Trip to Dubuque

We decided to take a little trip to Dubuque as a family vacation. We stayed at the Grand Harbor Resort and Water Park.

It was fun to get our swimsuits out. We actually bought Noelle a swimsuit that day (that way she wouldn't have to wear her hand-me-down boy shirt and trunks.)

Amazingly Jet was able to fall asleep amid all of the noise of the water. We just wrapped him in a towel and held him close.

Both boys LOVED being in the hot tub.

Noelle discovered some big slides that she wanted to go down over and over again.


We didn't take too many pictures at the water park because we didn't want the camera getting wet or stolen.



Later we went to the River Museum and Aquarium just down the street. Jet was a trooper in his car seat.

This water wall was a hit. The kids loved getting their fingers all wet!

I discovered that aquariums make me seasick. Go figure! I had to go sit down away from all of the water tanks for a while.

Do you see the 2 eagles in this picture?

Jet is 4 months!

Okay, technically Jet is almost 5 months, but I did recently take him in for his 4 month appointment.

He is a little kid, weighing 13.5 pounds. That is the 7%, but right on track for my skinny kids. His height was better, 26 inches or 65%.

We also started him on rice cereal. So far he is really liking it.

Morgan used the snowblower to make a big pile by the deck. Eli then dug out the inside to create a nice snow fort.

Morgan worked from home one morning last week. It was cute to see him and Noelle both on their iPads.

Beautiful Kids!

Noelle pulled out part of her hair, but I was feeding Jet, so I didn't notice until afterwards.

For some reason Josh was nervous about getting his picture taken. But he did very well.

Eli was a star. He came up with most of his own poses for the photographer to shoot.

Jet was a great, smiling baby. He kept trying to kick himself out of the poses, though.

I let each of the kids pick their favorite picture. This one is Josh's. The dog is his special little pet.

Noelle wanted a picture with her "Pink Piggy" as she calls him.

This is my favorite picture of them all. I am a very lucky mother.

Eli wanted to pose this way, and this was his favorite shot that he asked me to get.

First Haircut!

Thanks, Sienna!

For Christmas the Palmer cousins draw names and give gifts to each other.  This year Sienna had Jet's name.  She wanted to make him a gift and so she learned how to croquet and made this beautiful little hat.

Unfortunately, it didn't quite fit him, but it was perfect for this little penguin that Sienna also gave Jet.

THANKS SIENNA!

January Fun

I love spending time with my kids, but I often forget to pull out the camera!  If I don't have pictures than I don't feel like updating the blog. But I am going to try to get better with the pictures and with the blog!

Noelle is happy about something!

Jet is learning how to play with his toys. 

He loves to smile!

He always ends up sideways in his pack-n-play. 

Morgan is taking Noelle for a ride on the shovel after clearing the walks. 

Eli dug a big hole in the snow, to relax in. 

My mom called me up and asked for a picture of my entire family...Jet included. I was sad to admit that even though he was 4 months old we did not have a picture together.

I rectified that by asking the missionaries to take some photos for us.

This one is my favorite!

Jet is going to be my finger-sucker. He would rather have his fingers in his mouth than anything else. 

A great friend gave us a Bumbo! Jet loves sitting up with us at dinner time. He can't quite stay there for too long, but he is getting stronger.