Back in Colo, Iowa

Addison with her Aunt Angie!Addison with her Grandma "Bob"We all spent the last week of our 3 week vacation back in Colo at my parent's house. The kids just love being outside and running free on the farm. Nick took Trevor outside and played just about every sport there was...And jumping off the mulch pile...

Addison and I sat on a blanket and watched the beautiful sunset.

Trevor and my sister, Meridith Brooke, were like two peas in a pod. "Wow, that's a lot of colors!" (That's for you Mer!)
And McKenzie was mastering her skills on the Wii, playing Mariokart and Guitar Hero! Along with all the other 'kids' there!

Addison's Baptism

We had Addison baptized on Father's Day June 15th in Colo, Iowa. My brother and his new wife stood up with us as her Godparents. Nick's parents and brother and his wife drove up to be a part of Addison's special day. Addison has been quite a mommy's girl lately, so I was so happy when the pastor took sleeping Addison from me and she didn't even fuss, even when he woke her up and drizzled water on her head. He even made it around the church to show her off to the congregation without her crying! I was so proud!After church, we all went out to my mom and dad's for a little lunch. I made Addison a cake.

Grandpa Turner's Musket

Here are some pictures of Nick in his dress blues holding a musket.

Back in Civil war time, this musket was tossed in a pond in Kentucky. Nick's great great grandfather fished it out and brought it to Iowa with him in the 1860's. It has since been passed on to the oldest son.The picture below is a copy of what Nick's dad looked like when he came back from Officer Candidates School as a 2nd Lieutenant. Nick is pictured in front of his Grandparent's house just outside of Elliott, Iowa
Here, Nick is holding the musket outside his parent's home in Elliott, Iowa

a.k.a. Turner Mountain.

Turner Family Reunion 2008

Here's the whole fam damily!Grandpa & Grandma Turner with Addison Grandma and Grandpa Turner with the grandkids
Nick with his parents and siblings that were there.
And it wouldn't be a family get together without a little gunfire! McKenzie got to try out Nick's 22 revolver. She was a little scared at first, but once she got used to it, she really enjoyed shooting it! She did pretty good!

Dad teaching her safety!

Uncle Mike supervising!

Rain Rain Go Away

With all the rain and storms we have gotten this past week, it only took one night, and more than 5 inches to create Turner Lake here on Turner Mountain! McKenzie and Trevor had a blast checking it out and discovering all the little creatures that also came with the lake!
Here are their finding! A whole frisbee full!
Nick and his brother Phil also took all the kids down to show them how to skip rocks late in the evening as the sun set.
Here is Trevor giving it a shot.

And here is Nick holding his form after his "15 skip" throw!Sunset in Iowa

Grandma & Grandpa Bob's

The day after the wedding, we had family come to the house for lunch before everyone drove back home. Addison got to play with her little cousin Rylie! She is my cousin Matt's little girl.

She was born January 1st! So Addison is about 3 weeks older. Don't you just love those big eyes!And they just couldn't keep their hands off their tootsies! I HAD to take a leg shot of the two of them in their exersaucers!

Can you tell which ones are Addison's!?!?
Addison LOVED LOVED LOVED the swing outside at grandma's house! She was smiling the entire time!

We made it to Turner Mountain

We made it down to Nick's folks yesterday and the kids have been running around the farm since we parked the car (ok, it was a van). They just love running free and being outside. Kenzie has been driving the mower, with Trevor at her side, only for joyriding....no actual mowing! Grandpa Turner just doesn't understand what can be so fun about driving around on that thing, but they are just having a BLAST! I'll try to catch a picture of them and put it up here...Kenzie has to be told to slow down from time to time, so any pics I may get may be a big blur! hahaAnd of course being at grandma's means eating anything that you can get your hands on...and it didn't take long before the kids found the ice cream stash!

Nick lay Addison on the grass and she did pretty well! It was such a nice day out.

The best part about being at Turner Mountain for Addison is that she has a great nap buddy!

We will be here all week with a big Turner Mountain Family Reunion Saturday so stay tuned for more pics!