captain telegram.

Grampa had a little surprise up his sleeve at the party...his name, Captain Telegram!
And let me just say, you guys were great sports! Thanks for the laughs Grampa!

Sweet JenJen was NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE! Isn't she just the cutest preggo thing you've ever seen!

The kiddos even got in on this! Cole was thrilled, Cam, not so much ;)

Camden STILL can't figure that crazy man out! Ha...love it! Love you all!

I seriously can't believe Uncle Danny put up with this ;)

I'm not sure who's scarier...him or the monkey! :)

HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY!

Happy Graduation, Happy Baby Colin, Happy Birthdays :)

beautful bouquet.

Our first Sunday there, Mimi and Grampa threw a surprise Baby Shower for Baby Colin and Graduation party for Uncle Danny...and you know how our kids feel about parties :)

Cole wanted to get right to work on a flower bouquet with Mimi!

arrived.

Last week, our family packed up and headed SOUTH! We have missed that region and the people that come along with it so much!!!
There was a very happy Mimi and a very happy Grampa...and three very happy kiddos!


Lots of flower picking!


Lots of ball playing!

And lots of kisses and snuggles--Delayne is ALWAYS so good with those babies! We loved seeing Uncle Jim, Aunt Janie, and Delayne too!

in full bloom.

We had company a couple of weeks ago...our Benben and Katie came to hang out for a bit! The kids always LOVE these two!
See if you can see why :)



Basketball buddies!

Just had to throw this one in here...he's just too sweet!

Cole had this extravagant plan to have a "dandelion" party and to do so, she needed to collect LOTS of dandelions and much to her daddy's and my dismay, there are plenty in our backyard to choose from! Katie went right to work to do her part :)

We sure love all 3 of these boys!

...and our sweet Katie too!

Can I just say...I LOVE spring! All of the little surprises that bloom each morning (excluding dandelions that is)!!!

This one's for you Mimi!

zoo.

And yet another fav...which we've missed oh so much over the winter! And again, more friends...I am beyond grateful for all of the friendships both my kids and I have made here! They really do make this place home!

Cole, Camden and Brennan LOVED this! They laughed and squealed the whole time. Wish I could say the same for the baby brothers, Case and Chase, who were in the strollers screaming.


Check out cutie patootie Erin...she was trying to sneak out of the picture, but her and baby boy #3 made it into the shot ;)


These two really do love to climb!

museum.

Just another trip to one of our favs with some of our besties :)

Emma and Cole thought this was SO cool.


All of the kiddos spent quite some time in the auto department on this trip.


LOVE this picture of Megan and sweet Olivia! :)

Case really got into the trains...what a big boy!

Olivia joined in too.

big helpers.

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of ours from church, helped make a very anticipated project reality! We've wanted a patio out back for some time now but the expense alone has prevented that from happening. Our friend is in the business and when he came across free materials, he offered them to the Talty clan! We are beyond grateful for this gift!
Our kiddos were SOOOO into helping! Every waking moment for 3 days, they begged to be outside helping with the patio! Too cute!

More pictures of the finished product to come :)

peek-a-boo.

Once all of the company left, Case enjoyed a fun game of peek-a-boo with Aunt Crista.

I'm pretty sure he was yelling at her for stopping playing. Silly boy!