True Story

Two sisters: one is neat, one is messy.  Nothing in this room was altered for the camera.

In case you are wondering and notice these things (Kendra!!!) their room is getting painted soon, hence all of the drywall patches.

Ice Skating

Steve's mom took the crew ice skating.  They loved it!!

Aaron is not mad, I think I just caught him in a moment of  being cold!!

Girls

I was so excited that our niece Alana was coming along this trip.  She is 6 months older than Greta and how sad that they are cousins who didn't know each other!!

The girls literally hit it off immediately.  Everyone came in the house after traveling for almost a full day and the girls ran right to Greta's room and began playing.  I hardly saw them all week, they just played and played.  It seemed that they are quite a bit alike.  Quiet, but strong in their certain ways.

I think this is one of my favorite pics I took when the family was here.  This was about 10 at night.  The kids were all up and the house was swirling with activity.  Alana had her iPad blaring to the 'Frozen' soundtrack and the girls were there coloring so contentedly.  What a sweet moment.

Boys

These 2 are big fans of each other.  So sweet.

A few good ones

Our disastrous photo shoot did yield a handful of good shots.

Huge Fail

As I mentioned yesterday, our attempt at getting a shot of all the Heitland cousins was a complete fail!  Had it been 30 degrees warmer and not muddy, I may have worked a little harder and with a bit more confidence.  But the littles were screaming, the bigs were freezing.  Complete fail on every level!!

At least we have a fun memory and some pics to laugh at.

I think this one might be my favorite.  Aiden looks like someone just chopped off his foot or something.

This one is close at least the boys are't wailing...but Aaron is looking away 

This was me throwing snow at them.  Sort of worked.  

It hasn't been quiet

Though my blog has been quiet these past couple of weeks, my house has not!  We were so excited to have 5 guests from CA to come visit us this past week.  Steve's mom, sister, brother, and our niece and nephew were all here.  It was so fun to be together.

One of the things that we wanted to accomplish when they were in was to get a pic of all the kids.  It has been 4 years since all the cousins have been together on the Heitland side.  Ashley and I had fun picking and coordinating outfits for the whole clan.  Unfortunately for us, the photo shoot was a total BOMB!!  Two screaming toddlers who would not quit...or cooperate.  I will post those pics soon.

So this was the best shot that we got.  It was a last ditch effort, having them sit on the back of Jer's truck.   It calmed Josiah down but Aiden was having none of it.