Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Moving and the 4th of July in Kansas!

I promise I am almost caught up.....But here goes some more...
I didn't take many pictures during the madness of our moving adventure, but here are a few I did take. In this one, I am in the truck taking a picture of Jack, Dustin, Zander, and our chuck full garage!
Jack in the truck! He loved the truck! It made his feet black. Gross.
Our big truck....and it wasn't big enough. We also had to get a little trailer to pull behind the big truck, and stuffed our cars full! Too much crap!
Melissa and Shawn were so wonderful and flew out to help us move and drive the truck and our cars to from Bozeman to Laramie! We only made it 2 hours the first night. We ate at Red Lobster in Billings, and Jack and Dustin went swimming at the pool at our hotel. Here is Shawn, Melissa, and Zander pool side.
Jack and Dustin swimming!
Cheese!
Going down the slide!
Swimming!
Melissa and Zander!
This is at our place in Laramie. Shawn and Melissa worked WAY hard helping unload the truck, set stuff up, etc. Here they are resting with Zander!
We pretty much just unloaded the truck, dumped stuff in the living room and a few bedrooms, sort of set up the kitchen, and then we all loaded up our Highlander - already a tight squeeze, and headed for Kansas for the LaCrosse High all school reunion and the fourth of July. We of course had to stop at a Wyoming fireworks stand and loaded up the already full vehicle with lots of fireworks. We pretty much all had fireworks around our ankles, in our laps, and all around for the 7 hour drive. We got to Kansas around 2 or 3 in the morning. Here are some highlights from our trip:
Our little Enslinger family in front of Dustin's parent's house
The Enslingers and the Minges!
Dustin's sister, Melissa, and her cute little family - Shawn and Gillian!
Jack and Gillian playing in the pool! (Thankfully during our trip back this year the weather was so nice! Low humidity and in the 80s!) Wahoo for no 100+ weather while we were there! :)
More pool fun!
Jack and Zander snuggling for their nap!
Gillian and Jack hanging out at the All School Reunion
Jack enjoying a late night snack of chips with Grandpa Enslinger
Jack and Gillian
Jack playing tea party by himself!
Gillian and Jack having lunch together!
Jack had to take apart his sandwich, just like Gillian...
Gillian holding Zander!
Cute little Gillian!
Jack and Gillian riding the wood things at Enslinger Lumber waiting for the big parade!
Dustin, John, and Bruce helping Jack pick up candy....and pocketing some themselves. :)
Shawn, aka the King of Fireworks helping Jack light a firework.
Watching the parade!
Jack and Daddy awaiting the parade.
Great Grandma Enslinger with a very zonked out Zander
Great Aunt Belinda holding Zander, Great Grandpa, and Great Aunt Kathy!
Zander fell asleep like this on me!
Dustin and Jack and Shawn and Gillian doing Pop Its
Zander enjoying his first taste, or at least sniff, of a rice crispy treat.
Jack doing sparklers!
Jack enjoying a much needed nap on Grandpa and Grandma's nice bed!
Gillian and Shawn doing fireworks
Fireworks!
Jack tackling the big stuffed turtle!
Great Grandpa with Zander and Jack
Great Grandma with Zander and Jack

Grandpa with Zander and Jack
Grandma telling Zander the never easy "Good bye"
Jack chilling and reading on the way home...with a lot more room! :)

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