The boys are baptized!

Today was a great day and we are so proud of Thane and Seth for making the decision to join God's family through baptism today. =]  What a joy it is to see them decide to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Savior! =]  We were so happy to have our good friend Virgil do the honors! What a blessing!

Fun at the Fair...

We relented and finally made the trip out to our county fair. I mean who doesn't want to go for he food alone?! Seriously, I had to get a loaded Polish Sausage, carmel apple, funnel cake, pineapple whip, deep fried Oreo and Twinkies... whew!  Granted, I shared them with the whole fam.... but that's still a buffet of Fatty McFats favorite foods.

We enjoyed every bite and I had my Polish sausage for lunch today. Mmmmm...

We ran into my sister and her family and several friends we hadn't seen in a while. It was also nice to view the knitting projects in the booths. I soooo wish my knitting skills would improve! Maybe someday when my life slows down a bit....

Mia got the single ride of the night on the ponies.... as we didn't venture into the midway. :)
I guess I'm glad we made the trip after all...

Caitlin's Leadership Photo Session

We are so proud of Caitlin for being nominated as a Bartholomew County Youth Leader. These positions are by invitation only and the kids work hard to get the positions. She will have her picture posted in town and will have a shot at scholarships through this program!
I love the pics and have to keep from tearing up when I watch this! =[ She really has grown up too fast!!

Wildcats Baseball ....

Seth has been having alot fun playing on the Columbus Wildcats Baseball Team!  We play neighboring cities and get to travel on the weekends for games. 

He plays left field alot and loves to be at bat.  His skills are definately improving and he is making new friends!

This is a pic of him and his team at this weekend's Cal Ripken District 3 Tourney.  They pwere second in our District.  Next weekend we will play other districts in a tourney. =] 

Yankees vs Reds Game...



It was a packed house!!!

As you know, we LOVE our YANKEES and we were so excited to see that they were going to be coming to play the Reds!!  We got tickets and had great seats between home plate and first base in the upper section.  We could see into the Yankees dugout!! It was great!!

We climbed up to our seats and settled in. Look at us all
 decked out in our Yankees gear!!

Here's the rest of the crew....

Yay!! GO Yankees!!!

You can see all our favorites chilling out in the dugout!



Look at how cute my kids are!! =]

We had to stop on the way out of the park for a family pic!!



A-Rod = <3

My Favorite.... Jorge Posada!!

Hudle up...this means Rivera is coming in!! Woot!

Yankees WIN 5-3 Yahoo!! =]

Caitlin is a Senior Rep For Eminence Photography!!

Caitlin will be representing Eminence Photography and the lovely Whitney Ulm as a 2012 Senior Rep.  We are so excited!!  We love Whitney's work and feel totally blessed to have been offered this opprtunity.  If you are looking for a funky alternative to the cookie cutter senior picture experience, give Whitney a call and mention our name. hahaha Tell her Caitlin sent you!!  You will get a free wallet package!! =] 

This is the group of pics we got at Caitlin's mini session today.

Love the textures going on behind her here!!

Oh my gosh, her eyes are so gorgeous in this one!!

I totally love this one!!  So stylish and sweet.....

Seriously, she is so pretty.... =]

<3

We love all these sneak peeks from the session.  We will have our full session in September and be posting more then.  Enjoy!! =] 

Be sure to hop over to the website and check out Whitney's work.....

www.eminencephoto.blogspot.com

Bulldog Basketball...

Madeline has been playing for the Columbus North Freshman & JV traveling Summer league.  She enjoys it and we love to cheer her on!  I can't wait to see her play at North this next year, in the gym!! =]

Madeline is on the right behind Coach Pat's shoulder.

 Here are some pics of the CNHS Basketball Camp.  Madeline and the other girls were there to help with the drills and trainings for the younger girls!

Madee walking at you on the left side...

Madeline is on the far right, second row from back, hands on her knees. =]

She is going to kill me for posting the next pic... she hates it when I take ones of her 'blocking out'. lol

Madee in the center on the left side....

Madee goes to Washington DC!!

Madeline went to Washington DC on her 8th grade field trip.She was so excited! This trip has become such a rite of passage in our town. =]

Madeline loved the Library of Congress. It was her favorite spot!

Highly recognized landmark...

Arlington cemetary is breathtaking...

Madeline and friends....

Who doesn't feel small but powerful in Abe's presence??

Garden of Soldier statues near the Vietnam Memorial....

Poor Leah, Madee has her locked in her sights......

Madeline called home and said "Oh my gosh mom,
I AM IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE!!!"

Madee's tour group. She loved the guide!

Pieces of the Berlin Wall.  Such history....

Wahingtons home Mt Vernon. Madee loved it. It is so beautiful!

The Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian....

Caitlin's Junior Prom

Caitlin attended her Junior Prom tonight and she looks so beautiful!!!  We purchased her dress about 2 months ago and have been counting down the days til she got to wear it!! =]

Her date's name is Joe Bridgeman. He's a great young man and he asked her in the sweetest way.... They were playing the game 'battleship' and he used the misses to spell out p.r.o.m. on the screen. hahaha. Cute! 

Caitlin said they had a really good time and even talked about cool plans for next year.

Mia lost her first tooth...

Mia has been complaining that her tooth has been loose for several weeks now and it was hanging on by mere nothingness tonight!!  Gavin got a tissue to dry it off to check it out for her and it just fell right out.  She jumped and cried just a bit, but it was more relief than anything! lol  She had been worried that it was going to hurt when it decided to fall out. Look at how excited she was to have it in her hand! =]

The tooth fairy gladly left her some cash for her trouble! How fun!!