Tie Dyed Family

On Friday Jeff and I had a pseudo date night. I say pseudo because we had a little tag along with us, Mr. JJ! He got all dressed up in his little shirt that his cousin Staci made for him, doesn't he look handsome? 

I recently read a book called Heaven is for Real and the family that wrote the book was speaking at our church. During the serious question and answer time JJ got a case of the giggles and was laughing hysterically, what a goof ball! What do you know, Jeff was also laughing during inappropriate times, like father like son!

On Saturday the boys worked hard in our yard laying rocks then Sunday we had a family bbq. Johanna sported her piggy tails to the event. This morning the tutu skirt that was thrown on the floor from yesterday immediately caught Johanna's attention- "dress, dress! princess! wear it, wear it!" today will be day two of tutu.

Brian and Lori had gone to Oklahoma a few weeks prior and brought back some t-shirts from a famous pizza joint. Before heading over, Kara sent me a text asking if we wanted to coordinate outfits with the kids. Who can resist a photo op?

Of course, this is the picture I ended up with. Maybe Kara was able to capture a few more smiles than me!

Cousin twinkies <3

JJ got to spend some time with the big boys.

Nathan did such a great job holding him (for about 5 seconds then was much more interested in the balls of course!)

 Goofing off with Grandpa

After all that attention, JJ was tuckered out and had to take a little snooze.

Johanna is really turning into quite the lover. Here she is giving her Daddy a smooch.

And here she is giving an even bigger smooch!

I have a feeling these two are going to be trouble together as they get older! Here they are playing in the puddle that they'd created after knocking my water cup over. Silly kids!

And here is JJ having a blast sitting with Aunt Tura. He's got the case of giggles here too, such a love bug.

For dinner we decided to do a pot luck. I've been feeling bad that the numerous cookbooks I've collected over time are starting to acquire a rather thick layer of dust. So who better to try out new recipes on than family? This week I made a sweet and spicy pork, Kara made a yummy grilled corn salad and Lori made the yummy spicy mac n' cheese from last week. We were all pleased with the results and can't wait to try out another cookbook in a few more weeks!