Weekend of Celebrations

Saturday Reid and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. Seems peanuts in comparison to his parents recently celebrating their 40th.  So, I like to add on that we've technically been together for 12.5 years, and he still makes my heart skip a beat.  Love you babens!

They picked up some flowers on their Saturday morning donut run

Sally made sure to tell everyone that she saw, that it was her Mom and Dad's anniversary.  She doesn't forget a thing.  "Mom, can I put on my flower girl dress, and you put on your wedding dress, and we drink special juice in special glasses and watch you and Daddy get married?"  Well, we did most of that.  Yes to the flower girl dress.  Not a chance to the wedding dress--hellllllllllllllloooo 32 weeks pregnant!! and how about we swap champagne for donuts? :)

Being the good Dad and husband that he is, he took the girls out biking so Mommy could get ready for the day in peace.  It was a busy day with a family reunion from 1-4, quick freshen up, hand the girls off to a sitter and head to a family wedding.

She can totally bike alllllllll on her own, in fact I even took she and L up to the parking lot solo today!

The family reunion was a lot of fun.  A little hot and humid, but at least it wasn't raining :)  They hired a photographer complete with a drone that took aerial footage, it was pretty cool!

The kiddo section of the group photo

The Arne Phenow Crew of the reunion!

I love how much she loves on Great Grandma Bea, always going in for snuggles and a quick little chat!

The whole Crew!

It was VERY well organized, we were very impressed!

We had a lot of fun later in the evening celebrating Chelsea and Brian's Wedding.  Congratulations guys, what a great party!!

Sure did rip of the dance floor at almost 32 weeks leggo my preggo, I wasn't even sore the next day! whoop whoop

Photo booth fun!

Of course Reid, just like Sally, always always including baby :)

Watch out for the creepers in the back row ;)

Sunday morning we woke up, headed to Mass, picked up Sally's back-to-school Info, gaaaaaaaaaah and headed to the Parish Picnic!

The girls had a lot of fun this year with the games

We sat next to a Vet and Sally wanted to be sure to thank him for his service (Thank you John and Melissa for passing that on!).  He was very appreciative and let the girls try out his hat :)

Waiting patiently to tell him Thank you

Playing with one of her prizes, an airplane and getting dizzy and thinking it is so funny :)

Well, tomorrow, Little Squirt has been cooking for 32 weeks, feel free to submit a guess on what you think we're having, when he/she will arrive and how big he/she will be.

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Will Molly be the winner again this go around?  Good Luck!

Catch Up

It was a busy busy week last week, here are a few pictures to catch you up

Long overdue, some quiet time awesomeness from Sally

This was pre-Kansas Trip

A little log cabin

Salon Sally

Daddy caught a "You are my Sunshine" session before bedtime

Sally, always always remembering to hold baby's hand too :)

Chillin' at the pool--this week is already the last week of the pool!

What a great summer it has been with my girls!

Seesters

Silly Faces during a pool check

Before Mommy headed off to a girls night, the Gearman Family stopped over during their walk.  We were able to give Wesley his 1st birthday present

Was a nice and quiet morning where the girls played so nicely together in the pool and I could just sit back and take it all in

Just hanging, watching people come down the water slides

One week night last week we headed over the river and through the woods to Mohtomedi to stand in as proxies for Oliver's baptism.  It was so great to see the Shipman family again!!  They are expecting a baby girl in December!

Strike a pose

Flex your muscles

We had a wonderful early surprise blessing.  Miss Carrie had her sweet baby girl 5 weeks early!  She was induced due to high blood pressure.  Miss Nyah Sue Harberts joined the world Tuesday, August 12 at 2pm.  She weighs 4lbs 4oz and is 17 1/2 inches long.  All are doing remarkably well! Miss Nyah will be in the hospital for a big longer, just to make sure she continues to gain weight and remain healthy.  As Carrie put it, she's already an overachiever, not needing any additional medical help :)

It was so wonderful to congratulate Tyler and Carrie and meet their new baby girl Wednesday evening!  Nyah is so very fortunate to have the two of you as her parents!

The Sweetest little thing

More pool time, just hanging out,watching her sister

Crushin'

Thursday night we got to surprise Kyle with an early 30th birthday celebration dinner.  Happy Birthday today, Kyle!!

We went to the Red Cow, amazeballs!!  The boys and their "state fair" burgers, had the best of the grilled state fair grilled goodness ON their burgers.  Good thing they're so young and fit or it would be a heart attack waiting to happen:)

Friday we prepped for the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary with some youtube videos during lunch.  We were also part of Father's homily...

Father was talking about how pictures and statues portray the Virgin Mary and her Son, Jesus.  How He's always being presented outward, as compared to how mothers traditionally hold their children.  Inward, nestled in the crook of their neck.  Libby happened to be snuggling on me, perched on the baby belly, and Father pointed it out for the congregation to take a look, all eyes were on us.  He made sure to catch us after Mass to say thank you for being such a great visual for the Homily :)

Juuuuuust a typical low key day here on the ranch

More to come on our weekend celebrations of 6 years of Marriage, a ginormous family reunion, family wedding and our parish picnic.

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Happy Monday Ya'll