Happy 9th!

Amidst all of the craziness of no power and living at my parents, Doug & I celebrated our 9th anniversary! Unfortunately, I forgot it, but he surprised me with a card and roses. Hopefully he can forgive me for forgetting, which I am blaming on pregnancy brain:) Thanks love, for nine great years!!

Power's Out....

We had a bad storm this past weekend that knocked out power to almost all of Fort Wayne. Fortunately, we were at the lake when it all hit. Unfortunately, when we came home, we still didn't have power! We were out for about 5 days, lost all of our food in the fridge, and had to crash at my parents house for a few nights. Thankful though that we had no serious damage to trees or our house and that we had a place to escape to with AC (temps were in the triple digits!)!

Shower by candle light...

Tree on power line, the reason we didn't have power...



Richardsons & Ryckearts

We had some good friends up to the lake for a weekend of sun, food, catching up, duck fishing, spearing, and swimming! Thanks Joe, Katie & Isabelle and Shane, Sam, Ethan & Ella for a great time!!

She's definitely a Purdue girl:)

Helping change Isabelle. Practicing for her baby brother:)

These girls are only 4 days apart! Ella is my birthday buddy:)

Isabelle and Sienna were fast friends:)

Sneaking up on the ducks....

Didn't work....

Does mommy know about this...?

Ice cream!!

The lake is so low we have sand to play in!

Love that little swimsuit! Look at those buns! :)

Sam & Ethan

Working on the porch

Ceiling looks great, thanks guys!!!!!

VBS & Riverfest

This week Huddy went to VBS and loved it! He learned that you can always 'Trust God'! We also went to a Riverfest picnic on Friday hosted by Swiss Re. We had lots of fun with bounce houses, water balloon toss, and pontoon boat rides down the river!!

Picnic time!

Boat ride!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful Papa and hubby!! And, of course, to my dad, a wonderful dad and grandpa! We love you both!!! This past Saturday we also had our house on the ARCH Home Tour. There was a great turnout, lots of positive responses to all the work we have put into our house, and fun touring other cool homes in our own neighborhood!

Cooking up Father's Day dinner

Huddy took this pic, not bad!

Sissy took this one.....

Doug & Joe Show

Tonight we hung out with some great friends, Joe & Katie. The boys played a little volleyball first then we headed to dinner. It's never a dull moment when Doug & Joe get together!

Lazy Weekend

This weekend we worked hard cleaning the garage and finishing the kids' swingset on Saturday and then we relaxed on Sunday at the lake with my parents.

Climbing the rock wall for the first time

So proud of himself for making it all the way to the top!

Helping out with yard work

Photograph by Hudson

Photograph by Sienna :)