Father's Day pictures

Last month for Father's Day my sister gave me the idea to take pictures of the kids and give them to Les as his present.  This way he would have some updated pictures for his desk at work.  He had already told me he didn't want me to get him anything so, this would be a cute little surprise.  I got the kids dressed and we headed over to my parents house.  I didn't want Les to see what I was doing and this way my mom could help wrangle the kids a little bit.  With the summer we are having, it was of course a very sunny day and the kids kept complaining everytime the sun was in their eyes (like who complains about that..hahaha).  In the end, we were able to get a few very cute pictures.

 

I just love this one!!!  They all look great, but I particularly love Logan's happy face.

In case you can't tell, the kids feet says "We love Dad"

(I was totally bummed because I left that white baby wipe in view for the picture)

We say this shows Audrey's true colors :)  Trying to elbow her brother in the face!

And here is a super sweet one of my Five Beautiful Babies!!!!!

Chicago

The day after we got back from The Falls, we packed the car back up and headed to my sister Lisa's house for a few days.  She relocated from the DC area to the Chicago area last year and we hadn't been to see her yet.  A situation came up for us to go there and so we took advantage and went.  The kids were of course thrilled to be able to see their cousins and I was happy to see my sister.  When we arrived at her house she asked me if I was going to leave the kids with her the next day so that Les and I could go into the city.  I told her that I hadn't planned on it because I of course was not expecting her to watch my kids.  She practically insisted (haha) so we totally took her up on her offer.  As many know, we are experiencing some extreme heat over here so, we didn't stay very long.  It was just to hard to walk around with little Wyatt in tow because we didn't want him to get too overheated.  However, we were able to spend a couple of hours downtown and had a great time.

Les and Wyatt with some fabulous downtown behind them!

Wyatt and I on the Water Taxi

On the Metra heading back to Lisa's house.  (Lisa dropped us off at her local train station and we were able to take the train into the city and not have to worry about driving and parking.) 

Niagara Falls

Two weeks ago we took a little trip to Niagara Falls.  We left on a Saturday morning and meet up with my parents who were already there.  We only stayed 1 night, but it was perfect for us!

Audrey and Logan enjoying the beautiful view

Bradyn thought it was great

(We somehow did not get a picture of Parker looking at the Falls, but he too loved the view)

Family shot!

As many know, Niagara is a huge tourist trap.  There were a ton of places that you could really just spend a fortune on.  Unfortunately for my kids, we are a big family and so we could not afford to spend the amount of money it would take to enjoy these attractions.  However, there were some places that had things outside that you could take your picture by.  Sorry kids, that is all we could do for you :(  Maybe someday we will have the money to actually go inside some of these places.

Here is all the kids outside the Guinness Book of World Records Museum thing.  With a replica of the Tallest Man!

This is a replica of the Fattest Man.

It was a super quick trip, but still a great one where we were able to make some great memories.  What stinks is Les and I and the 4 oldest kids went on the Maid of the Mist with my dad, but we left all our phones (with camera) with my mom and Wyatt so, we didn't get a single picture :(

I would like everyone to meet Landon Charles Stevenson. We just found out today sorry the picture is not so good.

Caroline hates Hannah's glasses

Hannah was trying to read a book and all of a sudden Caroline started crying. We had no idea why at first and then we realized that she hates Hannah's reading glasses. We thought we should share it with the rest of the family so here is a video for you to check out.