Golf Outing Weekend

The weekend before we headed home to the annual golf outing we went to Mandy and Jon's new house to wish Jon safe travels since he was deployed for a year to Afghanistan. I could never imagine leaving my spouse and they also have a 18 month old boy, Carter. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits, but I realize the important thing will be being there for Mandy even if it's just providing adult time (It will be her and Carter for a year and she is only going to work part time, two twelve hour shifts a week- THAT IS A LOT OF KID TIME!!!!). On the way to the party Gweny made a fashion statement (the shades would be upside down).

The kids wouldn't sit still for a picture so all you get is an action shot.

The next weekend we packed up the van, picked up Grandma Bebe and headed to my hometown for the annual golf outing. Of course on Friday we had to get everyone together and go swimming at my brother's pond. My girlfriend Bri and her husband Cyle made it with their two kids as well.

Mason is a little fish...but he sure likes pebbles, sometimes in his mouth but who could blame him?

Edible.

Flippers and a tube, Hadley is ready and telling Grandma BeBe all about it.

Gweny is throwing a tantrum because she refuses to put on water wings?!?!

Cayden was having a blast with all the kiddos.

Grandma on beach duty.

Mya went in for a second but mostly just hung out.

Before we left on Sunday the girls played salon, getting their nails and hair done. Not sure what this pose is about but it is adorable.

Gweny even allowed her hair to be done.

Getting in a little movie time before dinner.

Great Day

So we have been going through a particularly stressful time in our household. A little one on the way and an accidental switch to a single income household. Finally this week we got our break. I told a friend that I let out a huge sigh of relief in addition to losing about ten pounds of stress off my shoulders. I am so happy to say my husband got two job offers this week (pending drug test and background check which he passed just fine in March). Both are better jobs then the Direct TV gig, both pay better than his previous job with Goodcents, and BOTH CAN TRANSFER to the Lima area :) The plan starts to evolve :) Now we can stop stressing about finances and start enjoying this limited time with the two girls because come February we will have three little ones!!! With probably three girls, but we won't find out until October. Having my niece around all week this week I honestly turned to Mark and said that I want a third girl (NO CLUE WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME). Hadley and Mae have been adorable and including Gweny, it's just precious and I know the bond that comes with a sister and I can't wait! The pictures I have included were random chaos, which is equivalent to our life!

Striking a pose.

Loving on her frog...

Willing to allow sis in the picture but NOT willing to look at the same time?!?!

Surprise shot...

My goofy, goofy girl.

Hadley wanted artistic shots....no comments needed on my stained chairs!!!!!! They are well used and were bought used too!

Gweny's sheepy striking a pose.

I wish kids sat as still as stuffed animals.

This picture makes my heart melt.

My goofy girls.

I had a hard time attempting to capture Hadley's "crazy eye," one day she looks at me with one eye turned in and I freaked out until she started laughing (I thought she had a lazy eye and envisioned an eye patch hahahahaha). Now she does it all the time and it just cracks me up. She will just yell...."Crrrrazzzzy eye!"

I am so grateful for the blessings we have gotten this week and look forward to more good news- Dad gets evaluated by the surgeon tomorrow!!!

Good Times

My girlfriend Sarah was in town for a few days so I decided to take off a day of work and hang out. We decided, after much delay because of the iffy weather, to go to Coney Island. Of course we just stayed in the shallow end and did not take advantage of the slides and rides, but it was nice to just chill with the roomies :)

Mandy had stopped by a few days earlier in the week and Hadley just couldn't get enough of Carter...too young to be in the same bed, but the door was open hahahaha.


We stepped out of the water for lunch, otherwise my girls weren't getting out!!!

On the go Gweny

Afterwards we enjoyed a cookout and chaos at my house!

Like I said chaos, ice cream sandwiches which lead straight to a group bath!

Leslie's daughter Grace was GREAT with the kiddos.

So patient...

We were so determined to get a pic with this little hat on plus the horsey but that didn't work.

I definitely just realized there were no pictures of Sarah, ha not sure how she did that?!

July 4th

Only a month later :) But I have only a few pictures from the lake to share because we were just SOOOOO busy having fun!!!!!!!!!! We got up there on Saturday morning after spending the night at my parents to break up the long drive. Saturday first thing it was boat time which equals the sand bar- not as fun as usual (darn Little bear!!). Next it was the cornhole tournament which I drew a GREAT partner for, but he got a little bit too drunk and we couldn't pull it off- #5 of 40. Not too shabby. Then it was the parks fireworks on Saturday night. Followed by boat time on Sunday again with a great dinner on Sunday with the park. There are some great people in their park- tailoring to my pregnancy through and through- including homemade hummus to go! We had to come home Monday to get back to work, ugh, but it was a great time with the family!!


Always full of energy, even at 1030 at night.

Grandma and Bubba. He is getting so darn big and full of character.

I promise I tried rotate the picture twice, then I was annoyed. So here's Gweny in action...

We were so excited to just sit and relax after a busy day.

Fireworks were great once they got used to the bombs!! Then they couldn't get enough.

We would call out the colors....which Hadley loved. Her face in this is just glowing.

Both Gweny and PawPaw fell asleep during the fireworks hahahahaha!!

Our life, the zoo...

During a nap of mine, Gwenyth decided to climb up on her dresser by moving her trash can. She is of course creative. I wake up to Mark saying "don't be mad." Then I see what she did...shattered her piggy bank. What a little monkey????? She was pretty upset and we've yet to replace it, guess I know the perfect birthday present!!

So sad.

Guess when you want your money you want your money?!

I decided randomly to take the girls to the zoo by myself. Not my brightest idea as the hills and heat kicked my butt on top of already being exhausted by default. We only stayed like two hours- thank goodness for a pass!!!!! The girls had a blast...

They are always amazed by the ducks, of course because why would they be fascinated by the exotic animals??

Our zoo has a baby giraffe, can't recall the name right now but for once there wasn't a line so we snuck a peak. Of course she's behind a window but you can see her head in the bottom right corner.

Gweny loved exploring the polar bear exhibit.

Snack time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Again, still obsessed with the sculptures...

FINALLY I got Gweny to ride the merry-go-round. I was worried about how I would deal with both of them or just have Hadley do it being solo. No worries, I put Gweny on a stationary one and she had a BLAST!!!

Hadley is a regular pro, chosing her animal and going solo!

Diva in her glasses right?

Last is Hadley helping out Dada with his carving while I cook dinner. Couldn't resist the pic.