Bethany's a Preschooler!

(The sun was in her eyes)

Bethany and Elena

Today was Bethany's Official 1st day of preschool(aka no mommy). She was ready to go! No hesitation, no goodbyes-off she went! Although, it did make me a little sad when she trotted off it also made me happy and relieved that she is so excited. I was a bit worried, becasue sometimes Bethany is a bit timid. Her friend Elena is in her same class, it nice to have her there and also Erin and I can swap pick up times and help each other out! :) It seems like yesterday I was bringing this little bundle home from the hospital and now she's off to preschool! Bethany will go 4 days a week, 9am-1pm. She eats lunch there too! She's super excited about that. We decided to send her to the same preschool that Brady went to, Epworth UMC, we had such a good experience with him. He was also super prepared for kindergarten, his kinder teacher said you can definitely tell a difference. That seals the deal for us! It's awfully quiet in the house this morning, it's going to be an adjustment. :)

1st day of 2nd grade!

Today was Brady's 1st day of 2nd grade! He was very excited! We were able to go to his classroom last night and drop off his school supplies. We love his teacher Mrs. Strine. (Kirk actually taught with her at Ridgedale for a short time) He has quite a few friends in his class and a couple from his baseball team too. Mommy can't believe how fast the summer flew by!

Georgia is 7 months!

Our sweet Georgia turns 7 months old today!
She is changing so much! She is little miss speedy! She is crawling all over the house. Pulling herself up and has started to move around the furniture! Yikes! She has started eating a good amount of baby food(which Daddy and Mommy are making homemade!) She LOVES her food! ;) She has just recently started the "fake cough" she l thinks she's pretty special when she does it. Her favorite noise is still the raspberry though. She lights up when brother and sister walk in the room. She loves the animals! She will pet them an pull their hair too.

She is such a joy! She is such a happy baby! We feel honored and blessed to have her apart of our lives!

Georgia's Dedication

This past Sunday we were able to gather with our families and dedicate Georgia Marie to our Lord Jesus Christ. We have recieved such a blessing and dear gift from God. We pray that we direct her in the path she should go, it's a big job being a parent and having the job of raising a child. It is only through Jesus that we are able to do what we do!

We are so happy we have Christ-centered families!

10 Year Anniversary Party!

Kirk and I decided to celebrate this milestone with a Garden Dinner Party! We had it catered and everyone dressed up! We were so happy that we had some of our closest friends and family with us. We tried to get as many from our wedding party as we could, we really missed the ones that could not attend.

It was such a fun relaxing evening, we are so blessed!

10 Years!

Wow, can't believe 10 years have already gone by! Seems like yesterday we were in college just starting to date. Now we are much older, have 3 kids, dog, cats, a house! Crazy!

We would be lying if we said that these 10 years were absolutely perfect, there of course have been bumpy roads. Roads that took us around curves and up and down hills. We've gone through some pretty low valleys. But we have also been on some tall mountians. Thinking about the past 10 years, makes us laugh, we did some pretty dumb stuff. haha We won't go into that. We're happy where we are, I think I can say for both of us that we are probably the most content we have ever been. I know for me there were times I didn't know if that would ever happen. :) We think God for giving us both such wonderful parents. Without them guiding us, helping us and cheering us on, we wouldn'tbe where we are. Thank you, I often realize we don't say this enough, but we truly are thankful for you!!

I'm so happy to have been married to my best friend for 10 wonderful years! Thank you for my life, my kids and my happiness. I can't wait to spend the next 10 and beyond with you!

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Georgia is 6 mths!

We can't believe Georgia has been with us for 6 months already! A half a year!

She is such a joy, words can not totally describe!

She has really changed a lot within the last month. She is sitting all by herself and she is now an official crawler! Watch Out! She is starting to "try" and pull herself up but she has a little time before she can I think. She now uses her "boo boo" lip more. She's pretty attached to her mama! She's getting a bit more hair albeit not a lot we still have a bit more. Yes, it's still red-eyebrows and all! She absolutely loves the kids! She lights up every time they talk or walk in the room. She also thinks Daisy is ALL it! Daisy's pretty good with letting her "pet" her.
She weighs about 18.5 lbs now and is about 27" long. We love her roly poly legs and arms!

4th of July

We went up to my parents for the 4th this year. Eric, Christy and the girls came over also! We went to Cornerstone Chapel's Celebration on the 3rd. They had some bounce toys for the kids to play in and face painting. Plus, sno-cones and some other goodies. It was so nice to see some friends we had not seen in awhile. We were able to watch the Medina Fireworks at the church too. They were pretty good I must say! Every time we thought it was the finale, they started back up again! The kids enjoyed them, well, Georgia fell asleep, but the other two enjoyed them. It always feels so comfortable being back at the church I grew up in, I miss it!

On the 4th, we hung out at my parents. My dad grilled some yummy steaks and chicken and my mom added the sides. It was so good! We had fun watching the kids play together. It is seriously going to be crazy when they get a little older! We made a visit to DQ to enjoy some ice cream and then watched the parade before we headed back home.

We made it back in time to catch the Marion Fireworks with Scott, Amber and Macie. The kids got to play with some Sparklers, Poppers, and Snakes(Brady was obsessed with those things-don't ask me why! haha). The girls are so goofy, they totally feed off each other! We were happy to spend some time with them.

Happy to live in a free nation! God Bless America!

No Doubt!

Kirk and I were able to go see No Doubt in concert on Monday. It was so much fun! I'm a huge No Doubt fan, the band have been apart now for several year(not broken up just doing their own things) so this was a comeback tour. They were as good as ever! It was nice to have some one on one time with Kirk. We don't get to do that as much now with 3 kids running around.
Can't wait til their new album comes out!
Intro to the concert:


P.S. Thanks mom and dad for watching the kiddos for us! :)