A few words on "Wordless Wednesday"

A night out bowling for Andy's birthday (and lots of fun) - $9 First corn on the cob - $0.40

Stretching with daddy and

a lil spontaneity . . . priceless

4th of July Fun

I can't believe that the fourth of July has already came and gone! With the long weekend we decided to go 'back home' for an over due visit!
It was so nice to see our family! Everyone kept saying that they could not believe how much Alaina had changed. I thought..yah I know. But I didn't realize just how much she had changed until I accidentally came across this picture from last July. It is truly amazing how much our children change in just one year!

Alaina had so much fun playing with her cousins, hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa, and simply exploring!
There was so much to see and do! Alaina's aunt Barb even whipped out some festive confetti works. I don't know exactly how it worked...but i know that the kids absolutely loved it and it made a HUGE mess!

Alaina and I helped Bapa clean up a whole lot of confetti off the driveway! We got to see some old friends from Manchester, the fireworks over the lake, our nieces and nephew's modeling talents as well as lots of family fun! It was a great weekend. We definitely can't wait so long between visits! Thanks to our families for all the fun and hospitality!

Summertime

It's been a little while since I last posted (I was a kinda a bum last week as I was feeling under the weather), but for Alaina the fun went on! We got Alaina's pool out one incredibly warm evening, and boy did she LOVE it! Which was a good thing, as we somehow locked ourselves out of the house (yikes)!

We also took part in the local Relay for Life event, which was incredibly touching, as always! Alaina & I walked for the MSB team. Pictured below is a dear friend from work, who we walked with. She is lighting the luminaries in honor of her husband, who is currently fighting lung cancer. The Relay Committee did a great job with the event planning, and their hard work definitely paid off! It is always nice to take the time to remember those who have fought, honor those who are currently fighting, and pray for a day that no one else has to be told to fight that fight.

I couldn't resist ending with this picture that Andy took shortly before I came home from work the other day. Ha ha. Andy was cooking supper and found Alaina like this...