What We Did {August}

As you know,

August is our busy month.

3 birthdays,

1 anniversary,

and

2 extended family birthdays.

Add to that this year,

Macy started kindergarten,

and getting everything ready for my preschool,

there was rarely a dull moment.

We spent some time with our sweet friends, the Nelsons.

My friend Michelle has helped me SO much with preschool stuff,

I am pretty much indebted to her for life.

There was school shopping to be done.

Mace and I are like two peas in a pod when it comes to that.

Coleman finally mastered the art of pedaling,

and loves cruising up and down the sidewalk.

 Brett wanted to watch The Sandlot for his birthday

(and was thoughtful enough to snap a pic of me and the kids).

Now M & C can be heard randomly spouting off movie quotes such as:

"The GREAT BAM-BINO!"

"We are WAITing..."

and

"HAMMONBALL!!"

Knowing that our swimming days were numbered,

we spent lots and lots of time at Cherry Hill.

As mentioned, M stared kindergarten.

We had a little first day breakfast to celebrate.

Bubbies sure misses Sissy,

but I think he is enjoying not having to share the spotlight

for a few hours a day.

Coleman's 3 Year Old Pictures

Macy's Kindergarten Pictures

Chapter 8

In honor of our 8th anniversary,

I present to you,

our most un-favorite, 

embarrassing wedding picture.

Let me explain.

Neither of us have "nice" hands.

When we were engaged and shopping around for wedding photographers,

we joked that if any photographer

asked us to pose for the traditional "hands on the bouquet" pictures,

we would fire him on the spot.

But, our wedding day came,

we were blissfully happy,

and willing to take any and all pictures to document the day.

Enter, awkward bouquet hand shot.

As horrible as our interlaced fingers look,

I can't bring myself to delete it.

In fact, sometimes I pull it out when I need a good laugh.

That being said,

ugly hands haven't kept us from having 8 fantastic years.

Not perfect years,

but perfect-for-us years.

I'm so grateful that I get to spend everyday

with my best friend,

the guy who always makes me laugh,

and puts up with me,

ugly hands and all.

Camping Vs. Glamping

A few weeks ago,

we went camping in Morgan

with the friends.

This was legit,

pee-in-the-woods, no-cell-service

camping.

It was awesome.

We spent lots of time cooling off in the river,

and cooked our meals over the fire.

Apparently, "real" camping is super exhausting.

The men snuck in some good bonding time.
(and they say us girls love to talk...)

Camping kids.

There are no words...

What a weekend in the great outdoors!

Compare that,

to our "glamping"

trip hosted on base a few days ago.

Equally as fun,

but not exactly roughing it.

In addition to a catered dinner,

flushing toilets

and getting to watch Babe on a big screen,

there was face painting,

AND a petting zoo.

(Simon the pig was our favorite.)

But, we did sleep in a tent.

We get points for that right?

Coleman at 3

He's 3!

Our little Bubbies turned 3 today!

Our birthday boy woke up to a bunch of balloons,

and a big box of blocks.

Later that evening, 

we celebrated with family,

Monsters University style.

Of course, 

Coleman had to choose Squishy,

the oddest looking monster for his big cake.

Not my finest work.

Sully-esque cupcakes.

Mike Wazowki inspired balloons.

No tears during the Happy Birthday song this year!

This little guy sure brings a lot of life to our little family.

Happy Birthday Mr. Coleman!