Toy Story Party!

Our little baby Drew has quickly grown into a big four year old. He is amazing and I wish that everyone could see how sweet he is. He says, "I love you" and "I think you are the best" all the time. This year he decided he wanted a Toy Story birthday party. I didn't get many pictures of the party because I was busy running around but I took a few.



I had Toy Story characters hanging along our fence. I didn't get a picture of them out there but I thought I would take a picture of the ones that were left. I let all of his guests take one home. It was a hot day and the kids used them as fans.


I made all of the kids these little Mr. Potato Heads. The body parts are attached with Velcro and I had all the parts laying on one end of the yard. The kids had to run and find the parts they needed to complete their Mr. Potato Head and then they got to take them home.

My nephew Kyle!

Drew and Brett

My nephew Brandon

My mom and I made the cake and cupcakes.

Run Sam Run

Sam just ran a half marathon last weekend. I am so proud of him, he decided he was going to do this in February and started training. The course was hard (hills) and it was VERY HOT and he did it in 2 hours! I wasn't able to get great pictures when he came in because of the number of people watching, but I got what I could.
We took the kids with us to Kansas City and while he was running we took the kids to a little Rain Forest traveling play station.

It is hard to see him, but he is wearing a red shirt and crossing the finish line.

My sister and brother-in-law ran the race too.

Visit with Max, Evelyn, Megan and Stephen

We just had a wonderful visit with one of my best friends from college. We live several states away and we don't get the chance to see each other very often. Although technology makes the distance easier it is still hard to not get to be a part of her life. The visit couldn't have been better (maybe longer), the children played great together. Max is four, just like Drew and Evelyn is 6 months and they are beautiful, sweet children. Megan is doing a great job with them. Every time Megan and I are together we pick up right where we left off, she is a blessing in my life. The only bad part of the visit is when it was over, I knew I wouldn't see her for awhile. Her kids will change and so will mine and we hate missing all the little moments of each others lives. Thanks for the visit Meg!

Lauren is walking!!!

Lauren started walking a couple weeks ago. She took awhile to get going but she is very good at it. She is walking all over now. It is so cute to watch because she walks very slow and controlled, unlike her brother who was fast and crazy!