Back Home and Our Staycation

Boys at the Zoo
Mommy and her boys
The African Safari

Riding the train

Train fun

Marcus "helping" make the cakes

Cars rug that Gma Gpa Kelly got the boys

New bikes

Fun with Maven

Opening cards

New legos

Silly boys

Carson and Daddy

Fun on the Carousel

Carson

Cole

Funny bird that would run back and forth along the fence with the boys

Daddy and his boys

Brothers

Cole monkeying around...

Hippo up close to us...

Cole

Celebrating with Payton and Cade, after an afternoon of swimming

Birthday boy "A"

Big 3 year olds

Birthday boy "B"

Well as of last Friday we are all back home under one roof again. Levi did get all the required neuro cases but was still lacking 4 hearts. His director is able to send him to SD for a week in Sept to finish up that portion of specialty rotations. Things didn't go exactly according to plan, however Levi is satisfied with the new plan and at peace with it all. He has to go back for a week of conferencing in Sept anyway, so now this will just be added on to his other week, so at least he won't have to make the drive up there twice. We are thankful for God's mercy in all things.

Wow, the last month has whirled by in a hurry...Levi was able to come see us each weekend while we were in KC. On the boys 3rd birthday we took them to the KC Zoo, afterwards came home and had a family party. Grandma and Papa Ballew, Grandma and Papa Kelly, Greg, Alexis, and Maven were all able to be there. On their actual birthday we had the Minnis kids over for swimming and cake. This year I decided to make them each their own cake. They love to play ball, so Cole got a football cake, and Carson got a baseball cake. Marcus was such a good helper in making the cakes, but especially good at cleaning up! ;)

Tomorrow Marcus starts preschool, and he is very excited about it! I'll post some pic's of that in the morning. On Sunday we had an ice cream social at his school to get to meet the teacher. She is very nice, and we know Marcus will have a great time there. He will only be going 4 mornings a week for 2 hours. I'm expecting a few tears in the morning, so say a prayer for him if you think of him.

This week we are enjoying having Levi home with us, as he took a week of vacation. It has been at least a year and a half since we've had that much time with him. (He had 15 days to use throughout the whole program, and so far has only used a few) We are just staying here in town and enjoying being home. I have a mega TON of pictures from our last several weeks. Today is the first time I've been able to slow down and get them downloaded on the computer. Some are from birthday celebrations, and some are from our visit to the Zoo, none of which are in any specific order... Hope you enjoy!