Something in the water?

This afternoon when Shawn was talking with Pastor Josh and he thinks something may be in the water at church, although its bottled water....hmmm. But if you have been to our church lately you know what I'm talking about, baby bumps everywhere you turn, and now I am adding another to the mix. We found out yesterday that we are expecting a new little Adair next spring. We are so excited, but totally still in shock. The boys are pretty pumped, and so are Shawn and I. Three...wow...I must be crazy!

Camping Fun!

Spoiled rotten little foo foo doggie...
Some might think it would be easier to ride the scooter...
Ashlin & Colby
Maggie on the look out for another rescue
Me & my girlie-before the wild ride!

The last couple weekends we have taken advantage of the mild August temperatures and went camping. We went to Three Mile Lake which is down near Afton. The first weekend we tent camped (like we normally do) and then this past weekend we rented a cabin there. It was awesome. The cabin has two sets of bunk beds, a sofa with a pull out bed, table and 4 chairs, fridge, microwave, and most importantly air conditioning/heat. It was so nice to be able to go in at night and not deal with the extreme temperatures. That's one thing with tent camping, usually when you go to bed at night its OK, then you wake up in the middle of the night freezing, and then in the morning its sweltering hot.

We were able to do some fishing, tubing and most importantly just relax. Its nice to get away from the modern luxuries of computers, TV, and phones to concentrate on family. We played cards with the boys, roasted marshmallows, it was a lot of fun.

Ashlin drove down on Friday afternoon and went out on the boat with us. She and Colby went on the tube, then she and I. We were laughing so hard our ribs hurt for days. Shawn had a ball whipping us around the lake like little rag dolls. That was my first time, and I have only one thing to keep in mind for next time.....wear a one piece swimming suit....

Maggie even went for a swim in the lake, I think she went in to rescue Colby, all 11 pounds of her to the rescue...

The new boat....

On Cale's birthday we got our new boat. Well actually 1/2 of a boat, the other 1/2 belongs to Brad & Sheila. I don't know too much about it other than the fact that my husband is giddy as a school girl in love with this thing. Oh sure not as much as he loves me but hey who could?

Of course this was one of those screaming deals, that just could not be passed by. I do know that it is currently occupying ALL of our garage. It is too big to fit in normal ways so it must sit diagonally, thus making it hard to even walk around the thing.

We went out last Monday and cruised around Saylorville, just to test it out. Then this past Saturday we went fishing-me, Shawn, Colby and Cale. The boys loved it and did awesome. We were out a good six hours without one complaint from either of them, except for Colby complaining that Cale had all the fish on his side of the boat.....:) Cale was the big winner for the day with 4 fish. I think this boat is going to be OK, we will have a lot of fun with it. Now if it would only get off my side of the garage.

My baby is 4....

The dreaded CAREBEAR cake....
The brothers having fun at Chuck E. Cheese
Chuck E. Cheeses where a Dad can be a Kid.
Cale and Daddy at Adventureland, his first driving lesson.
Where does the time go?

I'm so behind in the blogosphere....trying to get caught up.

On July 20, Cale turned 4. I can't believe it. You know when they turn 4 there is absolutely no baby left in them, they are all little boy. He will tell anyone who will ask or even if you don't ask, that he is this many....4

The Friday before his birthday we hung out with Sheila Brad Haley Addy Grandma Linda Grandpa Gary Papa and Barbara. Haley and Addy also celebrated birthdays in July so we just had one big celebration. Cale got to pick whatever cake he wanted and much to the disappointment of his father it was a CAREBEAR cake. It turned out adorable, and I don't think at 4 a CAREBEAR cake is going to ruin our little boy.

Saturday night we headed to Chuck E. Cheeses, because Nana thought he for sure needed to go there to celebrate his birthday.

Then on Sunday, his actual birthday, we headed to Adventureland for the day. We got there right at opening (10 a.m.) and stayed until 6 that night. It was a full day of rides, food, and hot sweaty fun. Why is every time we go there it seems like its 400 degrees. We invited Ashlin and my mom to go along, and my mom even rode some rides. We had a great time, we were all exhausted but it was alot of fun.

Cale Jeffrey, I can't believe your 4 already. You have provided us with so much joy in your short life, and can't wait to see what this year brings us. We love you so much!

Cale is swimming!

Earlier this month we enrolled Cale in swimming lessons. For two weeks in the evenings he swam at Holiday Pool here in West Des Moines. The first night I thought it was going to be a long 2 weeks. He was about mid-chest in the water, when he exited(quickly). "I'm too nervous, its way too deep" This boy of ours has always been very timid in the water, about mid calf is good for him. Colby on the other hand, I'm pretty sure is part clown fish, the other part of him being just clown, but that's a whole other blog.

We went to Holiday that first week a couple times during the day just so he could get comfortable in the water where he was doing his lessons. He did so good. These pictures are of the 2nd to last night. We finally got to go out to the pool area, they keep the parents fenced into the concession area. Good idea, probably so they can't run to their mommies for help.

The first picture is of Cale and Miss Megan doing a front float, and the second picture is of Cale and some classmates waiting in line to go off the diving board. Now that is some serious progress.

Yesterday when we went to the pool, he was jumping in, completely underwater, swimming, without even plugging his nose. Yeah Cale!