First Day of Preschool!!

I can't believe my little girl is already in 3 year old preschool!! She did so great...she kissed us goodbye and kept playing. When I picked her up she told me they had crackers for snack time, played on the swings, colored a picture, sang a song, read a book about a frog who didn't want to go to school, and she made a friend named Eloise! We are so proud of her!!
Here is Ali with our neighbor friends who are both in her class...Isabelle and Lillian.
Look at their cute backpacks...these little girls with their big backpacks!
Daddy and Lizzie came with us to wish Ali best of luck on her first day! Ali's teacher is so great...I think she's going to have a wonderful year!
She was so excited to find her name on her cubby and then sit down at the table. We are so excited for her!

Florida!

Our last trip of the summer was to Florida...on the day we traveled Lizzie turned SIX months! Happy Half Birthday Elizabeth Christine!! :)
We stayed with my Granny and my mom met us there. It was so wonderful to see them and my aunts...although my camera died and those pictures are on my mom's camera. We are so lucky to have the opportunity to have 4 generations of women together!
Thanks Nana and Poppa for the matching outfits!!
Alexandra by Granny's fish pond
While we were in Florida, Chris found out that he has a herniated disk in his neck which was causing his arm to go numb. This contraption that he has to hook himself up to for 15 minutes three times a day is traction to help relieve some of the pressure. Doesn't it look like an ancient torture device?? Poor guy...he said he was sorry he ever made fun of me for having head-gear when I was in middle school!!

Wedding in Chicago

My cousin, Steve, and his bride Adrianne got married in Chicago so we went up for the weekend. It's nice to live in the mid-west where we are close to so many places! It was great to see everyone on my Dad's side of the family.

Here is my Grandma with her 3 boys... My dad, Uncle Dan, & Uncle Tom

Here is my Grandma at 92 years old with her great-granddaughters. What a trooper she was to travel so far (from AZ) for the wedding.
Here is my cousin Steve and his soon-to-be-bride, Adrianne, at the rehearsal dinner holding Elizabeth. Everyone thought they looked cute with a baby and they said, "Not yet!!"
Grandma and Grandpa, my Uncle Dan and Karen, Great Grandma and Ali at the Rehearsal Dinner.
This is Alexandra's second cousin, Vienna...she was so sweet to Ali and they played and danced all night.
Here is the group before the wedding. It was a beautiful event!

Summer fun

Ali found this counting book at the library and wanted to bring it home for Piggy...notice Lizzie is only second choice after Piggy! (That's pretty good considering ALL of her stuffed animal friends!! I don't know if Lizzie was the kind of student Ali wanted...but at least she tried!! Lizzie's first time eating solid foods! I was a bit bored one day and Lizzie was almost 6 months old so we decided that it would be a good day to feed the baby!! Since then she has eaten sweet potatoes, acorn squash, and butternut squash...she is doing great and seems to like it!!
It's yummy...I promise!!
We celebrated our 8th Anniversary on August 5th. I feel SO lucky to be married to such a wonderful man...when you are young and in love you don't think about all of the things that might be issues later in a marriage...it's merely a leap of faith....So even though Chris and I knew each other really well when we got married, I didn't know that I would love him even more now because he is so thoughtful, hard-working, commited to our marriage, loving, and, of course, a wonderful father!!
Ali got to play with Maggie while we went out to dinner for our anniversary. Maggie is a great babysitter and Ali just loves her!