Other July Happenings

July was busy! As you already know, we traveled to MD, went to the lake (post to come), bought a new minivan, celebrated my 32nd birthday, and finished the back deck re-do. We also did a ton of other things.

For one, Wes and/or I chaperoned a couple of field trips with the twins' class, two of which were to the Children's Museum and the bowling alley.

We ate at Taste of Soul.

Vivian lost her first tooth!

We made Turbo toys at our local Lowes Kids Workshop.

We played outside a lot.

Grandma visited one weekend. We all went to the Bridgewater Lawn Party on Saturday and got ice cream on Sunday.

Paxton and I had some one-on-one time together for a couple of days. We went to the library twice, to Pump It Up, the Farmer's Market, and the grocery store.

Deep Creek Lake 2014 ~ Family Photos

One of the things I wanted to do this year on our big group lake vacation was to have everyone coordinate outfits and take photos of everyone. We picked navy, white, and pink for our outfits and got everyone ready when we arrived at the lake house on Saturday afternoon. We took a lot of pictures on Saturday evening, but had to try for round two on Sunday morning because of child crankiness the night before. During both sessions, we got some pretty great photos.

The Whole Group!

The Richelsens

Tony, Steph, & Nick

The Bittner-Daileys

Mike, April, & Camden

The Alhassanis

Iad, Brandy, Carter, & Lea

The Rosiers

Wes, Jennie, Gavin, Vivian, & Paxton

All of the kids!