Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Last 3 Months in a Nutshell

I have been off of the blogging bandwagon sooo....  since I am on vacation and at this point burnt to a crisp I decided to spend some time catching up all the events in the last 3 months. 

Josh & Lauren's BEAUTIFUL wedding at Arrington Vineyard



They boys have learned how to climb up onto the couch.


My grandfather, Jack Thomas, passed away peacefully at home.  He was one of a kind and we sure will miss him!


We have been blessed to spend lots of time with sweet Cooper Meacham and watch him grow!


We love bubbles!




G worked her magic and got both of the twins to sleep!


Afternoon walks in the neighborhood.


Nana bought a blow up bouncer for the boys to play on and they all love it!



Bubbles at G's house.


Swimming at Mike's house.


This picture pretty much sums up my boys, WILD!


Liam had swimming lessons at the Manchester Rec Center again this year.  This year he was actually in a class without me!  He did so good!



This is what happens to our backyard when it comes a flood.  Liam seems to enjoy it though!




Sliding on the playground at Nana & Poppa's house.

Reid


Liam


Kane


And my favorite slide picture, Hudson.


Maggie and I made 14 day sweet pickles!  My mouth waters just thinking about them!




Bella delivered 6 puppies.... 2 of them on my couch before I even noticed.  We had 3 boys and 3 girls.  They are half Yorkie and half Jack Russell.




I got to pick out new sunglasses for my 6 year anniversary.  Liam got him some Rayban Wayfarers too! 



He also got to eat a chicken leg for dinner at Nana's house!


Our poor playroom.  It's always a disaster! Anyone who comes to my house overlook the playroom or any room for that matter.  We are making memories in our clutter!


We had a little scare with Liam and some tick bites.  Maggie pulled 2 ticks off of Liam's back in the shower one day and it wasn't until 2 weeks later that these rashes showed up.  We took him to see Dr. Eastham just to make sure.  He put him on 2 weeks of antibiotics and treated him as though it was Lyme's Disease.  The poor guy wouldn't eat and all he wanted to do was lay around.  We were pretty worried!



They have learned to climb onto the bed now! 



More afternoon walks!  This time at Nana & Poppa's house!



Fun day at the Rec center pool!


Hudson sunbathing while Liam swims.


I have been watching Hudson more since Poppa has gone to night shift for a little while.  It was tough but I made it putting 4 small kids in a kiddie pool by myself.  



They have also found the dryer and figured out how to climb into it and close the door!



That pretty much sums up the last 3 months.  I am going to try to be better about it from now on.  I say that every time but these kiddos keep me pretty busy and I wouldn't have it any other way!

4th of July Weekend Extravaganza

Forth of July weekend was spent mainly on the lake with family at my parents camper.  The twins hung out in our new life jackets they got for their birthday and we all enjoyed each others company.



After a day on the lake we ate and ate and ate! Gene and the guys fired up the grill at their new camper and then we watched some fireworks all before going home and crashing!


I will never forget the time when Liam used to be afraid of Hayes.  Now they are the best of friends!


Sadly I haven't been taking pictures of when friends come to our house but on July 5th we had friends over at our house to grill out!  Chrissy made cheesecake stuffed strawberries and OH MY GOODNESS they were so good! Here I am eating the last one!


The next day, July 6th, we went back out to the lake with my parents.  Ryan was off that day so we got the boys in the lake.  Liam is my timid boy.  It takes a lot of talking him into doing things.  The twins are a different story!  They are going to be the ones that jump in when we are not looking!  They love the water!


Splashing!



My sweet family!


Taking a ride to eat at Blue Gill Grill

Kane


Reid


Liam


Momma and her babies!


Grandy!


G!


He is so excited that he got to help drive the boat!