July

Our favorite month to date.

Caleb was off on the 4th of July for the first time in a long time.  We started out the day at the movies watching Despicable Me 3 and then we were able to take the kids to see some fireworks.  It was Aryas first time ever seeing them and I think Casen was 1 the last time he did.

And now for the picture overload.  July was our official family vacation.  We headed to New York for about 2 weeks.  We got to start out the trip meeting up with Jonathan and the kiddos.  Our kids loved hanging out with their cousins.  They're finally all old enough to play together.

Then we headed to my parents house.  All the siblings were able to make the trip to be together for my dads 50th birthday.  We had the best time there.  The kids were spoiled and Caleb and I even got to sneak away for a couple nights.

The first day I didn't have my phone until the very end of the night, but my kids had a blast playing with Mac and Cam

Group pictures ended up being impossible

The only pic we managed from our mini getaway

They thoroughly enjoyed baking with grandma

We got to watch the ships come in and enjoy New York pizza...pizza in Virginia doesn't compare.

We returned to the Township 7 Brewery.

And we had a great fishing day.  They caught tons of fish and at the end of the day got to bring some back to cook over the fire.

And it didn't turn out at all....but an ice cream trip has to be documented :)

And we finished out the week celebrating Benny's birthday

There's a ton of things I missed getting pictures of, but we are already planning our trip for next year!

Casen is 7!

Casen Jo is officially 7.

He is the sweetest boy you'll ever meet.  He has the biggest heart.  He excelled in school this year and has really become interested in rocks and minerals.  He is his dad's mini me!

Caleb had to work on his actual birthday, so a couple of days before we planned a trip of fun activities for him to enjoy.

We brought him to a bounce house and didn't know until we got there that once you buy the tickets you can come back as many times as you want that day....so we had to make a couple.  Then he got to go to a restaurant of his choice, which happened to be Cracker Barrel this year.  We finished up the evening with a lot of hours at the beach and of course had to make a trip to Ben and Jerrys.

And then his actual day we just had a really low key day at home.  He requested a football theme, which is pretty hard to find in June we found out.  We told him he could pick anything to do around home like shopping with his bday money or the movies, but after he opened his rocks he just wanted to stay home and sort them.  He picked tomato bacon pizza with bbq chips for dinner and chose a peanut butter pie for his dessert.

June

Another great month in the books.  Here's our month, not including Jo's birthday.  That, of course, gets a post of its own :)

We headed to a near by town that was having it's annual strawberry festival.  It was hot, but we had soo much fun.  I think it will be a new tradition for us.

We of course celebrated Father's Day.  Caleb and I gave each other gifts early this year, so on the actual day he said I was only allowed to get him flowers since that's what he got me.  We had to get creative!

Dad treated Jo to some donuts on his first day of summer vacation

And I was thoroughly spoiled on my birthday.  Caleb got me some new workout gear and set up a spa day for me to enjoy.  I got 3 relaxed hours of massage and facial.  And then he arranged a babysitter so we could enjoy a nice dinner out.  We, of course, chose melting pot.  It was amazing as usual!