Our Aweful Beautiful Life

Remember this - That same little booger is going to his preschool open house tonight. How did 3 1/2 years pass by so quickly? All I have to say, is they grow up way too quickly. I'll post more on Tuesday. His official first day. I'm just spending my days hoping and praying that he's always as excited to go to school as he is right now.

I've always been told that the older I get, the faster time will slip before my eyes. Let me just tell you, that's the truth. Each time I get on here to blog (typically because someone has scolded me that it's been far too long since I've updated), I realize how much time has passed since my last post, and take a quick minute in this busy world to reflect on the fun we've had.   Since June 24th...we've done a lot of fun things. Colton's gone fishing with his Daddy for the first time, Em & Colton were in their first 4th of July parade in Wolcott, we hit up the county fairs, we have went to Columbian Park Zoo with Grandma Hall, and celebrated Jason and I's 6th Wedding Anniversary with a trip to the Indiana Dunes!   In between all of that, we've helped a great friend welcome a her husband into our cooky family (Congrats Kendra & Kent) and I've put in a lot of overtime, which makes nights running through the sprinkler, feeding the calves, t...

One of our favorite things about summer, is that we take a lot of time to go camping with our friends. We have a traditional Memorial Day Camping trip to the best place in the whole wide world....Indiana Beach on beautiful Lake Shafer, Monticello, Indiana...proving once again, there is more than corn in Indiana.....................................okay....so maybe it's not the most desirable place on the face of the earth, but we have fun with it. We have great friends, a wonderful camper, and leave with many memories each year. Do you know how I know we leave with wonderful memories each year? Because of this: No, that's not our camper. In fact, that's the floor of our babysitters basement. What on EARTH could the babysitters basement and camping memories have to do with one another? Look closely. Nearly a month after our Memorial Day camping trip, Pam reports to me that Colton and his friend Katie spent the entire afternoon playing "camping". Now do you see it -...

Hubs & I are Tim Hammer's Wedding - 6/18/2011 Mom, Pete & I! Boiler Up! My all time favorite neighbor growing up (okay, my only neighbor growing up!) PATRICE! **If you know Pat, you know that this is actually a VERY well behaved photo!** :)

We celebrated Em's birthday recently -- times TWO! Mom & Dad joined us on Em's actual first birthday, June 1st, and we had a patio supper and went to town to the new ice cream shop. Enjoy a few pictures of a fun evening! Both kids got a birthday gift on Em's birthday...a Gator to play in! They love it!! Pap's & Em She was wound up! Supper on the patio! Ice Cream at Lickity Split...the new ice cream shop in Brookston! SUGAR HIGH! Em's second party, that one gave me some gray hairs. Mom came down to our house on Saturday to help me prepare. We cleaned the house top to bottom. Jason and Jacob busted their TAILS out in the heat all day to make our home picture perfect. Then it happened. Ole Mother Nature reared her UGLY head. By 6:45pm, Jason was in the shower ready to relax for the day, and the kids and I had just come inside. The clouds rolled in. The winds started...soon the sirens were going off, and there was so much wi...