Our Goodbye to Daddy's Childhood Home

Clara's cousin Zane recently turned SIX!! We celebrated with the family over the weekend and our Scout was delighted to be with her cousins.

Clara's always down to enjoy a cupcake for any occasion!

She tagged along with will her big cousins through out the day. They are all at the right age where they don't seem to mind much and think that everything that Clara does is cute. It isn't uncommon for Clara to frequently announce "I'm so cute" after a weekend of spending time with her big cousins -Taylor, Hailey & Ashley! We are loving family gatherings with this combination because the girls make GREAT babysitters and Clara is thrilled to be with them and therefore obeys their every request. At one point we found all of the girls in watching Monsters Inc. It was adorable to see them all together like this - Clara trying so hard to fit right in!

She is captivated by the movie and SO tired at this point, but happy as can be!

The next day we spent a relaxing day at Kevin's parents house, the house Kevin grew up in. Grandma & Grandpa Michael sold the house last summer along with the farm and finally found their new home in the town of Quincy. They plan on moving after the first of June and while we hope to get back before then, with our travel schedule and Kevin's work business, we may not be able to. We spent the day enjoying the house, taking pictures and letting Clara wander the yard and pick Grandma Carol's beautiful flowers.

She had so much fun collecting the flowers. She got so excited when she would spot a blooming flower and race over to pick it!

Grandma & Clara

Mommy is even sad to say goodbye to the farm. In the past ten years Kevin & I have been together, we have had a lot of fun times together, with our friends, and now as a family in this home, plus the view is amazing!

Sometimes we wonder if Clara would have enjoyed being a farm kid too...