Miss June

Meet our newest niece, June Olivia.  

It took us a few weeks to meet her as we had some colds to get rid of but she is the cutest and sweetest addition to my brother Luke's family.  Our first few moments with June...

5 years together

On May 20th Chris and I celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary.  I know right, crazy!  While on one hand it seems like we have been together forever (8 yrs dating and 5 married), on the other hand it was just yesterday that I walked down the aisle to marry my best friend.  This anniversary was particularly special because since having children we haven't been away just the two of us.  So it was with much excitement that we dropped the kids off with Chris' parents and had a mini 'stay-cation' here in Columbus.  And I have to say, when done right, Columbus can be a pretty cool town to hang out in.  

We had an awesome time living it up at the Hilton Easton (courtesy of Ryan and Steph and their crazy amount of Hilton perk points that they blessed us with) and enjoyed fabulous meals all over town with gift cards that we have accrued for probably over a year now and some from Chris' parents given to us just for the occasion.  

Many thanks to everyone who assisted in our time away.  It was much needed and even more appreciated.

The Hilton Easton - we highly recommend when visiting Columbus.

Sunday brunch, delicious and free of little hands.

Hyde Park for dinner - our vote for best steak in Columbus.

All in all a fabulous celebration.

Summer is here!

And it has brought us busy days.  I was reminded, very nicely, by my brother last night that I have been remiss in updating my blog.  Which made me think 'slacker' on one hand and then, 'hey, my brother actually reads my blog' on the other.  So here come some updates...enjoy.

Our first few days of sunshine meant constant begging from Shayden and back door clinging from Quinton to be outside.  Makes me so thankful for our backyard and the space to play.

The back steps where we watch the gentlemen mow our lawn, from start to finish without a word uttered.  This is by far Shayden's highlight of each week and he talks about his lawn mower guys year round, he knows them by name and anticipates their high fives and short conversations.  Quinton is starting to join in and certainly enjoys the noise and activity.

I love that this picnic table is now gracing our backyard...its history, almost everyone in my family has had it in their backyard for their children at some point.

Makes me Laugh

Quinton just makes me laugh.  He is such a funny little boy and his actions reflect his zest for life.

The other day his GranDanna bought him a new book - a touch and feel - which he was super pumped to look at and experience.  After reading it once I placed it on the ground for him to continue to look at and when I checked back on him minutes later this is what I found.

Hey, this is soft.

No ones looking, right!

MMMMmmmm

He takes "touch and feel" to a whole new level.