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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Happy 4th Birthday Chloe!

You are growing into a compassionate, cheerful, young lady! We love you Chloe and are looking forward to this year with you!! 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Home Decorating

Every so often, I get the urge to re-decorate our entire house. Since that's not really a possibility, I usually just end up changing some pictures or decorations. I was inspired by this post (the blog was found on the side-bar of my cousin's blog ), I thought I'd make a 3-D wall hanging of my own: I might keep it, I might give it as a gift....not sure yet - but I like it! Our downstairs bathroom was in need of a little "perk-up" so I made two coordinating frames to lighten things up: Now this isn't really home decorating....but I'm still including it :) Chloe recently acquired some fancy 4th of July hair clips from Aunt Michelle/Grandma B. She needed the perfect dress to match those clips, so I found some fabric and made one! Check back at the beginning of July for pictures of Chloe wearing this dress! :) My need for creating might have been calmed by these projects...or maybe it's only encouraging me to do more!

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...

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