While We Wait...

While we wait on Baby Butter to arrive we have been spending A LOT of time at different parks. My kids LOVE to swing since we don't have any swings in Asia. We are enjoying the "warm" weather in February.

Sweet Savannah

Green Lake Park

We decided to take my parents to Green Lake Park. It is by far one of the biggest highlights of our city. We spent the day riding a little motor boat, seeing some awesome dances, and riding some kids rides. My parents liked it so much they asked to go back. I am sure we will make sure to plan another trip there before they leave.

A Day at the Park

Today we took the Beams to the park to ride the huge Farris Wheel and other awesome attractions. We tried to get Frankie to ride "The Slingshot" but it was not be. The kids love to ride the Merry-Go-Round which is a double decker. We had a good time and finished the morning off with a McFlurry!

Cousins

One of the sad things about living overseas is that Kayleigh and Zeb miss growing up with their cousins. Terry and I decided to take Zeb, Kayleigh, Lily, and Graylyn to the park for a day of fun. We spent lots of time on the playground and then rode the train and the Merry-go-Round. We finished up our time with some Chick-fil-a for lunch, which is Kayleigh's favorite. I am so thankful for the time they do get to spend with their cousins. Kayleigh just adores them.

Trains

When I think about how much trains have been a part of my life I am a little surprised. When I was little my grandmother lived about a block and half from some train tracks. Every time I stayed at her house and we heard the train whistle we would run up to the train tracks to see the train. Now that I have kids I am thinking back and I am really impressed that she actually ran with me all the way up there. Way to go Grandmother! Anyways, since we have lived overseas I have ridden in a train to go on vacation and also lived very close to some train tracks. Kayleigh has ridden the train in our city several times. Now that we are back in America we have more trains to ride. There is a local park near John's parents home that has a train that kids can ride around the park. Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the park riding the train and playing on the playground. It was a lot of fun. The kids loved the train.

Swings, Swings and more Swings!

Kayleigh and Zeb love to be outside. At home in China we have a small little playground with slides. However, I have never seen a swing set or swings at a playground in China. They may have them somewhere but not to my knowledge. Kayleigh's favorite thing to do is swing. A little over a year ago, when we lived in Thailand for Zeb's birth, she would swing everyday for hours if we let her. So my goal this summer, while in the states, is take her to the park to swing as much as she can. Zeb loves it too! There are a lot of really neat playgrounds near both of our parents houses so we have been taking advantage of the swings. Here are some great pictures of the both of them. I love the bottom picture. Zeb has started to want to walk around holding our hands which means that he needs to wear shoes when we go outside. So far this hasn't gone over very well. This was the first day I put shoes on him. His reaction you ask? He continued to hit his shoes and screamed in frustration because he couldn't get them off. Lets hope I can convince him to wear shoes before we return to China. I can only imagine what the grandmas would say if I took him outside without shoes on.

Thailand Trip Day 5

We tried to go to the airport museum this day but we could not get a hold of the manager to allow us access to the museum. The museum is located on the air force base in Chiang Mai and we need special permission to enter to see the old airplanes. So, after a valiant try, we decided the kids would like to play at the park down the street where we were staying. Below are the pictures from that time and the experience they had was exciting.

Kayleigh enjoying her favorite past time. We believe she would swing an entire 24 hours straight if we let her.

Zeb thoroughly enjoying the Thailand weather. It was about mid-70s while we where there during the day. Zeb also hates wearing socks, so it was perfect for him.

There was this cool little swing that could hold about 6 kids at a time and it resembled a bus or a train. Zeb wanted to participate with the big kids and he had a blast just looking at them from behind.

Zeb with his 2 front bottom teeth.

Kayleigh strutting around in a tree house.

Prepping for the pool! After everyone gets greased up, we're off!

Zeb is not sure what to think of the ice cold water he is playing in. Part of him wants to jump in and kick his little legs until he gets tired and part of him is saying "no way am I getting into that!"

A Day at the Park

Recently, our team spent an afternoon at a park nearby our house. We had a great time relaxing and enjoying the sunshine. While we were there Kayleigh saw some ducks and we were able to go over and feed them. She loved it! She loves ducks so she was very interested in them. This park is an unusual one in that it has rides sort of like a fair. Josh ( a member of our team) decided to take Kayleigh for a ride on the Merry-Go-Round. She had a blast! She did not know quite what to think at first but got very used to the ride by the end.