Kansas cousins!

Last weekend we traveled to Kansas and Isaac and Tessa got to spend time with some of their Kansas cousins. Here are a few cute pics from the weekend!

Tessa and Finley - these 2 are only about 8 months apart - Tessa will be chasing Finley around before long!

Kisses!

Olivia, Isaac, and Jack making beautiful music on the piano!

Isaac, Tessa, Parker & Finley (don't you just love how the big kids have their arms around the babies?)

Rylee holding Tessa

San Francisco

John and I had a great time over the weekend in San Francisco. Even though we missed Isaac & Tessa - it was really nice to have some time with just the two of us. It was our first time to the city, so we had fun just exploring and walking all over. Here we are on the famous Lombard Street.


On Saturday we rented bicycles and rode from Fisherman's Wharf, over the Golden Gate Bridge, through Sausalito, and to Tiberon - where we picked up the ferry back to the city. How ironic that the rental company was called "Blazing Saddles".....my saddle was definitely blazing after that 18 mile bike ride! I haven't ridden that far since early in my pregnancy with Tessa last summer!

John on the ferry.

John and I on the ferry after our big bike ride.

I won't see these cute little faces for a few days....

John and I are leaving tomorrow on a short vacation with just the 2 of us...that's right - no kids! John has planned this whole trip and I am excited to get to the airport tomorrow to see where we're going! Even though I know that we will have a great time with just the 2 of us, that my mom and Mike will take great care of the kids while we're gone, and that the kids probably won't even miss us because they're too busy being spoiled....I'm still going to miss them just a little bit!

Baby gymnastics

Wow - it's been a week since I posted! It's been a busy week here. I tried to upload some new videos earlier this week, but kept getting error messages, so I got frustrated and gave up! Here are some photos of Tessa's new moves. She is sitting up for short periods at a time by herself (on soft places like our bed) - but the fun part is when she tips over - that really cracks her up! I had a hard time getting her to stay sitting for this photo because she wanted to fall over and laugh!
She has officially found her toes! This pose comes in really handy when you need to change her diaper!

Here is the one-toe hold. (I think this one is some sort of future cheerleading pose).