Estes

A few weeks ago the kids had doctor appointment in Denver. After their appointments we headed to Fort Collins to see some friends. The next morning we did some shopping, ate lunch, then headed to Estes. We love the mountains this time of year!!!This is a pic of Jason and I on the same dock that we were married on 4 years ago. We seem to make it back to this spot every year around our anniversary. It's our annual pilgrimage!! We were able to get a couple of fairly good family pics while we were there. The kids loved playing on the dock.

Jaysek loved "exploring" down by the water. A few seconds after this pic was taken, he decided to wade in the water.

Children's Hospital Appointments

Last Thursday we made the trek to Denver for the babies checkups at Children's Hospital. Jensyn had an appointment to check her heart and Jaysek had an appointment to check his eyes.

We also went over to University Hospital(where the babies were born)and visited with some of the nurses that the babies had while in the NICU there. It was a very weird feeling to walk down the hall to the NICU again. It was as if we had never left. We had a great visit with the nurses and they were all excited to see the babies and how big they have gotten.

Jensyn is getting her EKG. She did really well. Mommy just had to hold her hands so she didn't pull on the cords.

Jensyn's appointment was to check to see if the hole in her heart(ASD) had gotten smaller or closed. The Dr. listened to her heart and looked at the results of the EKG and told us she didn't think we needed to do an echo this time. Everything looked and sounded good. She said since Jensyn has not shown us any signs of having problems that she didn't need to come back for 2 years at which time we will do an echo and see if the hole in her heart has closed completely.

What great news!!Jason was feeding the kids a snack and reading to them to keep them entertained while we waited for the doctor to see Jaysek.

Jaysek did really well with his appointment also. His appointment was to checkout a lazy eye that had been noticed by our regular eye doctor several months ago. He had to have his eyes dilated then wait to see the doctor. The doctor found that he may have a slight issue with a lazy eye possibly when he is really tired or run down, but he didn't see it being a problem right now. The doctor did say he was maybe a little farsighted but that we didn't need to do anything about it at this time. He said to have him checked by our regular eye doctor in a year.

More great news!!! The kids got to ride around the hospital in style. They love to ride in the wagon!!!Jaysek in his cool shades. Because he had his eyes dilated, the sun really bothered him. They gave him these cool shades to help.
Precious Cargo!!!

Play Time

The months of July and August have been busy here at the Weiss household. We haven't taken many photos, but the one we have are pretty funny. Jaysek and Jensyn love to take the sheets and blankets out of the drawer below Jensyn's crib. They love to play with the sheets. Jensyn puts them on her head and tries to walk around.Jaysek likes to wear them like a cape.Jaime decided to try putting the toys in the drawers instead of the sheets. This is what happens now. They pull the drawers out and climb on in!!We had fresh sweet corn one night for supper and we gave Jensyn her own ear to see what she would do. She loved it!
Jaime went to get something in the kitchen one morning and walked back into the bedroom to find this. Jaysek had a Desitin beard!!! He had climbed up on the dresser and got the lid off the Desitin and managed to smear it all over his face. He was pretty proud of himself.

Weekend Canning Fun

This past weekend we decided that we better do some more canning. Grandma Linda kept the babies so mom and dad could get some things done. Saturday we canned 26 pints of peaches and 4 pints of homemade sauerkraut. Sunday we canned 13 quarts of Salsa, 5 quarts of tomato juice, and 7 pints of tomato sauce. Needless to say that we were worn out by the time that Sunday night rolled around. Here are a few pictures from Sunday. The pile of tomatoes we started with.

Jason was using our meat grinder to grind up the tomatoes for the tomato sauce. We had almost all the bowls in the kitchen dirty and a big mess when we were done. The finished project is worth it though.

Here is all the finished product.

Harvest Time

It's harvest time in Southwest Nebraska. Everywhere you look there are combines, tractors, and trucks. We made the trek to east of Hayes Center to visit Grandpa Rick in the wheat field. The kids got to ride in the combine with Grandpa Rick and Daddy. Jaysek LOVED it!!! Jason said he was mesmerized the entire ride. He even got to sit on grandpa's lap and "drive" the combine. Jensyn on the other hand didn't really care one way or the other.

Jaysek and Jensyn with Grandpa Rick on the combine.

Jaysek was checkin out all the equipment. Doesn't take much to entertain. If we have dirt and rocks, we're good!!!
Daddy took the kids into the field to check the wheat.