camping again with the kids this time!

Micah and Kane playing in the leaves

Mommy and Micah down by the water on our hike

My sweet Mae Mae

Daddy, Micah, Kylie, and Kane

Izzy, Cyd, and Micah, best buds!

sittin in our camp chairs

This pack n play was a life saver because otherwise Kylie was so frustrated that we wouldn't let her get down on the ground! Luckily Micah was excited to get in there with her which made it much better.

We were loaded down.... and this was Kylie's first trip facing forward.

Pudding painting

So I had been wanting to do some pudding painting with the kids all summer and I just got around to it several weeks ago. It was so cute to watch and the kids had a blast. Amazingly it came out of Micah's clothes(I don't know why I left them on!). I think Micah was way more interested in eating the pudding than painting with it but oh well, he had a good time.

Kylie's birthday

Birthday girl!

loved her cake!

She got a bunch of play food for gifts because he main gift was a kitchen set. It was the one my dad made me when I was a little girl, I got it when I was 3. My dad reburbished it, it's been in the attic for years and it looks great, I will post a pic soon, I forgot to take one!

opening her presents

The cake and cupcakes I made for Kylie's party, she had a flower party

Mommy and Kyles on her actual birthday, Oct. 7th

Micah helping Kylie open her presents on her birthday morning

Camping and fall

Our best friends the Hessels camping with their little guy Sawyer.

We went camping with some of our friends at the end of Sept. and went horsebacking riding. We left the kids with our family so we had 4 days to ourselves which was a great break and fun to spend time just the two of us and with our friends.

Micah and Kylie love playing together! They really are good about playing together and treating each other well, there's just the occasional "fight". :)

Updated Summer pics!

Well, since I've been so bad about updating pics little by little, here's a recap of what we've been up to this summer.

spending some time at Neil's parent's....


Brother sister love



We set up a tunnel in our living room

Kylie's "best friend" Sawyer. He's our best friend's(Matt and Kelly)'s son who is 2 months younger

Micah is a good helper with him!

My little musician

Sweet baby face

I know I'm cute!

Playing in the pool in the backyard with the dog

We had fun dressing Micah up one afternoon

Our little batman!

He has no idea why he's doing this

Micah loves to tackle Kylie and love on her

Swimming in the pool in Cincinnati... we took a little family vacation at the beginning of July to Cincinnati for a night. It was fun but we were ready to get back to our own house even after one night of the four of us in one hotel room!

Micah has become quite the swimmer this summer. He's very confident and learning new things each time he swims!

Swimming at the hotel

The boys chillin on the bed

4th of July... I put earplugs in Kylie's ears so she would stay asleep during the fireworks and it pretty much worked!

Waitin for the fireworks to begin

Precious girl, she was so hot, but I was afraid the bugs would get her.

Neil's Grandpa "Pop" passed away at the beginning of July so this is at the funeral dinner.

Neil and his mom at Pop's Funeral dinner

We had a playdate with Addison Max this summer too (who is 3 weeks older than Kylie). We figured out the girls had the same outfit so we dressed them alike and took pics. They had a good time and it was the first time they'd ever met!

Bobsy twins

Well, that's about all I can fit on one page for right now so I'll try to update more later.