BUSY BODIES

we've been keeping VERY busy so far in the month of july.

my cousin cory got married to his high school sweetheart, whitnee. it was a very beautiful wedding, i loved their entrance. he came right up to the aisle in the old truck he built with his dad, and her in a horse drawn carriage. so sweet. i can't believe that he's old enough to be married. which means my baby brother is, too! weird.


the fourth of july this year was jam packed. i started Xfit, a 12 week bootcamp that morning. it kicked my butt, but there was not rest for the weary. our tradition of watching fireworks at maritime heritage park was broken this year. i was sad to not spend the holiday with our best friends like every year since forever, but had a great time with family instead. i made ellie this hairclip and sweet dress (without a pattern) the night before, and i LOVE it. having a girl is so fun!

we had planned to go to the waterslides anyway, but our bank had a deal going on where if you take pics of your family participating in all their deals for the month on the 8th, then they'd give each family member admission and wrist band for rides at the fair for free. what a deal! so we went to the waterslides a day early. it was a spontaneous and super fun adventure!


yesterday was the relay for life. it was nice to spend a short amount of time with our team. next year we'll walk at night so we have more time to be there and be more involved.

this kid is an amazing inventor! he builds legos like none other. here he built a videotape. how he knows what a videotape is? i have no idea. sad, that makes me feel old. please excuse the crazy face.



little miss is getting to big for her britches. she loves to stand up and hold onto things. she didn't pull herself up into this position. i put her there. but she did stand up for a really long time, i have about 20 pics of her standing there to prove it! she's scooting all over the place now. not crawling yet, but girl gets to where she wants to be!


boomer is mr personality. as always. this is his newest trick, he says he learned it from uncle andy. i tell him "your face will get stuck that way!" it is my job, afterall to say motherly things like that, right! i also tell him "just look at uncle andy, you want to have a permanent goofy face like him?!" which is my sisterly duty ;)


next up on our busy schedule...birthday party BBQ for jason, more bootcamp, picking berries and making freezer jam, some other fun adventures while daddy has this week off, denson family reunion...and who knows what else july'll bring!