We are having a wonderful time here We are REALLY missing Payton though! I've never been away from him for more than 1 night so it feels really wierd! We are at the commodity classics at the Gaylord Resort in Grapevine Texas...beautiful place! Last night, Monsanto took all the state and national corn yield contest winners to the Circle R Ranch for a banquet with excellent food and Tracy Lawrence was there singing for us so that was kinda neat! I will write more later but just wanted to let you all know we are still alive :)

Here are  some cute pictures of Payton with Grandma Grace at Ruby Tuesday's ♥

I love you Grandma!♥

Where is the candy Grandma??

Snugglin' with Grandma☺

Here are some pictures of when we were at Grandma Grace's winter place...she has a very nice cozy place☺

Here is Jolyn with Grandma 

Grandma Grace with 2 of her daughters..wish Betty was there too!!

Here are some pics from our visit to see Grandma Grace & Bonnie & Loren, Francis & Jolyn...

Payton was having so much fun running outside...it was a pretty good day for that...just pretty chilly! 

We have been having a great but busy week! On Monday Mama, Payton and I went to see Grandma Grace and mama's sister Bonnie and family in Jasper MN....It was great to see where Grandma is now...she is doing really well there! Tuesday we went shopping in Sioux Falls and headed back home b/c Papa and Grandma Olga were getting here Tuesday night ☺ We are having a great time with all of them! Payton loves all the attention! 

I had a purse party tonight and it was a big success so that was great!  It's always fun to get a bunch of girls together....can't go wrong with the purses/bags/accessories☺

I will post pictures later of Payton and Papa/Nana and Grandma Grace and Grandma Olga but this is all for tonight♥

Nana and Payton at Granite City.  Payton stole all her croutons!

Nana and Payton snugglin' in the chair

Mommy and Payton with the roses Daddy got for Mommy. They were much prettier in the morning before they sat in the car all day in Fargo...I didn't have a picture so tried to put them back together when we got home last night...this is what I was able to save!

Payton got this little singing puppy for Valentines Day

Awwww...So sweet♥

He likes to hold onto the puppy's tail...it wiggles as it sings..kinda cute♥

My little Valentine♥

We have had a wonderful weekend! It started on Thursday...Daddy, Mommy, and Payton went to the Bison game and of course that was fun! Payton liked all the junkfood and the BBall he also really liked the Bison mascot too...I think we heard a 1000 times "where the bison, where the bison?" Then we went to the Holiday Inn for some swimming and sliding down the pirate ship...during the night daddy got up and headed for the train station to get Nana(she came on the train so that when papa gets here they don't have 2 vehicles to take home) so when we woke up on Friday morning Nana was there too! That was pretty exciting :)  Mama and I had a fun day shopping while daddy spent the afternoon with Payton...We met up later and went to Johnny Carinos for dinner that night which was very yummy! Nana and Payton played with puzzles at the motel while mommy and daddy got to go out for awhile alone...I think we all enjoyed ourselves :)

Then came Valentines Day(did I mention it's my favorite holiday?)! We went out swimming in the morning and then out to Granite City for lunch and Nana and I were lucky enough that Payton fell asleep in the stroller at the mall so we once again had a fun day shopping together! When Payton woke up(by the way, he doesn't usually fall asleep in the stroller) we went for cookies and Dinoland! Of course Payton had fun there playing with Nana...then Auntie Kendra showed up with a friend(Jenny Smith) so that was even more fun! We had a great Valentines Day! Did I mention I woke up to some beautiful red roses? :)  Yes, Travis is a sweetie! 

We had a great day today(Sunday) too...went to meeting, had naps, went to gospel meeting and then to Pizza Ranch...Nana and Payton have been playing all evening and now they are reading stories before bed :) 

I've babbled on long enough, I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines weekend! 

Our pictures are minimal since my camera was dead ...We have some more on Nana's camera but no cord...we'll have to wait...here are a few from my cell and from when we got home last night

Happy Valentines Day!

This will be incredibly short since it is getting super late but since Valentines Day is my favorite holiday, (hearts,love,sweetness,candy,pink,red....you get the picture, I'm a girly girl!  ) I wanted to at least make a little post on this special day! :)

There will be more tomorrow about our special weekend together with Nana! 

♥ Happy Valentines Day!!!♥

Papa....if you happen to see this...Payton really really misses you and is pretty sad you aren't here so hurry up and get here! ♥

Heidi read him lots of books when she was here...he had lots of fun with Charlene too!

He really likes to "play" the guitar, especially when daddy plays his too...Payton's guitar broke but we found one he had when he was a baby and has been using that...

shhhh.....I think Nana and Papa are bringing him a new one....he will be very excited!

He does lots and lots of dancing around the house... ☺

He really likes to be a cowboy ... yee-hah!

He kept his pull-up dry ALL day...☺




We've been working on the potty training on and off for awhile now....I haven't posted any pictures of it yet so I'll just post several from when we started until now.  He has been doing Much better with it the last few days which I am incredibly happy about.... will it last?? 

He loves to wash his hands in the sink especially at home with the bright green soap☺

My little Genius ☺

I was looking through some of our pictures and came across some that I never posted that I thought were kinda cute☺

Aunt Tammy had gotten him this skunk costume....He didn't end up being the skunk for Halloween but had fun parading around the house in it....Would have been way too warm for NC trick-or-treating!

Going to Chloe's party reminded me I have a little one turning 3 in just a couple months!!!! 

I love planning parties....I'll have to start thinking of a theme one of these days!

The kids had fun playing with Chloe's new toys....she got a lot of fun stuff!

Travis and Cole blew up the ball castle...hmmmm....isn't that what air compressors are for? ☺

Smooth with the ladies just like his daddy....it doesn't start yet, does it?? ☺

Chloe turns 2! She had a really fun Birthday Party and Payton enjoyed playing with the kids....It was an Elmo party...very cute! The cake was adorable and she had really cute cookie monster cupcakes too!

Gary playing games with the kids☺

Getting his groove on with the girls☺

Aunt Tammy teaching how to do handstands...

The girls playing dress-up

Payton "reading" to the girls☺

Wow....all the kids sitting in chairs reading books!  (that doesn't happen too often anymore)

Payton had fun with the costumes...since we got back home he has been a lot more into Superman...running around saying "scary man, scary man" ☺

Payton loves to put on hats...not real hats...boxes, plates, bowls, cups...you get the picture!

Payton and the other kids playing in the snow...Daddy helping him up...Patty helping him climb the hill....he's wasn't a huge fan of the snow then.  Just this last week he started to really enjoy it, so we're hoping for some good weather!

So I guess that is enough of the Reunion....I'll move on to New Years at Aaron & Tammie's