happy friday

Life lately has been a bit hectic, but in the most welcome ways. We are enjoying what is left of summer and spending time with friends and family. We don't have any trips planned until mid-September, so for now we're going to enjoy life in the metro-east.

In other news, we finally put a new roof on our house, so that task is complete and now on to some more exciting chores, like painting our shutters and doors! I will post some before and after pictures as soon as everything is complete.

This weekend will be a busy one. Tonight we are going to play capture the flag with our high school students in the park and tomorrow is the Edwardsville Criterium. It is a high speed bicycle race and it's a lot of fun. We always look forward to it. We'll end the weekend at the Edwardsville DARE car show on Sunday, where we will have an AW Insurance tent. We will be giving away some goodies and we would love it if you stopped by!  I hope you have a busy, good weekend too! Here are a few links for your weekend reading...enjoy!


This earring trick is a little mind blowing

Take this personality quiz
 

I'm more of a Wheel of Fortune kind of gal, but I've always wondered what it would be like to be on Jeopardy

I don't think I can get behind all of these trends, but they're not all bad

This little girl is quite the hero

How cute is this little pup?!

What happens to your body after drinking a Coke

Have a great weekend!

july in pictures

July was the month of family vacations, we got to spend a lot of great time with both of our families! Other than that we worked, tried to relax and enjoy the summertime. Enjoy some of our July snapshots...

happy wedding day Megan and Eli

it's always so fun to catch up with these girls

this girl has been my favorite since the beginning

Michigan City with my Papa Bear

waiting for fireworks

some sparkler fun

cruising on the golfcart

it started as an innocent cuddle and then turned into a pileup

moose was trying to play hide and seek

my florida road trip outfit

playing in the pool

florida family vacation

Last Saturday we drove to Florida to spend the week on the beach with Alex's family. His grandparents rented an amazing house that comfortably slept all 31 of us, had a pool and it's own sand volleyball court. It was less than a block to the beach and within walking distance to some great eateries. It was a wonderful trip and I'm so glad we got to go. One sign of a good trip: no time to take pictures...hopefully someone else has more documentation of our trip!

playing in the pool

waiting for dinner with two sweet little ladies

Our drive south took us through Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. So, I'm counting this as our trip to Kentucky for my twenty five by twenty six list...We stopped for lunch in Paducah, so that's good enough.

four years of wedding bliss

Today is our fourth wedding anniversary and it feels like just yesterday that we were walking down the aisle! I am so lucky to have Alex. He is the best, most patient, kind, generous, loving man on earth. I could keep going with the adjectives but I think you've got the picture.

I am so thankful for our adventures, big and small. I could never have imagined how fantastic married life would be. God has blessed us so much and I am so thankful that He brought Alex and I together. I cannot wait to see what the future holds and what our next big adventure will be.

Happy 4th anniversary Alex, I love you!

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check out our 2nd and 3rd anniversaries