cowtown

Today was National Museum Day, and being lovers of free things, we cashed in on some free tickets to the Old Cowtown Museum today. I had never been there before and was excited for the experience, but more so was excited to spend the day, outside of the house, doing something with my family. And bonus, it was FREE. Did I mention that we love free things? I would share some amazing pictures with you of my adorable children walking through the saloon, pumping water from the well, or studying in the one room school house, but alas, I forgot my camera. I swear I get more forgetful the more children I have. However, I do have many new photos of the boys that I have taken, and promise to post them soon. Right now I am in the rocking chair snuggling a sleeping Dylan who has decided that a nap in his bed just isn't going to happen today.

Oh, the point of this post: Cowtown was a fun experience and I highly recomend taking your family to explore the past. When the boys are a little older we'll go back. And next time, I'll take my camera.

family pictures

We had family pictures taken at the end of August and they are online for viewing. It is going to be so hard to choose which ones to buy. The shoot was quick, but she got some great shots. In the past we have always gone to Portrait Innovations but this time we got to go "fancy" as Collin would say. Dan has taught 2 of the photographer's kids and for Christmas last year she gave us a gift certificate for a free shoot and an 11x14. A pretty awesome gift, but of course I have to buy more than that, and being on a tight budget is going to make choosing that much harder. To view the pictures, click on the link below, go to 'clients' and enter password 'berry'.
Photography by Christa Danielle
If you have a really small screen, as I do on my laptop, you will not be able to see the buttons at the bottom to find 'clients'.
Enjoy oohing and aweing over my beautiful family!

fun in the sun

We spent the day at my parents' house. There ain't nothin' better than...

...hanging out with mommy
...swimming with daddy

...visiting with family

...spying on the neighbors

...eating pretzels off the ground

...relaxing in a swing with a cold drink

...washing baby brother

...and getting your first sun burn

okay, having a sun burn isn't fun, but my kid is cute!

spring break in pictures

We've had quite an eventful spring break.

On March 15th Ronan was baptized...

On the 16th we spent the afternoon at the zoo with my mom, younger sister and my grandpa...

and on the 17th we went to the Sedgwick County Park...

This is Collin enjoying the park...

and this is Ronan enjoying the park...

We also got to feed the ducks while we were there. Collin loved getting to throw bread into the water, but for some reason he always threw it in the opposite direction of the ducks. Silly boy.

Him and his daddy sure looked cute though!

The rest of the week was spent being lazy around the house. We had lunch/dinner with my parents and sister on Wednesday to say goodbye to Dani before she headed back to Oregon. It was really good getting to spend time with her over the last several days. We miss you already Dani and can't wait till your next trip back to Kansas!

Tomorrow should be another fairly lazy day except for a trip to the dr. Saturday Dan will be at wrestling all day, and then we have Sunday together as a family before spring break officially ends. *sigh*