Summer So Far...

Some photos from our fun summer so far.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Our home full of family is back down to four of us, myself, Kyle, Bells and Tybalt. It is eerily quiet, our teenager has moved out to live with friends before he leaves for bootcamp in February. We miss him like crazy, and we have been promised weekly dinners at home, and trust me I will hold him to that :)

The bond Kyle and I now have with Zach is phenomenal, I was one heart broken auntie the day he moved out. But I understand him wanting to spread his wings a little bit and be out on his own before he leaves. I just can't say enough how truly, truly giving, loving, caring and just plane awesome Zach is.

My wonderful father-in-law is moved into his new apartment, it is a really nice place and I truly think he enjoys living there. We make sure to see him every day and he is currently watching Bella during the week for us, trading off weeks with my parents for us until she starts at her new "school" on August 15th. Bella is enjoying this special time with her grandparents and I'm just so thrilled she gets to experience this right now.

I get to plan not one but TWO baby showers, my "baby" sisters are due a couple of weeks within each other in the month of November. I am having way too much fun doing this and am grateful they both trust me to put together something magical for each of them.

I vow to try to blog more, I really do :)

Stephanie's, Together Again

I am so blessed to have an amazing bond with one of the most kick ass women I know. She is a sister to me and we live far apart. Luckily her wonderful hubby found very cheap tickets from Houston to Cedar Rapids so they came to visit us for a glorious two days!

We got to just relax, grill out a lot, drink some beer and just laugh together :) Stephanie and James are blessed with two beautiful little boys, Owen is nearly two and Cole is four months. Bella and Owen just adored each other, they played so well together!!!! Bella just loved little baby Cole, she especially loved holding him and looked so cute doing it :) She liked having them visit so much that she asked me for a little brother, or two, hahaha.

Visits like this are rare and of course I documented it with many pictures, I will post a few of my favorites. Thank you Stephanie, James, Owen and Cole for an amazing visit, we miss y'all (haha) like crazy and I can't wait until we can see you again. Hopefully we won't have to wait two years this time!

First Recital

Bella Jean had her first dance recital this past weekend. It has been amazing to watch her dance teacher Michelle teach these little 3 and 4 year olds how to do a dance, seriously, she amazes me. Trying to keep the attention of these adorable kids would make me nuts!

Bella did a tap routine, she looked so darn adorable in her costume and so grown up with her makeup on! I just can't believe how quickly my little princess is growing up. Most of my family were able to make it for Bella's big event, she wasn't shy at all and just marched out onto the stage ready to dance!

We will see where her dancing takes her, she seems to be wanting to do ballet more than anything so we may move her to a studio that only teaches ballet. We will see how she feels after a summer off :) We couldn't be more proud of our little peanut!