safety fest

about a week ago we attended a safety fest at clay's park resort.  it was great for the boys to see all the things they love...firetrucks, police cars, tractors, and helicopters!  they loved watching the helicopters fly in and land in the field and for the chance to hang out with uncle nick, who is a firemedic for one of the local crews represented there.  here are just a few pics from the event:

  

 

 

 

 

silly bandz

okay, are anybody else's kids obsessed with these animal silly bandz bracelets!?!  they are pretty cool (if you've never seen them before).  hudson absolutely loves these things and doesn't go anywhere without them!  kinda fun! :-)

  

take a ride

we had a really fun afternoon at an event at clay's park resort yesterday (more on that to come later!) and when we saw this old, piece of playground equipment, we had to jump right on and take a ride (and take a few pictures of it too!).  do you remember these things!? the boys loved spinning around and around.  they sure don't make playground equipment like this anymore... 

 

 

 

 

atwood lake

last weekend we made our first, of what will be many, trips down to atwood lake this season. mimi and papa have a wonderful trailer on a beautiful lakefront property along with a pontoon boat. needless to say, the kids LOVE going down and spending time there and this time was no different. they loved playing by the water, going on the boat, swimming in the lake and roasting hot dogs over the fire.

CLICK HERE to see a slideshow of all the pictures of our time at the lake!

the eyes have it...

  

celebration of learning

Hudson has officially completed his first year of preschool and yesterday we celebrated by attending his "Celebration of Learning Ceremony".  It was SO great to see him receive his first preschool diploma and interact with the other kids.  He's had a wonderful year, with amazing teachers, and has learned a lot!  We are so very proud of him!  He's blossomed into a little boy in such a short amount of time!  Look at how much he's grown and matured...

This was him on the first day of preschool last fall:

  

Look at him now, on the last day of preschool: 

  

Here are a few pictures from the ceremony...

 

 

anniversary

Long time no blog, right?  We've been so busy lately and have so many updates, it's hard to know where to even begin.  For now, lets start with our anniversary.  On May 15th we were so very blessed to celebrate 6 years of marriage.  Looking back, it's amazing to see how God's hand as been so present in our lives over this time.    

About a year ago, the photographer that shot our wedding gave us everything she had from our wedding including discs, negatives, proofs, etc.  (after 5 years she gives everything back to her clients, isn't that nice!?).  It was great to be able to re-edit some of them, too, since obviously wedding photography has changed so much from the way it was back then!  Anyways, it was SO fun to go back through and take a look at those photographs and the amazing memories of that day that changed our lives forever! 

  

  

The funny thing is, we can still remember this day and all the events that took place, like it was yesterday!  There are SO many more pictures, I wish we could share them all...maybe in another post sometime! 

  

Thank you, Lord, for 6 amazing years!  

brothers

these are some random pictures we took in our cul-de-sac of our boys this weekend.  aren't they getting so big!?!  with the nice weather, we've practically been living outside.  these brothers truly enjoy each others company (well, most of time, at least)!