10.03.2013

disney world



On Saturday, we returned home from Walt Disney World!  Wow...what a fun (and exhausting!) week!  We decided to leave Olivia home, since we figured that we'd make her miserable and she'd make us miserable.  Each time we'd see a two year old melting down, we felt good about our decision. :)  

While we were gone, I documented our vacation in emails, so I'm just going to insert those emails right into the blog with our pictures.  

Speaking of pictures...I took my point and shoot since I didn't want to haul around my big dog camera.  After Day 1, I said to Josh, "I think my biggest regret with this trip is going to be leaving my camera at home."  It was.  I came home to disappointed pictures.  I easily could have hauled the camera around...so bummed.  I'll know for next time!  

Anyway, I apologize if you don't want to hear all about our trip.  I'm going to document it for us, and I'm also going to add a bunch of posts at the end about our trip prep, how we planned, how we saved a ton of money, and how we traveled.  You can just tune out for the next month if you don't care. :)

10.02.2013

summer in pictures



We loved going to a hot air balloon festival this summer.  It was a huge hit...except for the fact that Olivia was completely scared by any of them that had faces. :(  Thankfully, it was only a couple.  
 

10.01.2013

summer in pictures



Claire signed her first check.  Aunt Jill wrote her a check for her birthday, and she purchased a used iPod shuffle from eBay.  It was fun walking through the bidding process with her.  She compromised on the color she wanted so that she could stay within her budget.  Dave Ramsey would be proud. :)

9.29.2013

summer in pictures



Two boys with their new toy.  There are benefits to having your friends as neighbors.  (And I just love how Josh and Brian are dressed alike...so sweet.)

9.27.2013

summer in pictures



We caught up with our former neighbor, Kay, for some conversation and a round of Sorry!  What a sweet, sweet lady.  

9.25.2013

summer in pictures



We loved cuddling with little Nick this summer.  So precious.  

9.23.2013

summer in pictures


Potty training.  We spent most of the summer working on it.  We're quitters.  Cleaning up Olivia's number twos a few times a day for 10 weeks straight makes us quitters.  I'm okay with that.  We certainly earned some points for our effort.