Birthday Girl!

My birthday was on a Monday, but I felt like I had

a whole birthday weekend because of

all the festivities I enjoyed!

Dad and Mom graciously had my family and some

friends from church over to their house

on Saturday for a great spread of food

and fun for all!

Alex got some grapes stuck in his lip!

(We won't mention any names, but another

adult had the creative idea first:)

I have some wonderful friends who

came to celebrate with me and gave

me sweet gifts as well!

Those boys always teasing poor Lauren!

Wearing Alex's High-tops!

We all enjoy the two little girls that I

watch on Tuesdays! They are 16 months

apart and a lot of fun.

I enjoy having my baby fix!

Here is a future, girls basketball player?!

Joshua's Birthday Celebration!

Josh had a great big birthday celebration!

He started with dinner and singing at

Red Robin

with Pop-pop and Nana...

Then he had a Nerf gun party for all his friends
to come and shoot at each other!

It was great to have tons of

friends over to celebrate with us!

A serious soldier.

The back yard had ping-pong, foosball and

all the Nerf gun wars!

Josh was blessed with great cards and

gifts from all his friends!

Spoiled rotten!

4th of July Celebration

We had a great 4th of July weekend,

starting with a church picnic and

baptism in the cold, cold creek

water at Eagle Fern Park!

The kids played a little baseball!

The next night we had dinner with

friends and watched the fireworks

in the driveway!

Sparklers are so much fun.

Someone was a little concerned at first but

enjoyed the fireworks as he got used to them.

As it got colder and darker the kids ran for cover!

Happy Birthday America!

Father's Day

We are so blessed with great Fathers

in our lives.

Alex and Josh have a wonderful Dad

who spends tons of time with them

and is a great example to them!

They also have great examples in

their Grandpa and Pop-pop!

We praise God for all these relationships

that we share:)

Daddy got a Nerf gun so that he can keep

up with the boys!

Little eyes are always watching you!

We enjoyed a scrumtious meal at Pop-pop and

Nana's house after church.

Pop-pop got a new book that he has

been eager to read!

Great job taking the picture, Alex!

Thanks Dad for being a great father to me

and a super Pop-pop to my boys!

We love you lots:)

We played Racko and Bingo. Nana gave out

prizes to a select few:)

(Skittles to the boys and nothing to

poor Pop-pop who was

the first winner at Bingo.)

We had a great afternoon!

Visiting with Cousin Jay

Over the weekend on our visit to see our

new baby cousin/nephew we

also spent time in the waiting room

with Jay as he opened his belated birthday

gift from us. He seems to really

enjoy other kids!

Reading a book together:)


I love that Josh is holding his hand-so sweet!

A huge hug!

Alex was so excited to receive his belated

birthday gift as well-a remote control

Chevy Camaro!

(His current favorite car:)

A big thanks to Uncle Matt, Aunt Mindy and Jay!

Some fun times!