Our 7 year old Superhero!

7 years ago today I became a mom! This little boy stole my heart! We are so proud of our kind hearted, creative, intelligent young man! He puts a smile on our face everyday with his sweet hugs and words of encouragement!  He is growing into quite the thoughtful young man!  

In order to celebrate our special boy, we had a party fit for a superhero.This was our first time inviting classmates to a birthday party. Christian had his 3 closest friends: Brendan, Max, and Gabe come to his party along with all of his cousins and family!  We found blow up swords, hammers, shields, and boxing gloves so the kids had a blast "fighting" each other!  What better way to let the kids have fun than to safely fight each other! 

The weather was perfect and the party was so much fun!  We couldn't have asked for a more special party for our little superhero!   Happy 7th birthday Christian! We love you!

Summer Updates

• Our little gymnast finished her last tiny tumbler session last week!  She was so excited that she passed into level 1!  We are so proud and happy for her.  (Although our bank account is not as excited! Ha ha)  She now has her own YMCA membership!

•  The kids finished swimming lessons last week! Bryleigh passed into the next level and will actually be in the same level as Christian next year! Christian has made great improvements in his skills but he has a few more things to accomplish before moving on to the next level.  I keep assuring him that its not about passing the level but rather about being safe in the water! 

•  We went strawberry picking last week too!  We ate a lot more than we picked but we still brought home enough for me to make 12 jars of freezer jam! Yumm!

•  Our cousin, Lindsey, had her graduation party last weekend!  I cannot believe that this beautiful girl is already 18, it seems like just yesterday she was the cute little 9 year old that Bryan introduced me to.  We are going to miss our amazing babysitter!!!! She is going to do amazing at UW-Milwaukee!

• This will be a busy week ahead with Christian's 7th birthday party and packing up for another long camping weekend! 

God Bless America!

Our 4th of July camping weekend was so blessed and filled with all of my favorite things: food, family, fun, friends, AND it was on a Friday!  We couldn't have asked for better weather! We pulled our camper on Thursday morning so we had a long weekend of swimming and playing! 

Bryleigh's festive hair!

The girls's hair all ready for the holiday!

The campground puts on an awesome fireworks display!  And we don't even need to get there early to find a seat :) My mom, dad, sister and her family came out to spend the 4th with us! The kids had a blast playing all day until it was time for the fireworks!

Ducati's 1st fireworks show!

Exhausted from a long, fun day!