Missouri Summer 2010

We had another great trip to Missouri this summer filled with family, friends, sunshine, thunderstorms, and humidity :)  I was a terrible mother though and only took a few pictures. Luckily my mom had her camera and my stepsister Lisa did too...I am just waiting for pictures from her.

We started off at 4 am on a Saturday morning to head to the airport.  Of course, Grevin didn't fall back asleep and was excited that we wanted him up so early.  There were plenty of empty seats on the plane so we were able to take his carseat with us and he fell asleep for a whole 20 minutes on take off.  The carseat was the best thing we could have done because he is such a busy boy!  He stayed seated for over half of the trip and then made his rounds with Zippy to visit everyone else on the plane.  He also did very well when a storm shut down the KC airport just as we arrived and we had to do very bumpy circles around the airport for awhile before we could land.  We were almost diverted to Omaha but luckily it was a typical midwest storm and blew away before that had to happen.

Gigi picked us up and we headed back to the house for a short nap before his cousins came over and we headed out for a Saunders softball game.  He loved watching the game, playing in the water, playing with his second cousins, and playing with sticks with Gigi.

Grevin loved loved loved playing with his three cousins and they were so good with him.  My dad is building a little room in the attic for the boys to sleep in when they are there and Grevin thought it was the coolest place ever.  He would stand at the door and cry "up! up!" until someone would take him up there to play ball and jump on the sleeping bags.  It isn't completed yet but it will be awesome once it is done.

Zippy took all the boys running

On Father's Day,we went to great grandpa Kearney's for a potluck BBQ.  Grey got to meet alot of his great aunts and uncles he hadn't met yet and had fun climbing the tree with his cousin Ethan.

Grey absolutely adores Ethan and Ethan is so good with him!

Helping Gigi in the garden

We then headed to my mom's house for a few days before heading the lake.  She introduced Grey to greek yogurt and he was in LOVE!

Grey also got to experience country living: chasing frogs and spiders, riding 4wheelers and tractors, catching lightning bugs, and even got to see a baby raccoon.

He helped Grandma and me cook food for the lake, too.

We spent the last 3 days at the lake for the Big "O" Family Reunion.  We rented 7 cabins to fit all of us and it was a great time like always.  Lots of good food, drinks, boating, wakeboarding, waterplay, and laughter.

 The whole clan (minus Uncle Ben who couldn't be there-that is him in the chair with his beer and pink shirt!)

Grey loves playing in the water, riding in the boat, and especially honking the horn on the boat.  Grandpa Doyle was starting to regret that he taught him how to honk since he didn't want to stop!  Grey was not a fan though of his life jacket and floating in the water.  It kept flipping him onto his back and once while Grandpa Doyle was trying to upright him, he pulled him under the water.  After that, Grey was content just hanging on the boat.

 Grandpa Doyle and Grey driving the boat

Cousins: Ashlyn(19 mths) and Grey (15 mths)

You can tell it was really, really hot!

It was a fun trip and Grey was a trooper.  He was excited to see his own room though!  We got home around 8 pm on Monday night. I went to lay him down in his crib and he almost jumped out of my arms to bury his face in his blankets with a big smile on his face :)  It was a fun trip but it is good to be home.