Jesse James Days 2011

A little late but here are the pictures from Jesse James Days :)  The boys had so much fun with all of the festivities!  It was a busy weekend, it all started with the yummy fair food!  The Wendling Family set down to Jesse James Days Thursday night for some cheesecurds, corn dogs (thanks uncle chris & cousin andy from the Mason corn dog stand)  shishkabobs, mini donuts and so much more junk food!  The we were headed off to the Wildwest shooting show, the boys had fun watching the cowboys shoot off there guns from there horses :)

The boys had lot's of fun walking in the kiddie parade, they got all dressed up in there cowboy gear and off they went with little johnny!  Ryder had to ride the pony bareback because we forgot the saddle at home!  But he did awesome and johnny was a hit at the parade!  Augustus rode in the wagon and Westen walked with his buddy Sebastian and his brother Boden.  It was such a fun day! The boys talked about it for weeks afterwards!  They especially love that little johnny camps out in our backyard fence!  They wake up every morning and can't wait to take care of him and saddled him up for pony rides.
It was such a great weekend!

The Childrens Museum- Lego Knight

The boys had a blast with some friends and family at the Children's museum,  The Lego knight exhibit was a huge hit!  They could have stayed there all day long!  They loved building legos, dressing up in costumes and so many more fun things that are wonderful children's museum has to offer :)

Westen's first day at all day Kindergarten at Saint Dominics and Ryder's First day of Preschool at Hand in hand :)

 I sent Westen and Ryder off to the first day of school today!  I cannot believe I have two boys in School!  Westen started All day Kindergarten at Saint Dominic's and Ryder is going to preschool Tues/Thurs am at Hand in Hand Nursery School.  The boys were super excited and couldn't get out the door fast enough this morning. 

It really sunk in to me last night that I was sending my boys off to school.  I was kinda sad, Westen is going to be gone Monday- Friday from 7am-3:30pm!  I am going to miss my little buddy!  So is Ryder and Gus, they have so much fun playing together they are going to get bored with out all the action at our house!  Our whole family walked Westen to the bus stop this morning and waved goodbye to him at 7am :(  Then we hoped in the car and headed to Saint Dominic's to make sure that Westen made it ok!  I was worried because he had a bus transfer at the middle school, but he did it! Yeah!  I got teary eyed again when I saw him getting off the bus at school but he looked super excited to begin his day :)

Ryder Was super excited also and wanted lots of pictures, because he said he needed to see his cool school all the time!  He is such a goofball!  Ryder jumped right in and could of cared less if I left. 
Well it's just Augustus and I a few days a week,  It would be good one on one time for us :)

I hope everyone had a great summer, it went so fast! Wish we could have seen everyone!


Take Care,
Laurissa, Derrick, Westen, Ryder and Augustus

Off to Kindergarten

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4th of July and Summer Fun!

We are having a Super Fun Summer! We have been busy going to the zoo, bike rides, parks, gardening and taking care of the animals at the farm :)  They had a ton of fun at the 4th of July Parade, they decorated there bikes with 4th of July Bling! it was fun this year because they helped decorate there own bikes

Westen loves riding his bike and Gus and Ryder ride along on the bike caboose and we are off everyday :)  There favorite place is the my parents farm, the kids beg to go there every day.  They love feeding the horses, getting eggs from the chickens.  They jump on the trampoline and help me weed in the garden well for about two minutes and then it's off to dig in the mud or catch frogs. 


Little Gus is on the move, he doesn't hold still for a sec and he's off onto an adventure, trying to keep up with his big brothers or exploring on his own.  Ryder loves feeding the horse and riding the power wheels!  Westen is very imaginative he loves to play star wars and his newest obsession is Harry Potter.


We have meet up with many friends this summer and enjoyed parks, zoos and much more! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.  :)


I hope everyone is enjoying the summer, talk to you soon!


Love, The Wendlings

The Wendlings