Grandma and Papa

The kids get to see Julie's Mom, Cynthia, and Step-Dad, Greg (aka:Papa) usually at least once a week for family dinners on Sunday. They are always up for playing with the kids and Papa usually has his camera too, for Kodak moments that Mommy doesn't always get.

Papa is helping Sidney spread "reindeer food" out on the lawn for when Santa comes. (It's just oatmeal and cookie decoration/sprinkles.) yum, yum

The kids LOVE to have their bellies zerberted

Grandma comforts Cameron at Sidney's birthday party. He was kind of scared of the air track

Grandma has gone with us to the zoo a few times. This day we had all five kids (my sister, Jenn's, kids too.) We actually lost Sidney for a while that day when she ran off away from the tree house area. That was the scariest 10 minutes of Julie and Cynthia's life!!!!!!!! We found her over by the carousel, a woman had already found her and took her to a zoo employee who had already sent out the lost child call. Luckily Sidney was able to tell them my name and what Mommy looked like "she has brown hair, like me". When I knelt down to scoop Sidney up in my arms the zoo worker said, "Well, hi Julie." We are now working on her last name too! She has it down, but thinks it's funny to say.

Papa loves to hold the boys (when they are not crying that is.)

No sweat for Grandma, she doesn't mind crying babies

Papa is reading books to Sidney, he's really getting into to it too!

Grandma really helped a lot too after the boys were born. She was a motivator when she was here and helped me get so much done on those days. She helped take care of me and Sidney too while I was home on bedrest during my pregnancy with the boys and worked on the "honey do list" that Roman could never seem to get around to doing. She didn't care when I called her at 11:30pm to tell her the boys were on their way, she was the first one I saw in recovery........

The kids know that whenever Grandma and Papa are around there are always good times to be had.