Aunt Holly's visit to Sioux Falls

Ryan's sister Holly was our first visitor at our new house in Sioux Falls. We took her to the Butterfly house, the Falls Park and the Apple Orchard along with a few other places. These are some of the pictures she took of the trip. I'm so glad she got to come out and visit.

Last night in our home in Pleasant Grove

The Last night in our home in Pleasant grove turned out to be a pretty magical night. We ended up having all the cousins over to play, for I think the first and unfortunately the last time. I'll admit I was a little hesitant to spend the last night in my house with a lot of kids but I became nostalgic for the night before it was even over. I know my boys miss their cousins so much. It was so nice to have them so close and get to see them every Sunday if not more. Ike is making lots of friends out here but nothing compares to COUSINS.

Ike's Preschool

Ike's been loving Preschool. He's been going MWF from 1-3:30 for about a month now. He's already learned the pledge of allegiance and a lot of different songs. The little girl with the glasses LOVES Ian and has to pick him up and hug him every chance she gets. She won't even let me leave without giving him a kiss. The teacher commented on it today and said, 'You guys don't know her?' I was like, no she just loves Ian. But who wouldn't?

Apple Harvest SD

We went to the apple harvest festival here in Sioux Falls, SD. It was fun but very crowded. We got our requisite pumpkin shots, even though it was a little sunny and Ike thought it was funny to stick out his tongue in every shot. Wonder where he got that? (Jace and Christian).

Thanksgiving Point Farm

Ian has started saying his animal sounds and is loving farm animals so I thought it was time to take him to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. He loved it but wouldn't go on a pony ride so lucky Ike got to ride twice. We also went on a little wagon ride and checked out all the cute animals.

Ike's Birthday

I decided to take Ike to Chuck E Cheese for his 4th Birthday since he'd never been before. Ian and cousin Jace. I also invited my friend April too who brought her 4 kids plus a baby she's watching so between the two of us we had a big party. Ike was having a lot of fun until...

Chuck E. showed up. While all the other kids were excited to see him Ike scurried up to the top of the play area and screamed his head off. I couldn't get to him so I did the only thing a responsible parent would do. I laughed and took a picture of him.

Happy Birthday Ike! It's been the 4 best years of my life.