These are a bunch of pics from the riverfestival and Hannah's bday. We had a lot of fun getting the cousins together. Addison is constantly talking about Hannah and pretending to talk to her on the phone. I especially like the pics of me and Addison in our pretty dresses! The cupcakes Joy made for Hannah's bday turned out so amazing! Hannah and Addison tore through them. Alex surprisingly didn't get too messy with his:) I think Alex and Addison were way more into Hannah's presents than she was! They're such stinkers!

These are just a bunch of fun summer pics! This is the first time we've been out to the farm this summer and the kids had sooo much fun! It was close to 100 degrees that day so me and the kids spent most of the time in the pond. Nathan even got in for a while with us! Alex could spend the whole time in there!

We used the sprinklers that Alex got as a bday present for the first time on memorial day. Nathan cooked up some hot dogs on the grill and we ate outside. It's fun doing family things together. Nathan taught Alex how to spray people with the sprinklers and that's what Alex spent the whole rest of the time doing. LOL!

We also got a new pet. Our house is really turning into a zoo! I never thought I would want a snake but seeing how fascinated Alex was with our friends snake made me decide to go ahead with it. Nathan had snakes back before we meat. We named him Red John after a tv show that we like and he's the bad guy/murderer. We thought it was fitting because of what he'd do to all of the mice we feed him:) Alex was pretty nervous about holding him whenever we would ask him. We kind of surprised him one night when he wasn't looking and put red john on him and after that time he's always asking if he can hold him. Alex never wants to try new things!

my butt imprint on the couch

Alex and his doggies Shadow and Benji

Nathan skating

Silly Addison

Before and after Dinosaur show:)

Lightning

Addison falling asleep on the floor in their room:)

Well, this first pic is of Batman the baby robin we found in the backyard. He was hopping around and couldn't fly yet. Nathan was worried about him so he brought him in and was feeding him yesterday. Poor guy made it through the night but bit the dust late morning.

Nathan's dad flew out last week to help Nathan with a project. They built a new gate for the backyard. It turned out super good and you can actually open it, unlike our old one:) We had a really good time while he was out. It was good to catch up and watch some movies and eat some tasty meals! Good bonding time for the men especially:) I think Nathan learned a few things. Now he can fix our fence that is about to be blown over. lol!

We just got our tree in the front yard trimmed this morning. We've been meaning to get to it for over a year now. It looks so much better and isn't hanging on our roof anymore, which was the big problem.

Here are my marigolds. They're all blooming! Can't believe I could actually grow flowers from seeds. It's amazing! We'll see if the other flowers bloom. I think something has been chewing on them.

Addison feeding her baby with the boppy. So cute! She had watched me feeding little Ethan earlier and wanted to try it out:)

Oh, the pic of me is my highlights I did this morning.

Alex's birthday was on the tenth, but I'm just now getting these pics up. Our big four year old! Mom, Dad, Jillian, and Josh came out on the ninth to celebrate Alex's bday, mother's day, and Dad's bday. We had a really good time. I made a batch of Monna's(Nathan's grandma) turkey tacos. Super yummy! We gave him his big birthday present, his bike, on that day. The picture of him looking at it was the first time he saw it:) Grandma and Pappa gave him the Cars cars box.

We wanted to make his actual birthday special too so we planned a few things for the next day. Alex and I went out to Dillons so he could pick out the stuff to make and decorate his cake with. I had him help out and he told me later that that was his favorite part of his birthday. After that, I took him out to see his first movie How to Train your Dragon. He was so cute with his popcorn and drink and he was soooo into the movie. Then, we went and got him a happy meal and he blew out the candles on his cake and then opened other presents. I think it was a good day. Can't believe it's been four years!