Thursday, August 5, 2010

Farm Living is the Life for Me...

We recently returned from our annual MN trip and packed in all sorts of unique experiences... The Children's Museum in the Twin Cities was 3 stories and HUGE. We didn't make it to everything. Yes, my neice is wearing a cast. Just another day for my poor sister with the Fearless One. And yes, Faith does have blue paint all over her face. The Museum had a paint-your-own face station. Who thought that was a good idea?

We were also able to do a cruise in one of my mom and dad's toys. We took the convertible which explains the pictures before...and after. With a new vehicle purchase looming in the near future, I seriously considered a convertible. If only they made 'em with one more seat for #3! The slight discomfort is worth the guaranteed nap!
On the way, we stopped at a great toy store called Lark Toys. They have a hand carved wooden carousel. The man who makes (or made, I believe he passed away) many of the wooden toys for the toy store did a lot of work for Disney. We were adequately impressed. Oh and the picture above is just to document Ryan's brand of humor. I know, strange.
Faith got to ride Molly, my sister's mare. Note the special orange ribbon and mane-do that was done for Faith's visit...
And here we are checking out one of Faith's favorite spots. My brother-in-law has some research plots of corn and soy beans. They let the kids run through the soy beans since they're low enough to still view where the kids are. My little city girl earned some callouses on her feet running barefoot outside in the dirt and gravel, I'm so proud of her! We also were able to go raspberry picking and make jam to bring home!

And I thought this was a great one to end on...


Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Tucker Town is adding another...

Boy!!!

At least we're ready for him. He'll still be in style since he's just a year behind the last one:) And the toys were never even put in the attic so we don't have to sort through black garbage bags guessing by the shape if they're the appropriate stage.

Faith was such a trooper. Despite the fact she has told everyone she knows she wanted a girl (including the sonographer right before the sonogram), once we told her, she said without skipping a beat, "That's OK, now I'll have 2 princes."

And "PRAISE THE LORD", this is the first pregnancy that everything is normal so I don't have travel, lifting or any other restrictions. God is so faithful in fulfilling our needs. Though I wasn't able to lift Faith the last few months with Zachary, she was old enough to get in and out of her car seat herself and we even were able to get her in grocery carts with a little ingenuity. And it was great for her to start doing those things on her own, becuase I would have continued to be a crutch. I obviously won't be able to get away with that this time around!

So, anyone have any good boy names? It seems like we were just down this road...