PA Trip in August

We went to Pennsylvania mid-August to squeeze in one more plane trip when Josh could still be a lap child and we wouldn't have to pay for his ticket!

I'm so grateful we were able to recover the majority of these photos from an SD card that I had deleted them from and then took more photos in that SD card when Matt's parents were in town after our PA trip.  We lost some of the pics for good just because they did get written over, but many were recovered!  The beginning of the trip is probably the most we lost.  So I will fill in some of the gaps with a few from Matt's phone and then just post what we have!

Waiting for our plane in Denver!


Matt took these on the plane with his phone.  It was kind of sad knowing next time we fly we'll have to be split up!  Right now all four of us share one 3 seat row since Josh doesn't have a seat.  Flying gets easier the older they get.


Now Nathan wanted to lay on mama's lap.  He's covering his face with George.


We got in late late Wednesday night.  On Thursday we had lunch at Panera Bread with Age and Colin and dad.  It was gorgeous out (not typical humid August weather) and we ate outside!  Highlights include watching a lady drive right over a curb and flower bed and keep moving as she had no idea what just happened :)    The Panera pics got written over as well as the ones of Colin, Nathan and Josh playing and racing at the car wash.  Then later that day we got to see David & Age's new house!  It wasn't there's quite yet when we were visiting, but we got to come to their personal inspection of it.  I love their home so much, mostly because it suits them well, God's provision was so obvious with the timing, price and details, and...it's just a cute house!  Check it out!




I love this porch!  If you can call it that! 


I love their big open entryway that has a staircase to a hobby room above their huge 2 car garage.  Love the wood touches too.  And my "bedroom" in that loft area to the left. ha ha!


We were thinking it'd be nice if they left those motorcycles as part of the deal!


Cutest nephew and cleanest crawl space ever!!!


Checking things out.


Backside.


Perfect for them!


David & Age have a deck in case they want to make a secret getaway :)


2 great men.


So happy to get to see their house and share in this part of their lives.  And miss the actual moving day! ha ha!  Kidding.  Kind of :)

Camera Photos Feb-August

Some pics from my phone!  It seems they've uploaded backwards, so that's the direction we'll be going!

I'm not sure why I took this.  Maybe just our home in the summer?


August 4th! Nathan & Josh's first dentist appointments.  This dental hygienist was awesome with Nathan!  She's having him feel the toothebrush on his finger first.




She got them all clean!


Dr. Josh checking out Nathan's teeth at the end.

They just looked in Josh's mouth...not a full cleaning and everything.  They both got to hit a gong at the end for no cavities.  Somewhere I have a video of that!  They loved it as they got tons of goodies and lots of fun.  This office was great.  I'm very happy with them!


Oh yeah, this was a photo of Nathan and I before for the dentist that we sent to daddy.


Just coloring.  It looks like we were sending a card to someone.


This is dark, but one rainy, cold night we took the boys to the mall to ride the train!



It loops all around the mall and they just love it.

This is what I found one morning...Nathan reading to Josh...on his bed...on stools?


Camping out in the living room.


Jamin and Landin came over one morning in July while Jen went to her doctor's appointment.

I love the upside down sunglasses on Jamin.

I took all of the boys to the park.



Great buds.

Reading with mama.


Just a home depot visit.


Making a fort.


Pool day.


Nathan "reading" to Josh...in uniform.


Nathan eating a healthy lunch in March.


Also March, Nathan and I in our aprons.


The boys coloring outside in February.  The time is moving so fast!  How it is October already?

Our 8th Anniversary!

Our 8th Anniversary was on August 5th.  On August 4th, Ashley watched the boys and we went out for dinner to Rock Bottom and to Villa for the hot tub!  I love this man so much.




It was incredibly sweet of Ashley to watch the boys as she was moving to St. Louis in just one week! She met a guy there and found a job. So while we are so sad selfishly, we are very happy for her. And just last week (early October) we found out she is engaged!!!

I took photos of her and the boys this night that of course we lost. As well as her going away party. The boys love this girl so much, she's kind of irreplaceable. We are incredibly grateful for the years she shared her heart and time with us and the boys.

Keely Gray's Senior Shoot

Keely, another cheer captain at Falcon High School, and Emilee's friend, also needed some Senior Photos!  So I took them on July 31st. Here's a few of them.










Beautiful green eyes.
























We started to get rained on, so we tried to take a few under the cover of some trees!