Transportation Museum

In a moment of insanity, errr good mothering, Krista and I loaded up all the kids for an afternoon adventure.

Fun at the Transportation Museum!

Choo! Chooo!

Our train lover was CRAZY happy to be here!

Julia: "Ryan, who are you going to marry?"
Ryan (ignoring her): Silence.
Julia: "Ryan!! WHO ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY?!"
Me: "Ry, your sister is talking to you."
Ryan: "Aggg. I am not going to marry anyone!"
Julia: "How come?"
Ryan: "Because I am going to have a busy job on a train, and I won't get to see those kids too much."

Baby Colin

Colin Anderson Rudd meets his brothers.  

Isn't he super precious?

Daddy love.

Ryan and Julia are in love with their newest nephew already!

Happy 4th Birthday, Tyler!

Tyler and Julia have a special cousin relationship, born just 6 weeks apart.

We had a fun day celebrating Tyler turning 4 by bouncing around.  Check out pics at Ruddology.

Dr.

Krista was away on a fun adults only trip, so Jul and I had some hang time with Tyler and Lucas while my mom took a little break.
While Jul was busy diagnosing me, and Tyler was giving me oxygen, Lucas beats up Jul...and our "hospital" keeps busy. =)

Happy 2nd Birthday, Lucas!

The kids were super excited to celebrate cousin Lucas' 2nd birthday!

Jake, Luke and Julia step away from their cake long enough for me to snap a pic.

Daddy and Julia get some sweet snuggles in the hammock chair.

Baby Cole (8 mos) is happy with his tummy full of watermelon!

Happy Birthday, Tyler!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Tyler!

Transportation Museum

Today was one of those days where we did something uber fun...but it didn't necessarily seem so fun. Do you ever have those days? Where it is fun, but still..um, lots of work??! Krista and I decided to bring the kids to the Transportation Museum.
Try bringing 4 kids 4 years and under out. Getting them ready. Loading them in the car. Thinking you know where you are going. And then you realize your GPS doesn't realize highway 40 is closed. And you put in a DVD just to get the kids to be quiet. Because you have already lost your temper and screamed at them. Twice. And then we finally made it. It was fun. And probably worth all the stress involved with just getting there. But for sure not the "vacation" this stay-at-home-mom gig seems to be!!!

Ryan climbs aboard!

The havoc wreckers themselves...

My little diva demanded on wearing these Mr. T/Mardi Gras style beads today. And, you know, I was picking my battles this morning!!!

Sigh, she is so cute and carefree!

I love how small Ry looks compared to this big engine!

Thanks God, for blessing us with these babies..even on the days when things seem very tough!

Cole, 6 days old

The kids give Aunt Beth some lovin'!

I could hold this cute little guy all day!

Twinkle Toes!

Today Krista and I stayed at preschool for a bit and caught the kids in worship time. Check out some of the cute pics Krista took/posted!

It's A Boy!

FUN NEWS! We've got another boy in our family! Coleman Mathew Conway was born via c-section to a VERY exhausted momma at 11:01pm tonight!

Ryan begs Uncle Mat to get to go back and see Aunt Beth...he's a great distraction after we have just learned after hours and hours of her labor a c-section will be necessary.

Julia was super excited to bring her baby doll to the hospital to meet her newest cousin.

The proud grandparents and daddy!

Can you believe less than an hour ago he was in his momma's belly still?

Pre-birth...their lives are moments away from changing forever!!!

Coleman Mathew
6lbs 1oz
born Sept 26, 2009 @ 11:01pm

Cousin playdate

Today Krista and I brought the kids to the park to hang out. Julia kept trying to hold Tyler's hand, but he wasn't feeling so friendly about that!

Happy 31 Uncle Brian!

Julia decides this is the best seat in the house. While Uncle Brian would maybe like to think she's just very fond of him, we all really know what she's doing here. =)

Tyler hitches a ride from Grandpa Schuette in the swing.

Ryan and Julia take a ride thanks to Uncle Brian.
Ryan very sweetly asks down "You okay, Jew-e-a?"

Par-tay!

Dying Easter Eggs 2009

The cousins have their priorities -- must eat to keep strength to dye eggs!

Tyler, Julia, Me, Ryan and Baby Lucas anxiously waiting for our eggs to dye!

Grammie brings a little pre-Easter surprise for the kids.

Ryan "carefully" dips an egg!

Cousin Lovin'

Hugs for Tyler, Julia and Lucas!

Ty shows off his gym skills!

Julia tries to copy Tyler and Lucas gets some lovin' from me!

Uncle Brian shows Ryan a zip-line in the woods. Ry doesn't quite get the concept that you have to hold on tight...fortunately, he was so shocked by his face plant that he didn't even cry. =)