Beach, Birthday, Back to School

August was a busy month! We started by traveling. We went to the Poconos to meet up with my dad's side of the family and stayed for one night....because we were headed to the beach! It was a full 24-hours of fun :)

We arrived at the beach on Saturday afternoon and headed straight to the water!

It was a busy week - but oh so much fun. Kevin's brother and sister-in-law were there with us and we did "all the things".

Peter got a belated birthday gift (nerf gun!) and Chloe got an early one (karaoke microphone!!)

A highlight for everyone was the Dolphin Cruise that we did. Look how close we got to the dolphins! They liked swimming in the boat's wake.

When we got back, it was time to celebrate Chloe's 10th birthday with our family! Look at her blowing out all the candles :)

She got to have a friends part this year too - American Girl Doll themed. 10 sweet girls came to celebrate her and she had a blast (and got a lot of nice gifts!)

Chloe's birthday signals that school is right around the corner. Our first day was last week. 4th grade and 3rd grade for Chloe and April. Kindergarten for Peter!!

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Wedding!

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Martin! :) We attended Natalie and Dallas' wedding on Saturday and had a lovely time. We know both the bride and groom from college....and just happen to be great friends with the bride's parents as well (Hi Bill and Doreen!). Here is the new couple - Natalie looked beautiful, and Dallas looked pretty good too ;) Here I am with the bride - check out her BLUE shoes! No wedding is complete without a little dancing and singing....particularly to Livin on a Prayer....Steve, Jeff, and Kevin sang at the top of their lungs and performed an air guitar solo: even the bride joined in: We had a great time! I'm thinking of the honeymooners.....kind of wishing I was on a tropical island somewhere too! :)

Baby Pool

Want to guess when Baby #2 is going to arrive? Post a comment, or send me an email, with your guess and I'll add you in! As a review, here are the rules to the game (taken from Heather Deterding!): 1. Post your guess for the baby's arrival in the "comment" section. Be sure to specify both date and time of day -- either "am" or "pm". 2. Limit one guess per person, and only one entry per time slot-- no sharing! 3. Winner is determined based on time of birth. For example, if the baby is born on April 20th at 7 AM, a guess of "April 20th, AM" would be the winner. In the event that there is no entry for the correct arrival time, the next closest guess based on actual time of birth would win. 4. We will post entries on the Calendar above. Check prior entries before placing your guess! Dates not displayed on the calendar above are still up for grabs. 5. The winner will receive... bragging rights and a congratulatory post h

April Hope

Praise God! We are thrilled to announce the birth of April Hope, born this morning at 4:42 a.m. and weighing in at 8 lbs 3 oz. and 20.5 inches long. We think she is beautiful! Both April and Alison are doing great. Here are just a few of many pictures taken on her first day. More to come... April Hope Alison and April Chloe meets her little sister April A very proud mom and dad

Kevin and Alison

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