steves.

I went Garage Selling with Heidi and found some fun and usefull things.  Great trip!!!

School Starts again!

Kota's First Day of KinderGarden

 She had Kinder Camp a Couple Weeks before School started it was a nice time for her to be introduced to her teacher, friends, and the rules.

 Meeting up with her friends and her new Teacher Mrs. Bowe.

 Cloe and Kota's First Day of School.

 

 Just before School Started the girls learned how to tie their shoes! Wew hoo!

"Now I can rule the roost....and I have Kota's bike to myself." :) Paige by Mom

Cakes

 Me and my sister Holly.  I made this cake for her bridal shower.  I made a special trip to Casper for the night.  Her favorite flowers are callalillies so I made my first ones and I think that they turned out pretty good it was fun and I'm glad I got to make my sissy happy!  It was fun to see her so happy and get to know her better then and also when I stayed in WA and got to spend a couple days with her after her wedding.  (Pictures to come)  I love Holly Because:  She is Smart, She is Fun, She is Kind, She is Considerate, She is Thoughtful, and She is Brave!

Brent and I got to spend some time together alone without the kiddos for a few days and it was a really nice bonding experience.  We got to play Tennis go out to dinner, visit, and it was also his birthday so we went and played golf my first time going around all 9 holes of golf it was quite the adventure.  I did not get any lost balls or any mulligans.  Hurry for me, my score of 84 on nine holes of golf I'd say was pretty great too. :)  Of course I didn't beat brent but I can say that I can beat him on all the words games we've been playing, again hurray for me. :)  Here is a picture of the "cake" brent wanted for his birthday.  Two pans of Brownies one with the frosting that sister wertzberger made and one plain for icecream.  (Sister wertzberger did make him some and bring it to the house) what a nice lady.  The candles are supposed to be a thirty. :) (As you can see I can make very pretty cakes, but give the man what he wants and he's happy.:)  I Love Brent Because: He Loves Me and shows it, He is Thoughtful, He Listens to Me, He is Funny, He is Creative, He is Supportive, He is Forgiving, He is Hard-Working, He Doesn't Give Up, He is Faithful, and He Believes in Me and Us. :) I love you Brent!!! I had fun with you on your birthday even if you did win. :)

Pig Wrestling!

Kota Went Pig Wrestling at the county Fair this year.  Their Names were the Side Pork Dorks!

Her best Friend Mataja asked her to be on their team with her cousins and made her a matching shirt and her friend was nervous so Kota grabbed her hand and encouarged her in and then they all got in and the boys started and then Kota was the only one who got the pig off the ground grabbed his tummy and squizzed him.  Later she told me, "It's okay to squeeze them."  We did tell her she could actually squeeze it cuz we are usually telling her not to squeeze animals. :)

They didn't get it in the barrel but they never gave up, they never let that pig go.  And when they called time Kota and Mataja kept trying until they made them get out. :)  Great time!

Beach photos found!!!

We love Water Fun!!!  the water was pretty shallow a long ways out and it was very sandy bottom so you didn't have to worry about hurting your feet plus it was warm. The Girls swam, waded, floated and got to have some more freedom with their life jackets.  The built sand castles and we wrote our name and got Henna tattos from the girls sitting by us.  Kota was enjoying some one on one time with mom whenever i asked her what her favorite parts were she would say the things that her and I did together.  Like looked for shells and sea glass together.  And then we also did a lot of the berry picking together.  It's nice to see that she enjoys spending time with mom! I like it too. I'm so glad that I had this time with our family!

Canada Aye!

My Little Grandma the girls Great Great Grandma we are so happy that we got to see her on our way!

 We Got to go to Baby Ella's Baby Blessing meet some of the Ostia's Friends and LeeAnn even spoke at the blessing!

 Grandpa Steve, Grandma Nessi, and Cloe

 Aunt Lee Lee and Uncle Girvin...Kota's Photagraphy

 The girls attempts to get baby ella to hang out with them and watch a movie.

 Shopping where are they? :)

 We got to go berry Picking what a blast.  We also went to a fish themed splash park and went swimming at the hotel it was a blast they learned to dive and it was just fun.  Then we also went to the beach and we all got nice sun burns.  In my attempts to keep my electronics away from water I didn't get many water pics....wait a minute i did get some cute beach pics of the girls in the sand....okay now I just spent my whole evening looking for the camera i guess the pics will have to wait arggg... anyway it was a blast henna tattoos and tube out in the warm water and sand under our feet and orangeaids then homemade ice cream and lot's of fun with family!! Great trip!

 We Stopped at the WI dells on the way home for a pit stop we found Buffalo "phil's" not really away from home experience :) but nice and then the girls got to go on the biggest bounce blow up toys it was fun.  The girls had sweat dripping of off them by the time we were finished.

We had a great trip to WI many others states :) and to Canada.

26 our drive on the way there and 24 hour trip home.  We survived in fact it was really nice and the kids were good.  A couple things I did to make the drive better were:
1.) Travel tickets: they had one ticket for each hour of that day of the drive and every hour down on the drive they would give my a ticket so they would know about how much longer the drive was
2.) DVD's and new ones too
3.) DS and ipod games
4.) Books on tape
5.) Coloring
6.) A map of the trip and where we were
7.) Snacks
8.)Water
9.) Sleeping
10.) Practice ABC's and Sight words
11.) Surprises...little toys or the new DVD's or coloring books, crayons, stickers, etc.  (they didn't end up being a surprise by the end cuz about everytime they gave me a ticket they's ask for a surprise. :)