A Busy July!

Whew, July flew by!  The 4th of July was sort of a bust, we got rained out so we had to save our fireworks for Wyatt b-day party.  We did go fishing during the afternoon of the 4th with some neighbors, but the pictures are on my "lost" camera.  I am still hoping it turns up sometime!

The biggest event this July (and most Julys from now on) was Wyatt's birthday - the big 3!

Wyatt's lawn-mower he got for his b-day.  He will drive it all over the yard, sometimes he even puts toys or the kittens in the trailer.  In this pic he is saying "Stop Mommy!"

Okay, I did try and cut his hair myself with the clippers, but it was a horrible mess!  It was hot, the hair stuck all over him and he cried!  When I was done I turned on the sprinkler to wash all the hair off.  He had fun in his makeshift water slide.

A close-up of the At Home Haircut.  It doesn't look too bad, but there are lots of long hairs left!  I gave it a couple weeks and then took him into the barbershop and had Donnie cut it properly.  From now on I will only take Wyatt to the barbershop because they do a great job and the conversations are enjoyable (usually Mizzou stuff)

Mine and Derek's friend Chris (Baumann) Wheeler had a baby shower in July, hosted by Megan.  She got lots of great stuff and the food was delicious!  The Wheeler's chose not to find out the sex of the baby so it will be a big surprise in early September!  (I would put money on girl).

Where was Wyatt during the baby shower?  At Great-Gran's house!  He loves to go to Derek's Grandma Vesta's house.  She has kept a lot of toys from past generations of Holts and he loves to play with them!

The other big event in July was the wedding of Cara Weise and Garrett White in Beatrice, NE. (2nd Nebraska wedding this summer!)  Since this was during my lost camera fiasco, I have no pictures.  We did have a great time and it was a beautiful ceremony and rockin' reception! 

New Camera!

Sorry about the lack of posts this month!  Early in the month, I lost my digital camera.  It was right after the 4th of July and the last time I remember seeing it was in the garage.  I have since cleaned the garage and went through most of the trash in the dumpster, still no camera!  I am hoping that it is stuck somewhere and it will turn up sometime.  But, I couldn't wait so I bought a new camera (I said it could be for my birthday, so Derek didn't make too much noise about it.)  Here are the first few pictures I took....

My favorite part is that I can take close-ups now!  I am working on uploading more pictures from July and of Wyatt's 3rd birthday - stay tuned!

Wyatt is the big 3!!!!

We celebrated Wyatt's 3rd birthday at home on July 9th with Grill-out and cake.  It wasn't too hot and it didn't rain!

He even knew what to do with the candles this year!  I actually made his cake, it was not fancy but it did look like something we all like - a baseball!

Wyatt's big gift from us (and Derek's parents) was a battery-operated lawnmower with trailer.  It took him a couple days to get used to it and he wouldn't take it out of its low gear for about a month! 

What a special guy, we had both Grandmas and a Great-Gran to help celebrate!

Papa Bill got Wyatt this t-ball set.  Its never too early to start I guess :P

Another look at my minimal cake decorating skills but my amazing child making skills - Wyatt is such an awesome little guy and Derek and I love him very much!  I can't believe its been three years since this....

June 2010 = hot and rainy

June is almost over! I can't believe how fast it went, but with coaching basketball, Annual girls float trip, Edwards reunion, and keeping up with Wyatt I can't remember much of the month.

This has been a common sight this June, storm clouds rolling in and dumping a bunch of rain. If you haven't heard, Holt County has suffered a bunch of flooding. Check out Big Lake's website for info and pictures. Toward the end of the month the rain has been less frequent giving us a chance to catch up on farm work!

Kittens enjoy playing on my flower pots and holders. I have four to give away!

I am trying to get a handle on the mess in Wyatt's room. I bought one of these cubicals at Target for his books and small toys. We got all the books to fit and his room is much cleaner! I also moved the changing table out to make more room. He is not potty-trained but we do diapers on his bed. Still waiting for him to show some readiness to potty-train.

