Ward Garden and Grandpa MacPherson's Birthday (and Uncle Kevin's)

This last week was full of fun and adventure, but unfortunatly I didn't catch it all on camera. On Monday we went and helped weed the Ward Garden. It is one of Ryan's things he likes to do and the kids have fun in the dirt. On Friday, we went to the concert in the park. Here they have someone perform music while people sit and listen on blankets. We went for a walk, ate popcorn and snow cones and played in the grass and fountain at the park. On Saturday, we went to the temple and while Ryan and I went through a session, the kids had a primary activity next door. Then on Sunday, Grandma and Grandpa Macpherson, Uncle Kevin and Great-Grandma MacPherson came over for dinner, cake and ice cream for Grandpa and Uncle Kevin's birthdays. We had a great time and kept busy all while working on potty training.


Happy Birthday Grandpa who is 29 and holding.

Standing on the fence at the ward garden while getting ready to leave.

Potty Week 3

I think we got it!!!! Except for a few accidents here and there the kids are now potty trained. They occasionally get too busy to come inside, or are having too much fun at the playground to take a break, but for the most part our days are usually accident free. They are growing so big it's hard to believe that potty training is here, but I am so happy to not have as many diapers to change. The triplets are their own cheering section and have gone to Chuck E. Cheese twice for going #2 in the potty. Now our goal is 5 consecutive days without an accident. Will it happen? Tune in on another day and find out.

Potty week # 2 here we come.

Potty Training week #1 is over. The kids are doing pretty well. They are all going #1 in the potty, but still are struggling with #2. Hopefully this next week will be the week they catch on and we won't worry about too many accidents. We started sticker charts for motivation and Gracie loves to put hers on the poster when she's done, as well as singing: "Gracie went potty. Gracie went potty." Gotta love it.

Fourth of July

We had a great 4th of July weekend. On Friday we went to the Muskegon River and played, had a BBQ and played by a camp fire. Later, we went and saw the fireworks above the Lake Macatawa. Saturday, we went swimming and had another BBQ with family and friends. Then later, we did some of our own fireworks. Here are some pictures (I will add more, but my computer or the internet stopped letting me download tonight).


Gracie by the campfire.


Jaxen and Joshua sitting by the fire.



Morgan playing in the river.

The kids playing in the river with cousins and daddy.

Kids playing in the river.

Potty Training Week #1

We came home from a fun and busy weekend, to start POTTY TRAINING. That's right the triplets are now old enough to move beyond diapers and start going in the POTTY. While I'm not excited to begin this journey, I will be very happy when they get the hang of it and we can say goodbye to diapers (Well, most of our diapers since Rachel probably has another year in them). Here are our pottys. Yes, we have five because even though I'm not focusing on Rachel, she does have to have one to sit on just like the big kids. Today is day #2 and hopefully by day #7, they will offically be potty trained. Stay tuned.

Stow, Ohio

We then went to Andrew and Stefanie's for the weekend. We had a great time with the boys, playing at the park and just hanging out. The kids weren't too happy leaving daddy at Uncle Andy's when we said goodbye on Sunday. He went back to Pittsburg for more work and baseball with his brothers and Dad, while we came home for an exciting week of . . . .


Jaxen


Rachel



Gracie

Gracie, Joshua, and Ryan

Kennywood Here We Are!

Jaxen, Rachel and Gracie on the spaceship ride.


Morgan and Jaxen waiting to start a ride.

Morgan on the motorcycle ride, with Gracie in the background.

All the kids on a ride. Joshua cried at the beginning of almost every ride, until is started and he decided he actually liked it. He was a little tired, from no nap and a late night.

Ryan had a business trip in Pittsburg this week, so we tagged along for the weekend. We met him in Pittsburg and with Grandma Mac's help took the kids to the amusement park Kennywood, where his corporate office was having a family fun day for the employees in Pittsburg. The kids had a great time and were worn out by the time we left. We pretty much stayed in Kiddieland, which made it nice. They rode all the kids rides atleast once and somtimes twice.

Everyone but me in on a ride.

Morgan and Jaxen waiting for the ride to start.

Jaxen on the motorcycle ride.

Rachel on the Merry-go-Round. She is at that age where it is hard to get her to look at the camera. She turns away as soon as she notices you are taking a picture of her.

Rachel flying the airplane.

Joshua on the tilt-a-whirl