A trip to the Zoo and a Birthday Party

Wow, what a weekend! We started out Friday night with the addition of our new tractor. On Friday nights we always go to Harold and Sandy's for a family dinner. It is so much fun to get together weekly and the food is always awesome. Well this Friday we got everyone to come to our house so we could show the tractor off a little bit. It was a lot of fun but I don't think Brody liked it too much when Paul took Joseph for a ride on his tractor. It was a little funny to see his reaction. Usually he doesn't mind to share, which is mostly due to the fact that Anna and Joseph are so close to his age and they all stay with Sandy while I work.

Saturday morning we got up and got ready a little earlier than what we have been getting used to. We met Brooke and Lexi Barton at their temporary house ( to see their new house visit the Barton's blog) We headed off to the zoo. Adam and I had taken Brody to the zoo in October but I don' t think he really understood what we were doing. Time had definitely changed that! He loved it. Especially the petting zoo. He was in his element for sure. He was grinning all over and would bend down and get in the sheep's face like he was talking to them or something. It was so sweet. After the zoo we headed to Olive Garden, yummy!! Brody and Lexi were getting pretty tired and irritated by this point so we came home and took a very long nap.

Sunday morning we got up and got ready for church. Brody made it through the whole service without me having to take him out. This is a big accomplishment for us. Our church doesn't have a nursery so he stays with us. He is a little distracting sometimes for everyone around us so most Sunday's we have to walk out, at least for a few minutes. After church we came home and grilled some steaks. Brody has a new found love for corn on the cob. It is so funny to watch him eat it. Most of it ends up on his head, face, or clothes but he loves it! After dinner we got ready to go to Gracie's 4th Birthday party. We had such a good time! Well I guess that's pretty much it for our busy weekend. Brody has just kinda wanted to rest today and I am all for that too!!!