Omaha ZOO

After we dropped my mom off at the airport in Omaha we decided to make the trip more fun and go to the Omaha zoo! I guess it is the second largest in the country next to San Diego. And it was pretty big with a lot of cool stuff! They had this huge Desert dome - you can see it from the freeway - as well as a huge Jungle house, Aquarium, butterfly house, cat complex, and more! It was awesome and we were all so exhausted when the day was over! Haley favorite thing was definately the Giraffes - from the moment we stepped into the zoo that is all she wanted to see - and they did not dissapoint, she loved it! My favorite was probably the gorillas - there was one that had a one year old baby and she just looked exhausted while the baby was crawling all over her (I could definately relate). Parkers favorite was probably either the monkeys or the fish. He kept saying "ish, ish". Also they were feeding the penguins and the kids got to be right up next to the glass to watch, and they both loved that! They also had a petting zoo which was fun. Haley found this little goat laying down that she became good friends with and after much coaxing Parker pet it as well. It was a wonderful day!

Grandma Jackson's Visit!

As I mentioned before, April was our month of visitors and to end it off was my Mom coming! It was so fun to spend some time with her. It was really cute when we picked her up from the airport - there was a long hallway that we knew she would be coming out of but we had to wait and one end of it. The kids were so anxious to find Grandma! When they saw her coming they both bolted down the hallway and when she saw them she started running too :) I so wish I would have had my video camera or even just my camera to get some pics - it was like a scene out of a movie - but I forgot it of course, so it will just have to be one of those memories ingrained (sp?) in my brain! My mom was able to go to preschool with Haley and she was so excited for Grandma to come with her! It was just so fun and as always we were all so sad when she left!

Flying a kite with Grandma! I can't believe this is the only pic I took of her and the kids - ugh I'm such a slacker sometimes.

WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA JACKSON! WE MISS YOU!

I LOVE SPRING!

Spring is definately my favorite season! I love to see all the buds on the trees, the grass greening up, and the beautiful flowers! I especially love spring in Iowa - it just seems to be so much greener then out west and I LOVE GREEN! Here are some pics I took around our yard (took them a couple weeks ago)

The kids on the tree swing Scott made for them. They love it and so do I! Its just made out of rope with a board to sit on - it looks like its been there forever. BTW the day I took these pics was a grub out day so dont mind the grubby clothes, dirty faces, and crazy hair ;)

These are there Easter outfits - a little late I know, but better late then never :)

Visit from Grandma & Grandpa Wangsgard

April was the month of visitors for us and we loved every minute of it! We had Mike and his family for Easter and then a couple weeks later we had Scotts mom and dad! It was so fun to have them here. The kids loved waking up in the morning and going downstairs to cuddle with Grandpa and Grandma. We also had a fun day at Iowa State with them - there was a college celebration with a parade and carnival and things. It was a lot of fun and we were so glad to share it with scott's mom and dad. We were all so sad to see them leave!


Hanging out with Grandma - doesn't get much better than that!

Chilling out at the parade! We were lucky it was such a nice day!

Look a tractor! Or as Parker would say it "Tah-tes"

Riding the car ride at the Carnival. This truck was the only one with a horn and they both loved it! Both of them had so much fun - it was really cute! (I wonder how much one of these rides costs - it would entertain them all day ;)

In the bounce house (what a rip off!) By the time they had it figured out they had to get out - but they still had fun :)
WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA AND GRANDPA WANGSGARD! THANKS FOR VISITING!

Baby Poop...

After Haley had gone to the bathroom the other day we had this conversation as I was helping her 'clean up'

Haley, "Mom those are just little...they are baby poops!"
Me, " Your right Haley those are little ones"
Haley, "Ya they are the babies"
Me, " Oh, OK.." (thinking this would be the end of the conversation - which it was for a minute)

About 2 minutes later after going to the bathroom AGAIN:

Haley, "MOM! Those ones are big! That is the mommy and Daddy!!"
Me, (trying not too laught too hard) "Oh yep those are big"
Haley, "They missed their babies, huh!"
Me, "I guess so"
Haley (as she is flushing) "Bye mommy and daddy"

:)

Easter Egg Hunt

Spring has finally sprung and all the Wangsgard family is so much happier now!! We are loving the nice weather and being able to play outside so much!! Iowa is so much prettier when it starts to turn green! We also were lucky enough to have Scott's brother Mike and his family here for Easter. It was so much fun! On Saturday we had an easter egg hunt in our yard and it was fun to have all the kids here. Haley and her cousin Becky had so much fun together and Haley was so excited to have someone to play with all the time - she cried when they had to leave! Here are some pics of the hunt:

Get READY,

Get SET,

GO!!!!





Parker had so much fun looking for eggs and was so excited when he found one. He would walk around looking for them saying "mo, mo" (more, more). Also, when no more eggs could be found we were still missing one- we looked and looked but no one could find it - we decided to give up knowing it would turn up eventually. Well the next day Parker was playing outside by the trailer (which was out for Mike to take to nauvoo) and came running toward me "momma, momma" with the missing egg in his hand!! It must have been right at his level where no one else could see! If we'd a just known to leave it up to the one year old the day before ;)

Haley also had fun looking for eggs and was very nice to leave the 'easy' ones for Parker ;)

Easter Morning:
This is the loot from the Easter Bunny. Haley was so excited to get a kite! That was all she wanted!

Some toys to play outside with!

I love this picture - trying out the sunglasses with a mouthful of candy :)

Trying out the new kite - It wasnt quite windy enough to stay up for very long but she still enjoyed it.

Isnt it supposed to be spring?!!

So I am seriously getting sick of posting pictures of the snow!!I have spring fever so bad but it's March now and the snow it still definately here so I guess I'll post these pics. Will Spring ever come?!!

This is the snowbank at the bottom of our driveway - and this was after a few days of melting!! I think it might be July before all this snow is gone!!

Scott helped Haley make a slide - who needs a playground when you have snow?!





The Cowboy Snowman! With it warming up a little the snow was finally wet enough to make a snowman - Haley loved it!

This ice sculpture was made from a pipe running along the deck that drips a little - kind of cool.

They love playing in their house and "make dinner". Haley will lean out the window to take my order - its pretty cute.

He's such a cheeser!