Sweet Moments

Isn't this heart warming?  Caleb fell asleep watching cartoons on Sarah's computer!  She let him lay there until I had to wake him up. . . so peaceful.  It is so wonderful when the kids are nice to each other and get along.  They can both be so nice and sweet when they want to be.

Hot Air Balloon Fun

While Brandon was working away at the homecoming picnic, the kids, Grandma & I went to see the Hot Air Balloons in Centralia!  This was awesome!  It was our first time going, but I think we will definitely go again next year!  Hopefully I won't get lost next time!  Thankfully we made it just in time to see the balloons lifting off from the ground!

 

This was one of the kids favorite balloons.  There was also a Pepsi can and Humpty Dumpty!

 

The kids love stamps . . . these are hot air balloons.

 

Grandpa entertained the kids while Grandma & I shopped the craft fair!  It was a good thing Grandpa was there to take Caleb into the port-a-potty - I have a serious phobia of those!  Of course, then Sarah needed to use the facilities, so I faced my fear and helped her.  Needless to say, she probably now has the same phobia I have. . . ugh.  I do pray I am passing on positive things to my children as well!

 

We stayed to see the balloon's glow . . . they were beautiful!

It was so cool watching them light up!

 

It was a wonderful evening; I only wish Brandon would have been able to join us!  Hopefully next year!



First s'more of the season!

It's finally time for S'MORES! 

Oh, how I love this beautiful season!

 

Sarah was determined to make the perfect s'more.

She roasted those marshmallows for more than 5 minutes!

 

Caleb wasn't quite as patient as Sarah, enjoying the marshmallow right out of the bag!

 

I believe Caleb ate 2 marshmallows by the time Sarah finally finished roasting hers!

Grandpa even roasted a perfect one for Grandma!

 

Enjoying, quite possibly, his 3rd marshmallow!

 

 

 

Sarah enjoying her hard work!  They were delicious!

I hope we get to enjoy many more evenings just like this!

 

MKL Cardinal Game

Our Khoury League program got to walk around the warning track before the Cardinal game on June 13th.  Each team could have two coaches walk with the team, so Brandon and one of the other coaches got to walk around the warning track with our team!  How exciting!  Although once he sat down, he took off his pink uniform shirt!

The weather was beautiful and we were actually sitting in the shade!!!

I think the kids even enjoyed the game this year. . . we made it all the way until the 8th inning before we left!

Caleb is sporting his new sunglasses . . .

notice how many different ways he wears them?

This is exactly how I wear mine, I guess he noticed:

I thought this was funny. . . not sure how he thought to wear them like this.  I missed the picture of them hanging on his shirt. . . like his Dad wears them.

I think Sarah looks cuter in my sunglasses than I do!

I love taking in a Cardinal game during the season with the family!

I especially love the nachos!

Emily's Birthday

Happy be-lated birthday to my wonderful, loving, kind and beautiful sister!!!

We got to spend an evening together eating out and getting makeovers!

It was a wonderful evening.

I cherish my relationship with my sister.

An Evening at the Races

We decided to take the kids to Fairmont Race Park for Chick Fritz night.

It was a beautiful evening; the weather was perfect!

The kids loved looking at all the horses . . .watching them get checked and ready to go!

At one point one of the horse ushers (not sure that's what they are really called) brought his horse close to the fence to let the kids rub his nose!

The horses are absolutely beautiful!  Sarah and I had a great time watching the horses; Caleb enjoyed watching the tractor smooth out the track between races.

I'm pretty sure we didn't win any big money, but it was a nice evening with the family!

Mothers Day 2012

We celebrated Mother's Day at our house this year with a fun swimming party!

The kids had a blast, but I think Uncle Andy had the most fun throwing all the splash balls at the kids!

The kids always hate having to get out of the pool!

What a group!

Baby Bella even got to swim too!

We finished swimming just in time for a quick dinner and then off to the coach-pitch softball game for Sarah!  It was a fun afternoon and a great way to spend my Mother's Day!

Fit for a King

After 8 years, 2 growing kids and lots of crowded Sunday mornings,

we finally decided to get a new mattress.

Goodbye dear friend . . .

and H-E-L-L-O to a new world. . . 

A KING size bed!!!  Yippie!

There is so much room on Sunday mornings!

We got a sleep number memory foam mattress!

It's wonderful; we love it!

10 Years, Baby!

10 YEARS!!!

Yeah for us!

I cannot believe it's been 10 years;

time truly does fly by!

We decided to get some family pictures taken, so we could see a "then and now."

However, I'm only posting the "now" shots.

I love these fun family pictures. . .

Caleb loved getting his picture taken on his tractor!

These are a couple of my favorites of the kids . . . I love their big eyes!

So beautiful!

This is a definite keeper!

Their favorite things. . .

I think we look better today than we did 10 years ago!

Another favorite pose. . .

Aside from our wedding picture this is now my all time favorite picture of us.

My favorite family picture. . . this is just perfect!

I love the kid's expressions - my interpretation:

Caleb: are we done yet?

Sarah: take some more!!

Happy 10th Anniversary to my husband.  I am forever thankful God joined us together for life.  You are a wonderful man and an inspiration to me and our kids.  I love you always.