September Shenanigans

August 25th, I had the privilege of throwing a baby shower for my friend Kathleen. We had a great turn-out and lots of fun. Kathleen didn't want any games, so we kept it simple with food and decorating onesies.

I cut several different pictures out of vinyl and we used those to do bleach designs.

George was working, so I had to bring the kiddos. They got to play with a guinea pig named Brownie, so they weren't too upset about being at a "grown-up party".

This is a great group of girls!

Since the kids were so good, we made a Toys R Us trip afterwards. Lucky us, they were doing a free Lego demonstration! They each got to build a Captain America design to keep.

This peanut is a stinker.

Lily is still interested in bugs (although a bit more reserved in her enthusiasm to hold them). She found this dead cicada and carried it around with her for the better portion of an hour.

Since Lance turned 11 in September, he was supposed to have his Crossing Over Ceremony at the September pack meeting, but it got postponed until November.

The 11-year-old scouts still came to welcome him to the pack.

This little one has become the most pleasant baby! She started out as my fussiest (except maybe Jude), but around 2 months something switched and she is all smiles all the time. We can't possibly love her more!

Scott, Abbey, and Madison came down for the pack meeting from Vienna. Lily thinks Madison is the best thing ever and couldn't stop touching her.

Madison wasn't too sure what to make of that.

Silly girl! Aunt Amy got the kids all stuffed animals the last time she came down and Lily loves her horse.

We drove up to Northern Virginia to celebrate Grant's 3rd Birthday. Of course I didn't take pictures of the birthday boy OR the kids swimming in the pool, OR the coolest Batman cake ever that Laura made, but we had a really fun time being with our family.

Cole thought this little dog was cute.

Lexi and Grandma!

This boy is a character! He loves to dress up and play pretend and one of his favorite things to pretend to be is a chef. He made me this "cake" and proudly brought it to me, oven mitts and all.

I love this sweet boy!

After starting out beautifully in the Spring, our grass started looking less-than-stellar. So, George decided to kill it all and start fresh. He sprayed Round-up on the entire lawn and after about a week we had brown grass. We thought we could just rake it all up, but that turned out more difficult than we originally thought. George started pulling it up by hand and stopped shortly after this picture was taken.

I think we'll call in some professionals. I'm tired of looking at a brown lawn.


We can't get enough of this snuggle bug. She is so sweet and squishy and usually all smiles. 

The kids all still think our bed is the best and more often than not, we'll get an early-morning visitor ready to snuggle until it's time to get up.

These silly boys love their sister!

As does this little girl. Lexi is a good sport and is already a tough little peanut.

Date night with Daddy while mommy ran errands for Lance's Birthday party! 

All that ice cream must have tired them out, because when I came home I found them like this:

I love my family!