August Randomness

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Kyle has a slight obsession with Under Armour so we couldn’t resist a picture when all 3 of them were sporting UA! 8.11.13

Avery just chillin’! 8.11.13

Almost every night during bath time Adelyn ask me “Mommy make it pretty”…which means spike it! 8.12.13

Grandma Cindy watched Hayden for Wendi for a few days so we took advantage of it and had some cousin time! Love these two little people! 8.13.13

Friday August 16th we had a family date night with our friends Chris & Sarah and their 2 kids Tricia & Justus, who happen to be our kids’ age! I’m sure we were quite the scene with 2 two year olds and 2 five month olds! Everyone had a good time and that’s all that matters!

Avery is a quite a needy little guy. He likes to be held all the time, so we try to find different things to keep him entertained. On 8.18.13 it happened to be a water bottle and he went to town on that thing! Check out the seriousness of his face in the picture on the right! Ha!

Adelyn loves our phones and we find random Adelyn selfies all the time! One night we decided to have a Mommy/Adelyn photo shoot! 8.28.13

My hometown hosted a Cowboy 5k for Kathlynn. She was a young girl who was abducted and murdered near the elementary school I once attended. It was a horrific event and shook our entire community. One thing they did was to organize this even to raise money for the center for missing and exploiting children. Wendi, my Mom, and a few friends from work, along with our kids all participated.

The first day of class at the college where Kyle & I work there is always a big cookout in the court yard. Kyle brought the kids out to have supper with me and we ate with our friends Nate & Sarah and their little girl McKenzie. Unfortunately it was super windy, hot, & buggy so we took our cookout inside! 8.27.13

Twin Lakes Tri

On August 3rd Kyle along with our friends Brandon & Brittany competed in the Twin Lakes Triathlon. They did the same race together last year too! Kyle’s parents met us there to help with the kids.

Daddy & Adelyn listening to some “pre-game” music to get pumped up!

Adelyn and I watched with Brandon & their boys for Brittany to swim across the lake while Kyle prepped in the bike area. Once we spotted her we raced to the transition area to see Kyle off for the bike portion.

Adelyn was a good little girl while we waited for Daddy to loop the lake.

The bike portion was twice around the lake so after we saw him once we came back the transition area to watch him come in!

And then Brandon was off to finish the Tri with a  5k. We all packed up and drove around the lake to see him at the finish line.

Brandon finished with a great time!

Overall the whole team finished in 1 hour, 13 minutes and 58 seconds. They cut off almost 7 minutes from their previous year!

Team B did great and earned 2nd place in the team category!

Can’t wait to cheer them on again next year!

Sibling Love

Adelyn wanted to “read” one of her books to Avery one evening so we put them both in the recliner, it was so sweet!

It’s a look & find book, so Adelyn was telling Avery about everything she was finding and he was totally into it until I decided to video…

…lol!

July Randomness

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We spent lots of our summer afternoons in the backyard in the pool or playing in the sprinkler. My good friend, Sara, gave Adelyn this fun beach ball sprinkler. Note: it needs to be a hot day ‘cause boy that water out of the hose is COLD!

Usually we would fill up the pool in the morning and let the summer sun warm it up, so after nap time about 2-3pm it would be the perfect temperature. And yes…I got in our tiny pool with the kids!

After one afternoon dip in the pool Avery had a nice little swing and was so relaxed!

One of my most favorite outfits over the summer was this sweet little bloomer set from, none other than, Ashley at SheShe Made! Pretty sure he wore it to church every Sunday as long as it fit! Sadly those cute, chunky thighs don’t fit in the cute lil bloomers anymore!

Even though I have a boy & a girl doesn’t mean they can’t coordinate! A blog friend did a sale on these super cute state shirts, I couldn’t resist! She has an etsy shop, Elle + Ollie.

I had to prop Avery up so you could really see the cuteness of those chunky thighs! I just can’t help but squeeze them!

Kyle trained all summer for a marathon. On one of his long runs he ran from our house to my sister’s house, 20 miles! The kids & I gave Daddy a head start, met up with him around mile 18, and then cheered him to the finish in Mindi’s front yard! Stick around for a marathon recap soon!

The last weekend in July we headed north to MN for my cousin Sephra’s wedding. It was a busy, quick trip, so I didn’t get a lot of pictures. These are 2 of my favs…Lily was quite interested in Avery’s car seat and Adelyn doing her best Marilyn Monroe!

The end of July Kyle’s sister Mel and her husband Steve came home. They weren’t able to come home for Adelyn’s 2nd birthday so we kept the party going with a birthday gift from Aunt Mel & Uncle Steve.

This was this first time Avery met Aunt Mel & Uncle Steve! The kids were too busy watching Daddy blow up Adelyn’s “Jump-o-lene”!

Adelyn sure loves her Aunt Mel…and I think the feeling is mutual! Mel wanted to read books for Adelyn’s bedtime routine, Adelyn didn’t mind!

Avery’s 4mo Well Baby

On July 17th we had Avery’s 4 month well baby check. The big boy weighed in at 16lbs 13oz and was 26 1/2 in long!

He was a tough little boy for his shots too! And how cute is he in his Pumpkin Butter Kids onesie!

4th of July

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We started out our 4th of July with a party in Mommy & Daddy’s bed! I keep telling Kyle we need a king size bed, we don’t all fit well in our queen!

Ever since I can remember we have always went to the 4th of July parade in Gowrie, a small town not far from where we live. This is my most favorite part of the parade, I think there were 6 trucks pulling a trailer filled with flags representing those who have fallen for our country. (All while listening to God Bless America…cue tears!)

Adelyn was more into eating the candy than picking it up! We watched the parade with my parents, Mindi & Preston, and our friends the Essmans!

After the parade we went back to my Mom’s house to grill out! I think the kids had a good time…both were napping before we got out of town!

As with most 4th of July’s, it was a perfect warm day. So after nap time we hit the back yard for some fun in the pool and snacks! Well Adelyn did…Avery took a nap!

Avery’s Dedication

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We know that Avery is a gift from God, with that we wanted to dedicate him to the Lord. We did the same thing with Adelyn when she was about the same age! On Sunday June 30th, surrounded by our families we dedicated our sweet baby boy to the Lord.

A big part of baby dedication is in our purpose as parents, to accept the challenge of raising Avery in the love of God and in the ways of God! During the service Pastor had a few things for us to commit to. We recognize Avery as a gift from God and give heartfelt thanks for God’s blessing.

Now the things we committed to were the very same things we did 2 years ago with Adelyn, but to do it all over again for another sweet child we’ve been entrusted with was like we were doing it for the first time.

We pledged as parents, in the sight of God and witnesses, to bring up Avery in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

We promised to Adelyn every possible benefit of home, school, and church. (notice my Mom’s face behind me…pretty sure she had tears rolling the whole time!)

And the final part of the covenant was asking God’s blessing upon Avery’s life, to guide, guard, and direct through all of his years.

Pastor Janis took Avery and prayed over him. The whole time he was checking out Pastor & Janis and…

…even showed a bit of his personality! Silly boy!

Then Pastor & Janis prayed over us! We know Avery is blessing from God and we are excited to raise him to know Him!

After service we all came back to our place to have brunch. It was such a special day and we felt so blessed to have the support of our families there with us.

1 Samuel 1:27-28 For this child I have prayed; and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lived he shall be lent to the Lord.