the big trip to Wisconsin

Finally, here are some pictures from our trip. It was a lot of fun and I have tons more pictures, but these show some of the highlights.

Ethan by the hay elevator, the twins taking turns "driving Grandpa's tractor." They loved it when it was their turn, otherwise, they were pretty unhappy!

On the hay bale... Jackson LOVES ice cream! Look how wide he can open his mouth-wish he was that excited about veggies.

Hannah and our friend, Olivia, in the hay loft after looking for barn kitties....we found a cool spider web!

The twins loved the dogs and even wanted to share their drink boxes with them.

We went into town to feed the live deer some baby carrots and grain.

Ethan tried to catch some butterflies. Amber and Ethan heading to the milkhouse to find some snacks. Grandma really stocked up on snacks for the kids.Ethan and Amber checking out the barnyard.

Auntie Katie and Auntie Jackie went to the strawberry patch with us so we could all pick some fresh berries. Amber and Ethan both ate wayyyy more than they put in the box!

Aunt Katie and Aunt Jackie went fishing with us too, we caught a nice big frog and the kids had lots of fun talking to him. Hannah was hoping a charming prince would appear- I can't believe she actually kissed it when I dared her!

All of us on our way back home at the MSP airport and on the plane...it was a great trip, tiring, but very fun. The kids are still talking about it and we miss everyone already!

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And here are some other pictures that turned out nice, but are really small, I can't fix it and it's late and I'm tired.

preparing for our big trip to Grandma and Grandpa Foreman's!!

We are getting so excited to see everyone...I will take lots of pictures and post them once I get back home. We leave Thursday morning, the 9th and return Monday, the 20th...Brian is flying us out there, then staying a couple nights and flying back here to Albuquerque to work for the week, then flying back up there, staying a couple more nights, then we all will fly back to Albuquerque together. Hannah will be joining us at Grandma and Grandpa's since she's visiting her dad in Madison right now. We really miss her and can't wait to see her!
It's a lot of flying, but well worth it, right now Brian's very busy with his insurance agency which is doing very well despite the economy, so he needs to be here for that. We haven't been up to Antigo in a whole year, so I'm very anxious to see everyone!

This is what we looked like last year-(Hannah took the picture for us), we'll be using the same car seats and travelmates to wheel them around the airport, Amber and Ethan are sooo much bigger now!

I'll be wearing Jack in a baby carrier and since A and E are 2yrs old now they'll have their own seats on the airplane (plus we don't have enough laps now for them), and they'll be strapped into their carseats the whole time. Hopefully all will go smoothly, especially since I'm going to bring lots of their favorite snacks. Once we land in Minneapolis, it'll be a 4 hour drive, again, I will have lots of snacks and possibly will get out the DVD player so they can watch Finding Nemo.

Grandma Foreman sounds like she's getting prepared for all of us too, she bought a 3rd pack and play for baby Jack to use and has been stocking up like crazy on food for all of us, especially for things that the twins like (she has at least 10 boxes of nutrigrain bars in assorted flavors, which are their absolute favorite). Apparently she went to the store again today to get a 'few more things.' She said we better come hungry. We're only going to be there for 10 days, I'm sure we'll all gain 10 pounds easy. Here are some pictures of the kids that I've taken on our recent outings:

I took the kids to our neighborhood pool, by myself, and we all had a great time!

The twins and their cousin, Shiloh, at the family vacation.
We all went on an overnight trip in southern Colorado and stayed at a cabin. We were there just one night, since it didn't work out very well, we left for home early the next day. The kids had a great time fishing and being outside, but sleeping was another matter. The last one shows the twins bugging each other instead of happily watching their movie. In the picture they are fighting over a sock. This cabin was a 4.5 hour drive from Albuquerque, so it was a long trip for them.

We decided to just start taking the kids fishing here in town since they enjoyed it in CO. There's a nice man-made kiddie pond near the zoo where they can fish for free.

Ethan caught a cute little blue gill, Brian helped their cousin Inessa catch a catfish, and the twins enjoyed talking to the worms.

We went to a birthday/pool party today and they had a great time, they are napping really well this afternoon because of it, which is why I had time to do this post! Actually all three are napping at the same time- whooo-hoooo!!! I hope they nap at Grandma's house.

I'll have lots more pictures when we get home from WI....