last days in kansas

These pictures are from the last couple days in Kansas.

My Grandad Beckman wanted a pic with my kiddos.

Sisters, sisters!

There were never such devoted sisters.

My mom and me.

This was right before we had to leave for the airport.

Mom, Dad and me.

Mom and Dad

and their grandcuties.

Our 6 weeks vacation to Kansas was fantastic.

It was brutally hot but we enjoyed all the time we had with our family.

We are home now and getting back into the groove of homelife.

Naomi got us back to reality fast by waking up with a stomach virus this morning.

I'm praying the Lord sustains everyone else's health!

coronado heights

The evening we went to Coronado Heights
the weather was absolutely gorgeous!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in grammy's backyard

The kids and I are visiting my family in Kansas until the first
week of August.

We have been enjoying our time with cousins and my sister
as well as my mom and dad (Grammy and Grandad).
 
Lily loves her fingers

Chloe, my mom and Lily

Mom and Lily

 

Sean Donovan

Splashing in Grammy's pool

Henry 

Henry loves to help Grandad around the house

Sean is thinking

Marcail, Eleanor and Naomi

Sweet Chloe

grandparents

I love this photo of Naomi and my dad
relaxing together.
Naomi loves her Grandad; I'm so happy I caught this
sweet moment together.


My mom and her Grand-"cuties" nestled together
on a cold Winter night.
I think, if I were to take a wander
down memory lane at all the
past 5 years photos,
I'd find that I have several of these such images,
Everyone cozy together on the black couch.

As you can see from the expressions on
everyone's faces,
we were giggly and happy.

nay nay baby and grandpa

This photo is a classic to me.
Naomi loves her grandpa and has always snuggled willingly
with him.
My dad's arms and his tender voice were always soothing
to me as a babe.
I remember him rocking me and gently rubbing my back.
Now, my own daughter's eagerly run for grandpa's hugs and kisses.
 

my dad and me

I just love my dad. We play off each other so well and I always enjoy his company.

I wish I had gotten a pic of my mom and me together.  All well, another time....

the grandads

The kids love their grandad's like crazy!

Great-Grandad Dale

Grandpa

Great-Grandad

cooking out on coronado heights with liv

So, when us sisters (Liv and I) are together when we have Coronado Heights cookout we get giggly. We think everything's funny and just have a goofy time of it! Things could go disappointingly wrong and we'd still find humor in it if we are on Coronado Heights and cooking out. We always make Mom and Dad laugh too and usually we can be found around the sandstone picnic table doubled over in silent laughter over something that was said that probably wasn't even that funny!

Liv is a master cookout preparer (is that a word?) She is also the mama of an almost 1 1/2 year old girl. So, when Liv went out to her car to get her stroller for Chloe and also to bring in the supplies she brought to the cookout that night I couldn't help but roll with laughter when she rolled in with this:

99% of that is all food for the cookout, I kid you not! And it all came in very handy and appreciated! Let me just say, we know how to have a cookout!

Another example of our silliness is the fact that I found the stick I'm holding funny. I thought it looked like a funny cane and it had a double use as a stoker for the fire. Liv took my picture by the fire.

When I say that we know how to have a cookout I mean it! My dad configured this 6 count weinie roaster to be longer for fires that may be, shall we say, a bit large. It's long, let me tell you! And, it's for 6 hotdogs at once! I'm just saying! We get the job done around here!

Here, I caught some of the silent laughter around the picnic table I was talking about.

They contained themselves for a minute so I could take a more posed picture.

We also know how to make a mean S'more! Yum! Graham cracker and Hershey bar are prepared beforehand and as soon as the marshmallow is good and toasted (sometimes burnt which, in my opinion is so much tastier) we slide it onto the waiting chocolate with the graham cracker. Delicious!

our first day in ks

We flew out to KS on Wednesday and the first thing we did was make a stop to Cracker Barrel. It was so yummy! We were hungry. The rocking chairs beckoned after we ate so I snapped a few pics of the rockers.

My mom and dad rockin out!

Henry fell asleep on the way to Lindsborg. We didn't make it to Lindsborg right away, though. We stopped in McPherson where my sister, Liv lives. The kids were excited to see their cousins and I was wanting to see my sis and my nieces and nephew.

I didn't get a picture of Chloe but I did get one of Sean.

I got a picture of Eleanor, too!