Wild Adventure

 What do you get when you put a one year old, an infant, an anxious Mom, and a crabby Daddy into one small space for 8 hours......chaos:)  We had quite the time getting out to Wisconsin with the little ones, BUT we made it!  The best part though is we are all "broken in" and although it took us quite a bit longer to get home today, it went SO much more smoothly.  We had less "down please" requests from Svea and she was in a better mood.  Kieran did well both times and slept the whole way, except to eat and get a diaper change.  We couldn't ask for a sweeter baby:)

 Dan's Grandpa's funeral went so well.  I didn't get to see most of it as I was taking care of a sweet little girl, but the most important part was that Dan was able to be there.  I did get to hear many fun stories about Grandpa Great though.  He made a huge impact on so many people.  I loved hearing about how gentle and kind he was to so many people.  I wish I would have had the chance to know him better.  It was a Wisconsin Synod service so Dan and Stuart couldn't do anything during it, but they were able to do the burial.  We'll continue to share stories and pray for Dean....Howard must have been an amazing man if he had a son turn out like my father-in-law.  Thinking about the rest of the family too you guys:) 

 We had a wonderful whirlwind couple of days, but it was wonderful.  Svea was SO in love with her Ga-ma and Grpapa....(something like that:) She couldn't get enough of them and we loved being able to show off her mad skills like...

-repeating everything she hears

-talking on three telephones at once

-helping get the puppy unstuck

-doing bicycles in front of tons of Dornfelds on the floor

-leaping into Ga-ma's arms 50 times in an hour

 It's always awesome to see Kathy's family (Hi Diane!).  I'm starting to even learn the brother's names and their wives!!!  Pretty impressive huh?  I always get a glimpse of the fun it must have been to have such a big family!

Here are a few pictures I was able to capture of the kids.  I missed Ashlyn though.  She was too busy running around outside and I was so exhausted by that point to round everyone up:)  Shay and Svea were so loving towards each other.  He helped me SO much keeping Svea entertained and loved giving her hugs and kisses.  He is such a caretaker and loves the little girls.  He just might be a ladies man when he gets older!