The Wedding Day

Kaitlin and Ian's Rehersal Dinner

Puppy's getting bigger!

Cooper is still a very mellow dog- yeah! He sits, lays, and will go in a circle for a treat. Mostly, though, he enjoys trying to take over the couch and exert his presence! :) The only trouble we seem to have with him is that he steals socks and likes to come out of our closet with my underclothes in his mouth....yucky!

While Jenny and Kevin were away....

...we had a dance party, ate too many cookies and shared turns holding the cutest baby boy!

First day of School 2008

Alex, Allie and Michael all ready for the first day of school.

Kaitlin and Ian tie the Knot!

More pictures to come later, but here are just a few of Kaitlin and Ian's special day. What a beautiful bride my baby sister was!

The last week of Summer

James and his girlfriend Samantha came for a visit the last week of Summer. We had a lot of fun laughing and hanging out together ( and Sam, we still miss you making the boys room smell girly! )

A few Sunrises

The "history" pictures

Trip Back East 2008

We just got home from a trip to the East Coast. We started our trip in Wimington, De and Landenberg, Pa- to see Pete's grandmother, Aunt Maureen and Uncles Tom and Mark. We were blessed to stay with his Aunt Nancy, Uncle Rob and cousins Tori and Taylor. It was great to see family. God blessed us with special times and memories that we will always hold dear. We were sad that we couldn't have made it back sooner so that we could have seen his three Grandparents who have recently gone to be with the Lord, but it's clear that their heritages and faith are living on in the next generations- and in that sense, it felt like they were there with us.

Among some of our other stops were historical Philadelphia, Rehoboth Beach and then Washington D.C.

We had nice weather- not too hot, and some some very amazing thunder storms.

My favorite parts of the trip were: Seeing our boys zoom around on a quad with their cousin, counting heads pop up in the waves at the beach(....1,2, 3...Ok were good! ) and watching our kids soak up the history of our country.

The most memorable moments included: A family prayer time that I will never forget, seeing our kids moved to tears in the Holocast musuem, and sitting on the porch with Pete, listening to waves as our kids slept quietly inside.

So,,,, here are some pictures of those times.