Fun week for the Kindlers

What a week we had at the Kindler household! We are so sad that Daddy's summer break is coming to an end (he has to go back to work on Wednesday). We've enjoyed our family time this summer and have made many great memories.

We started this week by going to Deanna Rose Farm for our cousin, Kai's, 4th birthday party. The kids had a lot of fun. They even bottle fed the baby goats for the first time. Then we saw the movie Ice Age 3 and went swimming. The boys had another "boys only" fishing trip with Daddy, Pops and Uncle Zach too. AND Mommy actually got the whole day to herself :). Finally, we went to Crown Center with Zach, Sara, Taylor and Carter. We ate lunch at Fritz', went to Kaleidescope and played in the water fountains. Here are some pics of our fun week. Summer is winding down, and soon it will be school time (and baby time) for us. Sometimes I wish summer would last the whole year!!

Masen and Dawson with their cousins, Cierra and Dakota at Deanna Rose


Dawson with the birthday boy, Kai, and another friend.

The boys were a little frightened by how hungry the baby goats were :).

Taylor and Daws drying out after playing in the water fountains at Crown Center.

Dawson and Masen in the fountains - they had so much fun!!

Masen "making a splash"

Dawson and Taylor --boys will be boys...Dawson and Masen liked "sitting" on the spouts more than anything as pictured here. Taylor enjoyed playing in the sand and mud puddles more than anything.

Eating lunch at Fritz with the train engineers.

The famous "BIG" catch of the day....Zach and Josh are still fighting over who gets to take credit for this one. Apparently it was Josh's pole, but Zach reeled it in. Pretty impressive though!

Family Vacation with the Rumsey side

We just got back from our first-ever "Rumsey" family vacation. We headed down to Branson for 3 nights with Nini and Pops, Aunt Molly, Uncle Damon and Colton. Everyone had a lot of fun! We tried to squeeze in as much as we could while there....we went to the go carts, played mini-golf, went to see the Legends show, went swimming, went on a "Duck" ride, went down to the landing and saw the water/light show, and went to Silver Dollar City for an entire day too! The boys had a blast and were sad when it was time to come home. They got to go on roller coasters for the first time...Masen's tummy was a little queasy, but Dawson thought they were AWESOME. Masen especially liked the "Jerk" show at SDC, which was a kids version of Stomp. Dawson liked all of the ice cream and slushies that he got to have on vacation :). The both enjoyed getting soaking wet on the water rides --and I mean SOAKED from head to toe!!

We had a great time and thank Nini and Pops for the fun trip! We're going to try to make it an annual or at least bi-annual trip in the future. Here are a few pics from the vacation.

Pops, Josh, Masen, Dawson and Uncle Damon load the "boat ride" which was like a giant swing.
Aunt Molly, Masen, Josh and Dawson riding the roller coaster.

Here's a pic from our "Duck" ride. The gave us all these quackers to use while on the tour. The tour lasted about an hour and drove us around Branson and then splashed into Table Rock lake too! Both of the boys got to drive the boat while it was in the water. The quackers sure make for a noisy home though :).

Aunt Molly and Josh were the only ones to brave the go carts this time.

Swim time at our condo.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!!

We've had a great couple of weeks with our families. Josh's parents, Kris and Gary (or Grandma and PaPa) were in town for over a week and we really enjoyed spending time with them - as always! I'm including pics from our trip to the Kansas City Zoo. All of the Kindler cousins, except for Owen, were there and my parents went as well. We had a lot of fun, even though it rained for the entire first half of the day. This made it even more memorable! The kids loved playing in the rain and using their umbrellas. We spent ALL day there and all of the kids were troopers....even I was a trooper to walk for almost 6 hours when I was 7 months pregnant. We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful family and treasure our time together! Enjoy the pics.

Our family of four and 1/2....only 6 weeks to go until we meet our daughter/sister!!



The Kindler cousins...Taylor, Dawson, Aidan, Masen, Lauren and the newest cousin - Carter.

The kids thought it was pretty fun to use their umbrellas :).