What a week...

We have had a FULL week!

Tuesday, Austin and Ellyssa had a blast having a play date with some kids they hadn't met before. A friend of Jesse's family (and mine), Rachel  came over with her kids and they played and played and played for a good chunk of the day. She is also a busy mom, with four kids, the youngest only 2 months! He is SO adorable!! (although I think all babies are :)!!

Ellyssa with sweet little Landon

Wednesday, we went to the Eau Claire Children's Museum with another friend of mine, Kara, and her boys Drew and Owen. It is the best place for any mom to take her child(ren)! They can touch EVERYTHING! Its amazing. There is the floor level that has the grocery store room, another room they build and plumb a house, there is a stomach thing they can climb in [go in one end and come out the other :)], and theater room where they can put on a show for us to watch, plus many other things to do. Then down stairs there is a water "thing" with lots to do. There are also different class rooms that have painting, crafts, reading, color matching, and block building in! I'm telling you, if you haven't taken your kids there I HIGHLY recommend it...even I enjoyed it! :)

Anyone need some contractors to build their house??

How about some good grocery shoppers??

This is one of those water "things" that i was talking about

Owen feeling the texture of the marbles!

Friday, Jesse had to work a part day so the kids and I hung out at home, playing outside. Austin loves any game that involves a ball, and Ellyssa like to play pretend with her baby doll. Later that night, Jesse and I were able to go to the races in Menomonie. Jesse's boss, at Anderson Bridges (Ashley Anderson) drives the big cars, so we like to go and cheer him on!

Saturday, we enjoyed fishing with the "other" Coates family! We drove up to Dan and Echoes house and Dan showed a nice little fishing area up there...lots of FUN!



She wasnt to sure if she liked or not!!

Jesse caught a good size bass...just not big enough to keep...

All the kids soon got sick of fishing and decided that playing in the mud and

water was a MUCH more fun thing to do :)

Sunday, (today) Jesse and breck had the grand idea to go golfing. I, have never been a fan of golfing, but it was something that they have been wanting to do for a while, so I took the opportunity to bring the kids to, and make some good memories! My sister also came, so us girls were in one golf cart and the boys were in the other... They golfed, we just drove around and laughed at them, hehe :)

We put Addy in the basket on the back of the golf cart...perfect seat for her!! :)



Thinking back...

                                                             Holding daddy's finger
                                                                   Ellyssa Marie
                                                                 April 17, 2008
                                                               

Ellyssa's precious tiny foot in mommy's hand

April 17, 2008

Ellyssa 3yrs old

May 2011

Holding mommy, seeing and touching her little man for the first time

Austin David

April 16, 2008

Austins tiny head in mommys hand. It was the size of a large egg (which isnt very big).

April 16, 2008

Austin 3yrs old

May 2011

 Together for the first time since birth

May 31, 2008

(Born April 13, 2008)

....and havent seperated since....

September 2010

Summer days

Summers around the Coates household seem to get a little hectic. Last summer we seemed to spend most of our time in and out of hospitals and Dr's offices. So this summer we are making up for it! The summer started with the twins last day of Early Childhood having a movie day. They were able to wear their Pajamas (which was A-OK with this mama) and got to bring a favorite stuffed animal or blanket. They came home that day with just stories to tell...even though we are still having a hard time understanding everything they are saying some of the time.
Summer quickly became busy after that. Jesse plays on a softball league through our church at Fuzzies Bar and Grill in Menomonie. He really enjoys this time with men that have a heart for God and a willingness to go out and be a witness to those that don't know Christ.
After hearing that he plays softball, a team here in Colfax asked if he would be their teams "fill in" man. Of course he agreed, and turns out this team always needs a "fill in" man, so now he is a regular player for the team on Thursday nights.
Jesse also milks for a local farmer on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and then when he needs a night off. I, who have always been a "farm girl want to be" have really enjoyed going with at times to help out!! Having that one-on-one time with my best friend has been priceless. Its amazing what a little time together (even in the strangest places) can do on a relationship.
Our family enjoyed watching Jesse do the enduro race at the Menomonie race track this month. For those of you that don't know what that is, its basically a bunch of derby cars that race around the track for 2 hours fighting for the last 20 cars standing position! Its a lot of fun!
The "worlds fair" was in Colfax this past weekend ;) The kids really enjoyed riding on all the (kid) rides on Thursday night. I'm not sure who was having more fun, mom or them. It was just melting my heart watching the smiles on their faces and seeing how much fun they were having, so much fun, that I forgot to take pictures!!! Oh man, I was bummed when I realized it later. Oh well. Grandma and Grandpa Popple kept Addyson at their house, so Jesse and I were able to have some really nice quality time with just Austin and Ellyssa. When we went to go see the animals they weren't to sure about the pigs and the goats, but they LOVED the baby calves and the petting zoo.
On Friday night, is when mommy and daddy's fun began. My mom and her husband (G&G Sand) took the kids Friday afternoon til Sunday afternoon :) I love my kids with all my heart, but I admit that break meant more to me than even I thought it was going to. Jesse and I were able to go out Friday night, sleep in on Saturday, come and go as we pleased, and just have some quality time with each other, and ourselves. I was able to have some "me" time that I have been needing. The best was spending time with Jesse. Talking with out getting interrupted, and even though we did talk about the kids, it was in a adult kind of way! Haha....
During those 3 days, I fell in love with my husband all over again. :)
I can't believe June is almost over! Didn't school just get out?? Life sure does pass by in a blink of an eye when your having fun. The month of July will bring a whole new whirl-wind of adventures for our house. Addyson has 3 Dr appts, and a feeding tube surgery. Plus we found out that both the twins have to have their tonsils out, not to mention all the fun things that we want to do. :)
Jesse dug out the jet-ski that we store in his grandpas shed. Seeing it sit in our garage really makes me want some hot days so we can get out on the water and use it!!!
Well, I think this post is long enough. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Welcome to our life??? :)

                                                            My crazy wonderful family

I have now entered the wonderful world of blogging. There are many crazy adventures of our life to come.... :)