Jaden: 22 months

Kimber did the cutest little photo shoot of Jaden before the close of the summer.  Well, maybe not so little since we had tons and tons of darling pictures to choose from.  Thanks Kimber!  We're in love with them. 

Jaden's prayer

Jaden taught his bears how to pray last night.



It was adorable.

pool + friends

We had so much fun last year, we couldn't help but repeat the tradition.  The Goffs rock and invited us down to their parent's place for a day at the pool, barbeque, volleyball and good ol' cornhole. 

The guys got a little crazy with the stunts and thought it would be fun to take the shark down,

and walk the lily pads,

and dive through the ring floaty thing.

Some were more successful then others;)

Oh, and Jaden took Kenzie for a little drive:)

It was such a fun day just relaxing and hanging with friends!

: Girls will be girls :

I love my gal pals.  They are one of the reasons I call Indiana 'home.'  We see each other all the time, and sometimes it just gets plain goofy.

Like when we try to re-create awkward family photos...

and more awkward family photos...

They are simply the best, and have been like family to me while my own is hundreds of miles away.

and just because...

We thought it would be fun to have a girls-only weekend getaway.

So we drove up north and spent a couple days downtown.

Pedicures, manicures, facials... take your pick!

Cranberry juice in the relaxation room?  Yes please.

:dinner at Champs:

(with a follow-up at Cold Stone)

:us crazies at the hotel:

It was fun celebrating Rachael's birthday, too!  She was cute to strut her gifts for us:)

:shopped 'til we dropped... literally:

 Our awesome husband's joined us for sushi to finish up the weekend:)

Seriously a blast of a get-away.

Love 'em.