Still loving the swingset! Many times Wyatt will sit on the top of the slide and watch traffic go by, this day Derek is pushing him on the swing.

Wyatt and my Dad on the front porch of the Maclay Home in Tipton.

We visited our friends the Costello's one very hot day to use their pool. Wyatt loves Sherry and her kids (who are actually my students). Sarah is so good with him in the pool. He went to sleep very easily this night (so did Mommy!)

We went to town to eat dinner one night and then played a bit at Messick Park in Savannah.

May 2010

May was a very full month! Attending all the events and fighting the weather I am glad to see June and Summer finally begin! These pictures are in reverse order, going back through the month.

Derek and I went to his cousin's wedding in Nebraska over Memorial Day weekend.

Jesse and Bethany Holt, congrats!

Wyatt was pretty well-behaved, he did have a lot of people to entertain him. Grandma was watching him play with my iTouch.

Wyatt has begun to "help" Derek mow. He likes to walk about 10 yards behind the mower and follow Derek around the yard. He will do this the entire time Derek mows! By the time they are done, Wy is covered with grass and needs to get hosed off.

Wyatt found a dry place to play with his trucks, on a truck! he climbed up there all by himself and stayed busy for a long while. This gave me time to work in the yard.

Got all the trucks lined up.

Did you wonder what Wyatt's clothes were all covered with? This is where I found him earlier, playing in the feed tank! I think he believes it is like a sandbox.

Weeeee! He was having a grand old time playing in the corn!

We had both Grandmas here one weekend for dinner. Can you say "spoiled"?!

Both sets of Grandparents enjoying some cool weather, steak dinner and a baseball game (oh and Wyatt!)

My little garden, currently planted with lettuce, spinach, radishes, onions and broccoli.

One of the outside cats had kittens and Wyatt loves to play with them. We are having a hard time learning that you can't carry them around in a choke hold. They are getting so cute now and are available for adoption in a couple weeks!

Wyatt calls our current bottle calf "Smokey" because last years bottle calf we named Smokey. Derek tried to name this one "Buster" but it didn't stick. So now it is Smokey II. Wyatt thinks he has it halter broke and likes to help Daddy feed it.

April Fun!

Playing in the barn, so many fun things in there.

New bottle calf, Derek's dad gave us another calf to raise for Wyatt. He wanted to help hold the bottle.

Since I was using my computer, Wyatt got out his so we could work at the same time!

April is not complete without a trip to CoMo for State FFA Convention. My three State Degree guys: Cameron Radley, Tyler Costello and Bryant Kurtz. I will really miss these guys!

Derek's sister Janae came back with her girls from Australia for Easter. We had a grill out for their last night there. The weather has been awesome so we enjoyed playing outside.

Aunt Keri pulling the wagon, good thing to take turns riding and pulling.

Easter 2010

Wyatt did a great job hunting eggs, we did practice some before the big day. :)

Daddy and Papa Tom hid the eggs around the backyard of my parents' house.

"Yeah, he found one!" Derek is acting silly.

Ma showing Wyatt why the eggs rattle, there are treats inside! The practice eggs were treat less.

Now Wyatt has to open each one when he finds them, this slowed down the hunting process.

Family picture - its not great but its the best we took. Wyatt was really tired because we got up for Sunrise service at church.

The weekend after Easter we visited with Derek's Mom's side of the family -the Miller's. We had lunch and then let the kiddos play in the backyard while the adults refereed. There are now 6 kids on that side. Diane had a bunch of great old toys the kids loved, like this spring horse.

Wyatt is learning how to share with his cousin Riley - it was a very hard lesson.

Brevyn and Alyssa playing with the Dora ball. What a beautiful warm day! We have been having some GREAT weather since Easter!

L-R: Celise, Brevyn, Riley, Wyatt, Emma and Alyssa - can't believe we got 5 out of 6 to sit and smile!