August 30,2008

Well we made our annual trip to the Twin Falls Idaho County Fair last weekend. Brady's mother Julie went with us. We were able to visit Brady's uncle Donald and aunt Janet on Sunday for awhile before the trip home. We had a great time as always. The kids loved the animals, the rodeo and the carnival rides... well... most of them! Zane wanted to go on one until he was strapped into the car and a child in another car beeped the horn. He bawled his eyes out to get out. He didn't want anything to do with any of the rides after that. I think he has sensitive hearing. They LOVED the petting zoo. Cole and Zane got a kick out of hand feeding many different animals. Gracie loved the goats but did NOT like the way they felt when she tried to feed them :)

Big Kisses!

I love you daddy!

Goats!

Gracie and Zane at the rodeo in Twin Falls

Cole at the rodeo in Twin Falls

Zane Cole and Gracie

Whew!

Whew! What a busy week we had Cole celebrated his 11th birthday on Friday. I can't believe it's been that long! We had 10 kids over for a slumber party. The other parents tell me I'm absolutely nuts to do this but it's actually ALOT of fun and I know Cole appreciates the effort. His theme this year was Star Wars. I make a really cute R2D2 cake for him. The cake making is my favorite part of the preparations. We've done some fun cakes over the years. Zane's last one was Lightning Maqueen and it was awesome! Gracie's 1st birthday cake was a daisy. The babies spent Friday night with Grandma and Grandpa "Timo" and Saturday Grandma and Grandpa "Sammy" came for a visit and brought Cole a gift. Later all three kids went to the movies with Grandma and Grandpa "JoJo" and then spent that night with them. This gave me a much needed night to recooperate from all the fun hahaha.
If you are wondering where the grandparents got their nicknames from they were given to them by Cole at about age 2. He named his Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen after their siamese cat Sammy who has since passed away. Later he decided Grandma and Grandpa Blechert should be named after their Shih Tzu "Timo" they inherited from his uncle Curtis. Grandpa and Grandma Johnson didn't have any pets so they were named after Grandma JoDee. Funny how kids come up with these things!

Cole and Gracie - Aug 2006

Gracie and Zane - Aug 2006