Virginia Beach!

We spent three days in Virginia Beach with Dan's mom, his sister, Caroline, our brother-in-law, Brian, and our nephew, Liam!  Tyler & Brady loved spending lots of time in the ocean, and we had a beautiful view from our balcony!

I love this photo that Dan took…

Sweet 16!

 

We can't believe it's been 16 years since our wedding day!  8/8/09 was such an amazing day!  We also can't believe we now have a 14-year-old and a 9-year-old!

I love this photo I recently came across of Dan from our honeymoon...

Then & Now...

Summer Fun

Tyler and Brady can’t believe the summer is winding down.  Tyler will start high school two weeks from tomorrow, and Brady starts 4th grade two weeks from Tuesday!  I will definitely miss my morning walks with Brady!

Making me happy lately...

This photo of me & Brady...

This photo of Tyler that recently popped up in my memories…

5 Years!

We can't believe we moved into our house five years ago today!!!

We also can't believe how small the boys were when we moved in.  Tyler was nine years old...the same age Brady is now!

I told Dan that I want to recreate this photo...

Brady and I recently took a day trip to see my parents, and we brought Skye with us!  Brady had lots of fun playing in their backyard and getting some uninterrupted time with his Gag and Pap!  I got to go to Shapes salon to have my friend, Jackie, cut my hair.  (I hadn't seen her in a year!)  After that, I met up with my friend, Tara, at Starbucks, for a coffee date.  Tara and I started going to Starbucks for coffee dates back in 2004, and it was great to catch up with her.  We hadn't seen each other in two years!

My hair is shorter than it has been in six years.  I decided to cut it myself (which is never a good idea!) because it was so uneven & driving me crazy, but then Jackie had to fix it for me.  I will definitely let it grow out over the next few months, but at least it's now (mostly) one length!

These were my before (I cut it myself) photos...

And after...

We were also able to see my brother, Steven, and celebrate this July birthday.  For months, Brady has been talking about wanting to celebrate Steven's birthday (by singing to him and having cake), so I'm so glad we were able to make it happen...