Flashback Friday

Can these two get much cuter?

Man - I am one lucky momma!

 My mom saved a few of my outfits from when I was a baby. 

This is one of them!

 

Playing Copycat...

Isn't she supposed to copy him?

 

 Big Brother Kisses

Fishing with Family

Nebraska Game and Parks had a fun free fishing event for the family.

 

Isaac caught 4 fish and 2 got away with the worm on our hook.

 

 

It was a beautiful night spent as a family at the pond in the park (Daphne slept through it!)

Busy Busy Busy

Well, Today I went back to school.... Took some time off here to enjoy what was left of summer!

 

So - it's long overdue time for some updates and some pictures.

 

The house - obvious progress!

 

We visited Clear Lake over the 4th - Enjoyed some time with friends! 

So glad my sister introduced us to the Wilson's and their cute kiddos!

It was also Mom and Dad's 35th wedding anniversary

Happy Anniversary! 

 

We enjoyed lots of time with the littlest - soaking him up as he grows ridiculously fast!

Annie and Patrick announced a new arrival coming shortly after the first of the year!

 

I get to be an AUNTIE!!!

The weather was beautiful - so we enjoyed a walk by the lake.

 

And a surprise splash at the splash pad.

More time enjoying the lake

Me and the Hubs

 Soaking up the attention - what a goof ball!

 

Isaac entertained us with his astounding magic skills one night.

Check out the shock on Aunt Annie's face! 

Priceless!

Rounded out the visit with a little game of baseball with great-grandpa.



 

 

 

 

We've enjoyed our summer. 

We put the house on the market.

Sold the house 20 days later.

Switched daycare/preschool

Had inspections and made fixes

Stressed out a lot about the selling of the house

Packed a lot

Moved into an apartment- YUCK!

Unpacked

Swam at the pool - A lot! (Isaac turned into a fish this summer)

Soaked up lots of time with family and extended family.

 

As our families continue to grow - I am reminded of how thankful I am to have my family in our lives.  My children are lucky to have grandparents and aunts and uncles that love them.  It is always a good time when it's spent with family.

 

Here's to you Summer 2013! 

 

 



House progress

Just wanted to get some progress photos on here of the house

This was from a few weeks ago - Need to get back out there and take more photos.  I have lots of videos taken but very few pictures!  Yikes!

I love this view! 

Yep - House is sold!  21 days!
Now - to move to an apartment :)
 

 The boys went to see their mom.

When they get back - we will already be in the apartment.

This is the last picture of the boys at our current house.

 

Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July! 

 

Air Show

I can't recall if I posted these, but as I was cleaning out/looking through old photos, I found these. 

The boys always enjoy the Air Show.  This year, we didn't get to go on Saturday so our stay was a bit shorter than usual. 

 Flying the Helicopter...

 I guess Isaac thought it was an amusement park ride or a no-hands job.

 Even the big kid was in on the action.

He was apparently under attack.

 Flying the plane

 I always love pictures like this. 

The boys walking together....

 Mission Control?

 Ladies and Gentlemen - 

This is your captain speaking!

 Watching the planes in the sky.

 I guess Shawn gets scared? when I take his picture?

Living Room Pictures

The new "accent" wall in our living room

The lilies were the first part of the transformation.  

Behind them is a picture of a wolf. 

Not that it wasn't a decent photo, 

I just thought this was a bit....

nicer. 

The picture got changed a couple months ago, and thus inspired the rest of the colors for the living room. 

The other walls are a light gray/white color.  It looks so fresh and clean!

These pictures were taken at JC Penney's.  My mom and I bought boards, painted them black and then decoupaged the pictures to the boards.  They are my favorite part of the living room. 

The flower was my mother's day gift, and the candle is a little piece of my sister (a gift from her!) 

A recent picture of the boys and a family sign.  The sign was made by Andrea.  Nope - I don't know her but I this is the one and only thing I have ever won off a blog contest.  I love it!  Thanks Andrea.  You can check her out at ... - Signs by Andrea

The last shelf holds items to remind us of our wedding day.  

The statue (I believe ... hey the day was almost 6 years ago and a lot has happened in those 6 years!) was given to us as a gift.  It is a man & woman holding each other with the phrase "to have and to hold" across the bottom.  The bouquet of flowers are mine from the wedding.  I picked them out, arranged them and made the bouquet on a whim one day before the wedding.  Still like them to this day! 

So there you have it... our new wall! 

This is what Summer is all about!

Meeting up with friends and playing at the park til dark!

Love these two cheeseballs! 

Loving the slides

Playing soccer til dusk with a partially deflated volleyball.

Calling out messages across the playground

Talking back with silly messages

Hanging out with friends.

These 3 typically get along so well.... my very hot and tired little boy however decided to break his streak this summer and bite Z at the end of the night.... what a crummy way to end the fun!