Summertime and the livin' is easy

This has been a slow and peaceful summer. With the arrival of Ben we have been taking things easy and just enjoying each moment. There are so many memories from this summer as our family expanded from 4 to 5! I am beyond grateful that God has been so generous with three AMAZING children who I cherish more than life itself. Jimmy and I are so blessed!

Blue shoes

This picture was actually taken back in June.... it was taken on Wed. June 17 and on Friday, June 19 Ben was born. So because of that I never got around to posting a blog about the shoes. My Aunt Toni always sends us the cutest summer shoes. You may remember the post from July 4 last year where Anna and Serene had the most adorable red, white and blue shoes! Well this year she sent us all blue shoes in celebration of our baby boy! We thought it would be fun to take a picture of the blue shoes on Ben's cool rug. So here is the shot of the ladies (My mom, Anna, Serene and me) in our blue shoes!

Thanks Aunt Toni for the super cute shoes and helping us celebrate our new little guy!!

Our week with Granna

Last week my grandmother Granna (my mothers side) came to stay with my parents for 8 days! We had so much fun while she was here. We went swimming, went shopping, had lots of yummy dinners together, worked puzzles, read magazines... etc. etc. It was such a fun week and we already miss Granna a lot. PLEASE come back this fall and hang out with us again Granna!

We love you and miss you!

(You'll notice Ben is missing from this picture but he was napping peacefully and we did not want to disturb him. Besides there is quite a cute picture of he and Granna in the previous post.)

Great Granna and Ben

Little old man hair

This is the back of Ben's head..... hilarious!!

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!!!

On Monday my dad turned 60! We celebrated with him on Sunday afternoon with swimming and a cookout by the pool. It was a really fun day and we were all glad to be spending time together!

I am so grateful for my dad! The thing I am the most grateful for is the relationship he has with my children and my husband. It is so wonderful to me to see him spend time with Jimmy and the children and see the true joy he gets from it.

Dad is always the person we go to when we need advice or need help fixing something or just to talk things over with. Jimmy and I love my dad very very much and are incredibly blessed by his life in our life!

Wedding

More info to come but here are some photos for now!