Kansas City Part III

Everyone was exhausted from our Kansas City adventures over the past 4 days. Carson slept soundly snuggled up to his "monk", which he made at Build A Bear Workshop in California when Brett came home from Okinawa in 2007 and his new friend, Fluffy.

It snowed all day on Saturday and was cold and windy. The roads were messy on Sunday morning so we went out for breakfast at a nearby restaurant and then hung around the hotel room before waiting for the roads to clear.

The ride home went so much quicker than the ride down. We stopped 3 times again and were happy to have Grandma Betty waiting for us when we arrived. The boys were eager to play outside in the sunshine (without a trace of snow).

Kansas City Part II

Friday finally came and Carson could hardly wait to check into the Great Wolf Lodge! We stepped into our room just long enough to change into our suits and headed to the water park.

As you can imagine, it is difficult to carry your camera around at a water park, so I did not get near as many pictures as I would have liked. Majority of the time Carson and I were going down the slides while Brett & Collin hung out in the family hot tub.

That evening we enjoyed supper at a Hibachi grill and both boys thought it was a lot of fun to watch the chef cook. Collin kept looking at me with a surprised look on his face and saying "ooh!" The food was delicious!

Brett tried getting Collin to sleep that night (without success) while Carson and I headed down to the lobby for story time. There were many kids and Carson seemed to enjoy every minute of it.

He even hugged Wiley the Wolf!

On Saturday woke up and headed down to the water park for some more swimming. After an hour or two we checked out of the lodge and headed back to the Hampton Inn for some much needed naps/rest. That afternoon we went shopping at a mall and the boys enjoyed making their very own puppies at Build A Bear Workshop. We finished up the day with some Italian food and more swimming at the lodge before we finally snipped our wrist bands.

Kansas City Part 1

Spring break finally came and we all were so excited to spend some time at home and then pack up our bags and head to Kansas City. We ended up leaving a day earlier than planned but it was worth every minute of rushing around to get things ready....bags packed, car loaded, Dozer to the vet, homework turned in, etc.

We stopped briefly 3 times of the way there and got to Kansas City just in time for supper. Brett took us out to eat at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries and we walked around the Legends shopping center for a while.

On Thursday we did some more shopping, browsed around Nebraska Furniture Mart and had supper at the T-Rex Cafe.

Lookin' Forward to Spring Break!

We are heading to Kansas City to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge over Spring Break. Collin needed some new swim gear for his 1st waterpark experience. And boy does he look cute! Carson is counting down the days until we go and I imagine he will be one excited little boy when that day comes!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sorry, no pictures to post.....just hanging around the house today watching movies, eating delicious meals made by the hubby, and enjoying time with those I love most!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Amy, Brett, Carson & Collin

Carson & Collin

It's been awhile since I've updated everyone on what the boys have been up to. Other than pictures that is! Carson has said some pretty funny things lately and I know if I don't write them down I will soon forget them. As I always do.

Dozer
He told his daycare provider shortly after we got Dozer...."Dozer is part dog and part big. But more part pig." I think it's safe to say that Dozer's snoring/snorting/grunting was the reason behind this comment.

Missing Daddy
I asked Carson yesterday on our way to Walmart if he coudl hop on a plane and go anywhere he could, where would he go? He responded, "Where daddy is!" I think Brett would probably argue with Carson that Doniphan, MO is not a place you'd want to be. Or so I've been told!

So Many Questions
On our way to Beaver City today we drove past a funeral home that is being built. Carson asked me what it was and I had to explain in quite detail what a funeral home is after many "why & what" questions he proceeded to ask me, "Do you think they'll be finished with it before grandma dies?" It's questions like these that make me wonder what's going on in that little boys head.....lots and lots of thinking I believe!

This was from Carson's daily report at Krystal's last Thursday.
Today we had pancakes at lunch time. One of the kids asked if they could have that special dip to put on the pancakes (syrup). Carson nicely informed them, "It’s called syrup. Becuause you
put it on the pancakes and makes it all syrupy. Syrup. Syrup. Can you say that? Syrup." He was very nice (and informative) with his explaination. Sounded like a little grown up.

The Quiet One
Mr. Collin is not quite at his brothers level of communicating. Nor do I expect him to be. However, he is adding more and more words each day. He says things like ball, down, up, more, milk, Dozer, cheese, shoes, truck, car, choo-choo, hat, please, no, thank-you, bath, quack, moo, meow, kitty and oink. Still generally very quiet and only speaks when he wants to. I think that may just be his personallity. He likes to point to pictures in books, ride his tricycle, play ball with Dozer, and sleep with his pup-pup (another word!). He gets his lazy, I want to stay in bed all day, behavior from me....or maybe his dad! I'm not so sure!

Christmas in Grand Island

Christmas was held at the Kopke residence on January 2nd due to the blizzard on Christmas Eve. Good food & drinks, good conversations and lots of children playing filled the evening.

Tanner, Shawn & Logan
Angie, Chris, Brandon, Dalton & Austin

Grandma & Grandpa Kopke

Our family

The Springer Boys

(and Dozer)

Grandma & Grandpa and all the boys!