Soaking Up Summer

I know I have been MIA for a long time, but summer has just been oh so good to us!  So before the boys go back to school in a few weeks and I return to work, I wanted to start recapping our summer, so for the next few posts, here goes from the beginning...

The boys both took gymnastics classes this summer and both had so much fun!  Thomas's class was Mommy and Me and Benjamin was a great helper. Benjamin's class was right after Thomas's and his was a gymnastics/sports combo class and he loved every minute of it!  Thomas had a lot of fun playing with the toys while we waited for Benjamin's class to let out.  Even more fun is some of our friends had signed up for the same class as well! 

4th of July Fun

Let freedom ring!  As we have done for the past 2 years, we met up with friends and spent the day at the annual July 4th celebration in League Park.

Happy Birthday America!

Summer Cuts

Oh this poor blog has been so neglected this summer but I like to think that we are living in the moment! Anyway, the boys desperately needed hair cuts so yesterday we did just that!  

And they turned out oh so handsome! 

Weekend Recap!

We celebrated our BEST guy this weekend and we hope he feels as special as he is! 

He loves us so good and we couldn't be more thankful that he's ours. 

Summer Lovin'

And we are having a blast! 

We're Back!

Whew!  It has been a LONG time since I have been here but I am definitely never quitting this little space of ours on the internet.  So while I catch up on posts, here are a few pictures that I am in love with.

Oh how I love these little monkeys so!

Busy, Busy

Wow!  This has definitely been the longest blogging break I have taken!  But, you didn't think I would actually quit this thing did you?!  No way!  But... things have been super busy around here and we are all definitely looking forward to the lazier days of summer.  I recently started my Master's degree a few months ago and it has been quite the juggling act getting into a groove of mommying, wifeing, teaching, and school but I think I am finally in the swing of things.  That being said, I have LOTS to catch up on!  So, I'll just go in order...

First up... finish recapping our trip to Louisiana for Thomas' Baptism.

I had the very crazy idea of trying to coordinate a family picture with all of the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents in Lafayette and it was quite the adventure to say the least!  Trying to coordinate 8 kids is no easy task!  But, we did manage a few good ones.

And got LOTS of quality cousin time in!  These kids LOVED splashing at the splash pad!