July = FUN!

July was jam-packed for us and we loved every minute of it!

July 4 Weekend:

Our friends from Columbus, Brian & Emily (and their 4 kiddos), were passing through town and we got to visit with them for a bit.  Also there were Mark & Anne and their little one.  It was a great reunion!!

Me and Baby A (Brian & Emily's youngest)

Brandon with Baby T (Mark & Anne's little guy)

After the reunion, we hit the road for The Boro to visit Scott & Alisha.

Here's Alisha at her bakery:

It wasn't quite open yet when we were there, but it is now!!  I'm so proud of her!

We also got to see Scott's new kindergarten classroom:

And of course, get some fun play time in with their little men, LC & LN:

We always have so much fun on our annual 4th of July visit with them!!!

We cut out of The Boro a little early so we could make it to Lville for my Dad's side of the family's annual picnic.

My Uncle & Aunt host the picnic and they go all out - complete with a water slide!  (That's Brandon going down head-first - what a dare devil).  ;)

Two of my cousins, Brandy & Jennifer and I.

The whole gang:

(Unfortunately not everyone could make it this year, but it's usually the only time all year our whole family is together).

June 18:

Brandon's first Home Brew!  He's really gotten into this new hobby.

June 20-21:

Breakfast in bed.  Seriously.  He *spoils* me!!!

After serving me breakfast in bed, Brandon got hard to work on pressure-washing the deck.

Here's several before & after shots - it was quite a difference!

Week of June 22-26:

I had the entire week off work!  I was bound and determined to get some things done at our house and to find some needed furniture.

My mom came in to help me some.  

We painted the guest room.  

Before:

During:

 (here's mom taking a break from painting)

Semi-After:

(still have to hang stuff on the walls)

She also went furniture shopping with me.  We scoured the local Peddler's Mall & a couple used furniture stores.

I found this dresser that would become a TV Dresser for our bedroom - a Pinterest project I had seen ("after" pictures to come at some point):

 

Brandon's dresser in our bedroom (which looks more like it belongs in a kids room instead) needed to be replaced with something a little more grown up, so I was so excited when I found this awesome dresser to replace it:

Me and my Momma:

July 26-28 Weekend:

We spent the weekend in MKY visiting my brother's fam:

We planned this particular weekend so we could see several of the kids' events, including a play (Jungle Book) that my nephew (The Tank)  and niece (Goose) were both in (my nephew scored the leading role!):

And to watch a few baseball games my nephew played in:

And we got quality time with everyone too, including squishy time with Boo:

And chasing The Chief around the playground (he's on the move so much I didn't get a better picture than this of him all weekend!):