Times Flies

So I know it's been a week and a half since our last post and so much has happened.  I'll apologize in advance for the length of the blog and the lack of goodies because I'm trying to play catch-up, but time flies when you're having fun.  So last blog we left off at Grandma and Grandpa Oettel's in Kentucky.  The kids were having so much fun, mom suggested I just fly back to NC for the weekend and leave the kids with them.  I jumped on the idea of a weekend without kids.  Nate and I had a fantastic weekend!  It was so nice knowing the kids were being well taken care of and having some time to just focus all our attention on each other.  Not to mention me getting to sleep through the night for three whole nights!!  WOOHOO!  The kids did fantastic and barely even noticed I was gone.  I wasn't there for their weekend, but I did get to see some pictures of all the fun they had.

The kids enjoyed playing outside as much as they could (the heat was a little much).  Gunner got to ride his bike (which he loves) and Grace got to go for some wagon rides. 

When Gunner was tired of riding, Grandma and Grandpa improvised and created their own "sit-n-stand". I was pretty impressed. 

Grandpa didn't get to enjoy the museum with us the first time, so everyone went again while I was gone for the weekend.  Here's Grace hitching a ride in the pretend grocery store. 



And Gunner doing some shopping...

And it wouldn't be Grandma and Grandpa's without a visit to the park.

I was so excited to get back to see the kids on Monday (although the weekend away was beyond incredible).  The rest of the week was pretty warm, but we managed to squeeze in more fun.  We went to "Maggie's Jungle" one day to see all the animals.  The kids LOVED it! 

And the heat definitely called for ice cream.  Gunner enjoyed his very own ice cream cone. 



Grace loved the swing at Grandma and Grandpa's (as did Gunner). 

We even took a trip to see the horses. 

We had such a fun visit, but we had to make our way back to NC, this time with Haley in tow.  She's going to be staying with us for a few weeks.  So Thursday, bright and early (2 am), we headed back to NC.  I'll create another post to update this past weekend, but for now, I'll end this post here.  I wish I had time and room to upload all the fun pictures, but at least you can get a taste of all the fun we had on our visit, time sure flies when you're having fun.