Family Pictures Nov 2015!

Family Photos! Taken November 2015 by our friend Anna Melissa Way!  She was awesome and captured some wonderful shots of this family that I love!

This...this is Hunter 100%!

 Brandt is 7 and in 1st grade. Played Flag football this fall and continues to dive and started piano lessons. He loves Math and is learning to be an excellent reader. He is kind, loving, helpful, a good friend, has an amazing memory, and enjoys listening to any music that has a beat! 

Hunter is 3 and does preschool once a week with mommy and a few friends. He got to play start smart soccer and LOVED kicking the ball. He gives great smiles, hugs, and giggles.  He loves to have fun, run, and be a part of all the action. 

Have a Magical Day!

We were so excited to have our Disney World adventure last month. It was a wonderful, fun, exhausting, and magical time! It was amazing to me that there could be so much going on, but the cast made every effort to make sure everyone was having a magical time.  We loved the atmosphere there.  We all had our frustrated and tired times too, but that is part of it. We will take the good with the bad and keep our wonderful memories! 

Brandt LOVED roller coasters especially Rockin' Roller Coaster that goes upside down. Hunter loved the Buzz Lightyear ride where he got to shoot lazers like Buzz and defeat Zurg. He also loved the characters and was always jumping up and down "I am so excited' when he met all of them.  Andrew and I loved riding the rides and meeting the characters with both boys. Watching Brandt and Hunter have fun was probably the best part.  Here are just a few of my favorite pictures...so hard to pick just a few! I think these ones show our families personality pretty well. We love to be together, have fun, laugh, and be silly together.  

 My new favorite picture! 

Summer 2015

Take a peek at a few of our favorite things we did over the summer!

 Hung out with Hunter's Stacey, so fun! Love their smiles!

 Rescued some animals at the science center with Daddy. 

 Worked at the grocery store at the science center! It takes lots of concentration.

 The boys and I went to the Space and Rocket Center with some family and had a ton of fun exploring about space. 

 Brandt and I went Ice Skating, we learned its takes hard work and practice but little by little you find your balance. And still sometimes fall!

Hung out with Brandt's Jessi and had a blast!

Celebrate America Day!

My Dad and I 

We had a great 4th of July with family and friends.  I feel thankful for the country we live in and for the people in my life that I get to spend fun times with. Fourth of July has always been a time to make memories. I remember being a little girl in Iowa and watching the fireworks with my best friend on her birthday as they fell down on us from high up above. Then as a teenager in Alabama, we  volunteered with the local 'I Love America Day'. My friends and I helped run booths and we just had a great time together. And now making memories with our boys and seeing the joy and excitement as they watch fireworks, I love it!

My Mom and her awesome fruit kabob flag. 

The cousins hanging out ready to eat.

Our boys with more cousins eating lunch.

Ready for some fireworks!

Our friends Mike and LeighAnn and their boys watched the fireworks with us.

My sister Deborah and her family came too.

It was a fun night! 

Family Reunion Time!

Oh the fun and excitement it is to be with family. Brandt says that family reunions are his favorite family tradition.  We have a pretty cool family! We have them every other year with Rheanna's family and we go somewhere for a few days all together.  This year we went to a beautiful lake house.  We all had a great time with all of the activities there was to do!

 Air Hockey Extraordinaire!

 Trampoline Jump Masters!

 Lake Swimmer Experts!

 Jet Ski Explorers!

 In a word: WHOOOO!

 Super Crafty Ladies!

3 in a little Canoe!

Catfish fishermen!

Fishing off the dock!

All of it equals wonderful, happy memories for a lifetime!!!

Hunter

Hunter is growing up so fast. He is almost 3! He loves to be a part of all the action and he loves to help us out with whatever we are doing. And that smile of his is the best!

Taking a moment to relax on a trip to the beach!

 During the summer we try to go to the splash pads that are around town...he loved the water rushing to the big drain!

 During our recent family reunion, Hunter was using the noodles as light sabers and having fun in the lake. 

 I surprised him coming down the slide at the park.  

 Camping in the fall was so much fun...this boy loves to run around where ever he is going. It is hard to get a picture of him that is not blurry. 

One of our favorite times with Hunter is dancing in the kitchen. He hears some music and his arms and legs start moving!