Trains, Awana Grand Prix, & a Thumb Sucker

This title basically sums up the excitement in our lives over the past few weeks.  I love posting pictures on my blog and have wanted to sit down for about 3 weeks and catch up, but life just didn't permit.  So get ready for lots of pictures...

I came home from the grocery store and was unpacking my groceries.  This little man decided to have fun stacking my boxes.

Yes, we have a thumb sucker!  Isn't it just precious? 

How funny that both our boys took the binky and both our girls found their fingers.

Brooklyn doesn't have the curling her fingers thing down yet when she sucks her thumb.  This leaves her with some not so nice scratches on her nose.

The boys trying to keep Brooklyn company.

More thumb sucking pictures.  Too sweet.

Carson is looking pretty comfortable as he waits for the bus.

Austin loves to drink coffee, play with trucks, and eat all at the same time.

I was organizing tubs of clothes one day and the boys were pretending to sleep in their "bunk beds".

Breakfast for Austin: coffee, milk, toast, fruit loops.

We went to the Durham Museum with my mom, Ginger, Cody, & Mason.

Cousins.

Brooklyn slept on grandma's shoulder.

Mason snoozed in his stroller.

Our picnic lunch after the museum.

The Awana grand prix.  Kaycee built cars for Carson and Kylie.  Kylie's was Holly Shiftwell from Cars 2 and Carson's was Lightning McQueen.  They turned out SO cute.

Kylie won 3rd place for speed in her age group.

Carson won 1st place for speed in his age group.

Kylie comforting a teary-eyed Brooklyn.

This little girl is holding her head up so well. 

Austin is anxiously waiting to see steam engine 844.

This old steam engine was passing through NE and was stopping in Missouri Valley, IA, so I decided to pack up the kids and go see it.

My train-lover Carson.

The boys had a blast checking out the old steam engine.

That's all for tonight.  Time for bed!