Water Park

Monday was a day to play for the Connor family! Josh had a couple of appointments in the morning, so he ended up taking the day off from work since he found out that the kids didn't have school. He then talked me into taking the day off also and we trekked to the water park in Brainerd. Brody had a birthday party that he chose to go to instead, so we were one man down which made life a little less hectic (when we were stressing because we kept trying to count 4 kids the whole time! :) Braxton had a blast splashing in all the water and never wanted to be out of it. Bella kept running up and down the stairs for the slide, asking both Josh and I "again?" as soon as she got down and Beau actually tried going on his own. We had some tired kiddos for the ride home! :)

Braxton's first run on the slide!


Waiting for the big bucket to dump...


Beau on his own...



Daddy and Bella


Braxton


Bella

Braxton is 1!!

I can't believe how fast this year flew, but Braxton turned one last week and we had a party for him at the house. He missed the first half since he was napping, but that put him in a great mood for the cake and presents part of the party!!

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Boss...

We have been doing a lot of home improvements around our house over the past couple of weeks and the kids are usually in the thick of things! Braxton really enjoyed watching Timmy and Grandpa put in our new window.

Spring!!

I can't believe the weather this year - it is so much fun for the kids - and the adults!! We have been playing outside almost every day and Braxton is loving crawling around with his brothers and sister. I am not loving fishing acorns, rocks and sand out of his mouth, but oh well - Bella survived it all, I'm sure he will too! :)

Dirt-n-worms

This was completely daddy's idea - and yes - I made him clean everyone and everything up! :) Cindy requested dirt-n-worms for her birthday dinner and Josh decided that Braxton should get in on the action... I tried to remind him that his birthday wasn't for another week but that didn't seem to matter...

Bounce Depot

Saturday we took off to have some fun with the kids and celebrate Cindy's birthday. We went to wrestling for Brody, did hair cuts and pictures for Braxton and then hit Bounce Depot with the kids. It was pretty reasonably priced and the kids had a blast! They didn't want to leave, even when they were so exhausted they couldn't really see straight. It made for a very quiet restaurant night too, so that was a bonus for the adults! :)

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With the long flowing locks finally getting into his face so much we decided that it was time for Braxton to go in for his first haircut... We had a wrestling qualifing meet for Brody on Saturday (he got 3rd, but they decided that everyone qualified for regionals - wrestling, who knows??) and then we headed to St. Cloud for Braxton's 1 year pictures, a hair cut and some fun. He sat like a champ, didn't hardly move a muscle and came out looking even more handsome (if that is even possible! :) Never mind that sleepy, tongue hanging out look - he was much happier once he got to get down and run around! :)

The "before pictures"!



Like a statue for the hair cut!



The "after" pictures! He looks so different! :(