Mother's Day

We had a great Mother's Day! The boys woke me up with flowers they had bought at Target. Trenton had told Dustin earlier in the week that he wanted to surprise me with flowers. I felt very special that day! That afternoon we went over to my mom's house for lunch. We had a fun day playing outside and watching Trenton, Tyler & Caleb play hide and seek with Papo. Trenton has been talking about flowers & gardening at school so he asked Grandma Dee to help him plant a tomato plant that day. He asked many questions and is now anxiously waiting for a tomato to grow!

Papa's Little Fireman

On Wednesday, April 30th the family decided to make a trip to Oklahoma to surprise PaPa at his retirement party given by his fellow firefighters at the Tulsa Fire Department. We left on Tuesday night around 8:00 and decided to stop at a hotel in Kansas City so we would be well rested when we got to Oklahoma. Our first stop was at the hospital to visit Lindsey. She was on bed rest for high blood pressure during her pregnancy. Then we went to the fire station to surprise Rick. He had no idea we were coming and was definitely surprised to see Trenton & Tyler! The boys had so much fun playing on the fire trucks and having Papa show them around. They even got to eat dinner with the firemen and spray the firehose. Trenton was very concerned about Rick's retirment. He asked several times "PaPa what will you do for work now? Maybe you can go to work with MeMa?" It was a very exciting trip, one they will never forget. We were so glad that we were able to be there!

Click on the video below to see pictures from our trip

Oklahoma Trip

Welcome, Aiden Cole Barnes

While we were on our exciting trip to see PaPa for his retirement, we had an unexpected surprise. Aiden Cole Barnes decided he wanted to join the party. On Friday, May 2nd, after we spent a long day or two in the hospital we were introduced to the newest member of the family, Aiden Cole. He weighed 6 lbs. 110z. Everyone is doing well and it will be no time at all before he is running, jumping, kicking and screaming with the likes of Trenton and Tyler. We are so excited for him to come and visit all of us in Iowa.

Oklahoma Trip

Fishin' Buddy

Today was Trenton's first day of fishing this season with Daddy. Trent decided that he became a "real fisherman" because he casted his pole, set the hook, and landed his own bass for the first time without daddy's help. The first question he asked after throwing the fish back out in the water was "Dad, in 2 or 3 more years can I fish a tournament with you?"