Visit with Cyndi and Time at Home

Cyndi Reinhardt came to visit us in the middle of January. Thankfully, we had some uncharacteristic nice weather. We went to the park few times and had an all around good time. It was really great to have her out.

 Grandma Cyndi and Catalina.

Posing at the park.

  Everyone minus Mollie; she took the photo this time.

Olive June is the ray of sunshine in this photo.

 Griffin practicing his camera skills.

Griffin aiding Catalina on the slide.

Here I am assisting Catalina with her walking.

All three kids.

Mollie pushing Catalina in her car at the park.

 

Look at those kissy lips.

 After Cyndi left I kept taking some photos around the house. These days Catalina is walking like a champ. She is also talking a lot and makes a cute "meow" or "ow" sound whenever she sees a cat.

Here she is petting her buddy Bean.

Little Red Riding Hood.

"Reading" a book.

 Griffin climbed into Catalina's Crib for play time.

The big kids watching a movie on the Kindle.

Christmas and Illinois

 Yes, it is February and yes, this is a Christmas post. I waited too long and the photo collection became daunting to sort. All the photos through February have been sorted now. The first post will cover Christmas and Aunt Penny's house.

Below is Christmas morning. We got a bunch of a camping equipment for Christmas this year including a large tent. We set the kids big presents in the tent and we had fun opening presents inside the tent too.

 

 

 Griffin on his new bike.

The kids reading a Christmas book together.

 

 Olive June got a photo-book of pictures from when she was a baby.

 Griffin was excited by getting some Adventure Time toys.

 Olive June got a Baby Alive that she loved as her own.

 

 Catalina eating some Christmas yummy breakfast.

On Christmas day we drove to Salem, Illinois, to visit my Aunt Penny. We met my parents and the Younger Scott's (Amye, Marshall, Micah, and Liam) there. The night we arrived it snowed and we had a lot of fun in the snow the rest of the week.

 Here are all the kids posing with a snowman (foreground) we made together.

OK, I pretty much made the whole snowman.

The boys hiding behind a snow-wall, preparing for battle.

 Mollie and Catalina happy in the snow.

 Micah and Liam with their baby cousin.

 Here we are getting ready to go outside for some fun.

Cousin Micah entertaining Catalina for a bit.

Liam and Griffin hanging out with Grandma Kathy.

 Mollie and OJ.

 Olive June got some Princess presents.

 The kids going for a ride on the Ranger with their Aunt Penny.

 

OJ with her Grampy.

 

OJ and Gma Kathy hanging out with Sweety, the dog.

 Auntie Amye and Mama Mollie.

 Finally an entertaining picture of Olive June playing with her make-up.

She had a lot of fun looking in the mirror.

All in all the trip was a lot of fun and we all really enjoyed seeing everyone there.