going away

This past Saturday we had a little going away get together.  Yes, I threw myself a party.  Ha.  We just invited our friends and family down here to come out and play so we could see them all one more time before we move.  I'd say over half the people we invited didn't come, but even at that, we still had a good turnout and I think everyone who came had a good time.

Back in the fall we had planned to have a big combined birthday party for all three boys but it ended up getting rained out so we just had little family celebrations.  So, our goodbye party was the perfect opportunity to go ahead and rent that big bounce house.  And boy did we get our money's worth.  The place we got it from lets you have it for 2 days normally, but the pick-up guy kept having things come up so we ended up getting 4 days of bouncey house fun!  We loved it! (well everyone except for pumpkin baby, he's terrified of the thing).

On to the pictures...

Having some family play time before our friends arrive.

Brenna (my cousin's wife) getting her baby snuggles in.

The kids convinced some of the grown-ups to get in the bounce house.

C was so excited his buddy from school came.  They had the best time together.

Gah!  Those baby blues!!!

C looks so grown up in this picture!  It's that hair!!!  I see teenagers walking around with hair like that.  I love these little people so much!  I wish all three of my boys were in this photo, but that third little was hiding. ;)

Family selfie time in the bounce house!

"It ate my entire family!"  Haha!  Poor, sad baby.  Don't worry, I didn't stay in too long.

What a fun day it was!  Enjoying our beautiful back yard made me pretty sad to leave it.  But, new adventures await us.  The move is creeping up quickly.  We are actually headed up to KS again this weekend.  Hubby's grandfather passed away last week so we're heading up for his services.  I'm hoping I can get a lot done tomorrow because we're not ready to go at all.  Got a call from C's school today that he was in the office with a sore throat and fever.  Took him to urgent care after I picked him up and he's got strep. :(  Poor guy.  He was not feeling well at all, and it takes a lot to slow him down.  I'm hoping that first dose of antibiotics and a good night's rest will have him feeling better in the morning.  Well, the baby just woke up crying so time to get out from this pile of laundry I'm sitting in (at least it's clean!) and maybe get some packing done.