Aaron's Birthday (Part Two)

 

The Party!

We had only met a few people in town since we moved, so we weren't sure about having a party. But the week before Aaron's birthday at church I decided this would be a great way to get to know some of our new friends! And luckily they were sweet enough to come on short notice to a child's birthday that they had never met :)

 

The Lair family and the Latta family have been such a blessing to us! And it all started with a little cake and ice cream.

 

Here's Aaron, Caleb, Brody, and sweet Ellie (the only girl) eating lunch! I missed Daniel and Ty in this pic :(

Have I mentioned that Aaron loves to eat! He ate 3 times as much as some of the other kids! It's kind of amazing to see. And also a little scary--how tall will he be??

Time for cake and ice cream! I don't know what I was thinking--a white birthday shirt with red and black icing???? Not the best plan...but it sure was fun!

 



Brody Latta is a boy after my own heart! He loves his sweets! All of the other kids had moved on and we were cleaning up..and he was still enjoying his cake and ice cream! We love Brody!

Time for presents! Aaron got lots of great things! New tractors, books, clothes, toys that have wheels! What more could a boy ask for!

 

Aaron was the youngest boy at the party...so of course the older boys had to help out and show him how to do it!

 



We were still eating cake and cookies for days to come! It was so messy! But as you can see, he was one happy 2 year old boy!

 

Aaron turns 2! (Part One)

On July 14, our sweet Aaron turned 2! It's crazy to think about how fast he is changing and growing up. Since we just made our big move to Kansas, my plan for Aaron's birthday was to keep it simple. As you can see from the next million pictures...I somehow lost track of simple and went a little more overboard than originally planned :)

 

Aaron LOVES Mickey Mouse! He loves to watch the shows and read the books. He loves anything and everything Mickey. So naturally I had to have a little bit of a theme. The problem was it sort of took off and turned into a real party!

 

 I found a great cake bakery in Wichita who put this cake together for me on very short notice! Aaron and the other kids loved it! (But I don't think I'll ever do black icing again--you'll see why in the next blog post).

 

I found adorable Mickey party decor on Etsy (of course). Each child that came to the party got to take home a Disney straw and cup!

 I know, I know...overboard...but it was just too fun!
 

Again, Etsy is the best for all things related to children's birthday parties! I probably could have made these my self--but my train of thought is that if someone else will take the time to do it...I'll let them!

As you can see, it's dark outside! My wonderful Mom and husband helped get everything ready the night before. So I took pictures before the Path of Destruction (Aaron) woke up!

 On the morning of Aaron's birthday (and party) we decided to steal a cute idea from my sweet friend Laura! We snuck into his room and filled it with balloons! When he woke up we went in and sang to him and played with the balloons. I think he was a little confused at first but got excited as he saw we were so excited!

 

When Aaron came out of his room, we immediately directed him towards the giant Mickey balloon. He could not believe that Mickey was in the living room! He was pretty pumped about it! And this big Mickey balloon lived in our house for a long long time.

 

 

A quick family pic before the big party! Of course Aaron was not smiling...that's just how it is!

Happy 4th of July

 

We had such a fun 4th of July this year! We got to celebrate a little early with Grandpa Carl, Granny D, Uncle Daniel, Grammy and MaMaw. Grandpa Carl went a little crazy and bought up a ton of fireworks! The boys had fun watching the little sparklers and smokers goo off! We saved the big fireworks for Jarrett and his brother Brandon to shoot off later! It's amazing to live so far out in the country and to be able make as much noise as you want!

Grandpa Carl showing Aaron a firework after it had been used...I was a little nervous about all of this to say the least :) 

MaMaw and Grammy

 



Jarrett showing Aaron how to light a sparkler....uggghh...

 



It was literally 100+ degrees and the boys got hot pretty fast! So they came in for a quick water break!

 

 

On the actual 4th of July we went to a local park and let Aaron play. It was so hot, and we were the only family there :( He had a ball though!  And then later that night we went to the fireworks show out at the lake. And it was the BEST fireworks show that I have ever seen! Amazing! Can't wait for next year!



My patriotic cuties :)

 



A rare Mommy and Aaron pic!

 



 

 

Such a happy boy! I'm kind of in love with this sweet little man. What a joy!

 



Yee Haw!!!

Recently, Jarrett's grandma (MaMaw) gave us this hat....she's so sweet and thought that maybe Jarrett could wear it while he's working. Needless to say, it was a little small for Jarrett...but Aaron loves it!! He has never worn a hat for us before. We have tried every kind of hat and he always just pulls them off. But for some reason he loves this hat! And he always thinks he has to ride his horse when he wears it...it's pretty cute!

He'll even say Yee-Haw and Getty Up!! It's so entertaining to watch him have so much fun! Thanks MaMaw for helping us make these fun memories!

Gator Time

So one of the perks of being a part of a farming family, is that the kids get all kinds of fun toys from John Deere. You see if your farm buys a big tractor or combine, etc...they will sometimes throw in little things for the kids! So here's the newest toy--it's a small Gator for kids.

Jarrett's brother, Daniel, is 18 months older than Aaron...but as you can see, they are the same size! Daniel knows how to drive the gator, so Aaron is just the passenger and always holds on tight! 

They are so cute to watch drive all over the property! It's quite the work-out to keep up with them!

Being the helicopter Mom that I am...I of course wish Aaron was wearing a helmet of some kind. And every person out here thinks that I am insane! They don't go very fast at all, but I always imagine the worst.

I couldn't get them to both look at the camera. It was a bright, hot and sunny day...so Aaron wouldn't really look up!

It's always so fun to watch the boys play! I don't think I'll handle it very well when the toys get bigger...maybe they can just stay this size for a while! :)

June/Harvest 2012

What a busy time this month has been! Between moving and the wheat harvest, it seems that there has been very little time to slow down. I am so thankful that Grammy and Grandpa were here to help us with the transition and all of the work that needed to be done! It seems that we put people to work when they come visit--so be warned :) It really is a working farm!

We were fortunate to have a few days in June that weren't too incredibly hot...so of course we were outside! Here are a few pics from the front yard!



As you can see, we had to put in a fence to corral our very busy little boy! He would just run and head into the next field if we would let him!

Harvest was very early this year and seemed to go pretty fast!

I just love seeing this on the trucks! I feel pretty proud/blessed to be a part of this family!

Here's Jarrett cutting the wheat!!

Wheat dust, wheat dust everywhere!

 

Of course Aaron is ready to get in on the action!

Here's Grammy and Grandpa showing the wheat to Aaron.

Even Grammy got in on the action this year and go to go for a ride with Jarrett! Aaron did NOT want to get down from the combine....so needless to say the pictures were not so great right after this!

One day, if we are fortunate enough we would like to build our own home on the farm. This is the tentative spot that we have picked out! It's the highest point in the county...which as you can see..isn't all that high! But that's Kansas! So thankful for a good harvest and that we get to be a part of it all!