Eight is Great

Craig and I have been married eight years. We took a canal boat ride in Canal Fulton to celebrate. Great Grandpa and Grandma came with us. The kids enjoyed it.

A Great Ending

Summer is coming to an end for us. We topped off a great summer today with Great Uncle Jim and Aunt Elaine. We headed to Olmsted Falls to see where Uncle Jimmy was born (as Luke says) and where he grew up. We climbed some rocks in the local park.




















A few years back, maybe about fiftyish...some vandal coincidentally carved Uncle Jim's name in one of the rocks. How weird.









After Olmsted Falls, not to be confused with North Olmsted, we headed to Berea to watch the Browns practice. Luke was so excited. No, I mean SO EXCITED. He loves football. We figured this is the year the Browns are going to turn it all around and we wanted to have some part of it!!


Colt McCoy is the one on the left, orange shirt, riding a bike with the other injured (we assumed).

Defense drills

During the practice local college kids walk around and hand out tickets to kids to get autographs. Luke didn't get a ticket, but another kid who didn't want his gave his to Luke. How nice of him. You don't know who will be in the autograph tent beforehand. Luke's ticket sent him to the brown tent and it was perfect because Josh Cribbs was one of the six players who ended up signing in the brown tent. It's run very well because it only for kids. Parents have to get out of line when the kids get near the tent. We coached Luke on what to say and he did great.

One of the college kids who helped him through the line.

Josh signing away.

Sorry...I had to throw this one in for all you Steeler fans.

Luke on the way home.

We had the best day!!!

Out With the Old

Last weekend was the Route 30 Buy Way Yard Sales. I decided to rid the entire attic of baby paraphernalia. Holy cow. There was a lot. I went through everything and kept the most sentimental items. I saved my favorite outfits Luke and Mal wore, their crib, some toys and other stuff, but the rest of the stuff/junk/unnecessary things you use in a kids first year of life, I priced and set out for complete strangers to critique. It wasn't as busy as I hoped, but we got rid of a lot of stuff and Luke and Mallory's bank accounts increased!!

They played with these 'baby' toys so much the three days!

Luke wanted me to carry him in this car seat again, but I wanted to make sure I didn't hurt my back....the kid's huge now!

It's hard to believe he once barely took up 1/4 of this tub!

He's 4 Now

He's just so big. He's four now. At least that's what he tells us when he does something new. For example...he can buckle two of the three car seat hooks now. Why? Because he's four. He can make his bed each morning. Why? Because he's four. FINALLY, he can swing all by himself now. Why? BECAUSE HE'S FOUR!!

Cousins

Jerry, Laura, Mikala, and Kaden came to visit in late July. Luke and Mallory loved being with Mikala and Kaden as well as all their other cousins! We were very busy while they were here. Enjoying the Akron Aeros game.

Mallory and Kaden

Celebrating Craig, Steph, Laura, Kaden, Jerry, Ellie and Luke's birthdays.

We were able to get family/cousin pictures while they were home too. Bryce did a great job holding this 'thingy' for the photographer. I'm sure the professional pictures will turn out much better than mine.

Brianne and Luke sporting the latest in baby fashions...the giant (and I mean GIANT) flower headband.

Cousins...Emma and Mallory.