A walk in the park

We enjoyed a nice family walk through the park Sunday night. The weather was just starting to cool down (it's now feeling like winter outside) and we realized soon taking walks won't be an option. We have some beautiful parks here in Ohio and we are fortunate to live within a few miles of many of them.





Stretching her legs :)

Trying to show Ella how to do a push up but could barely do one myself....so sad!

Boy, Oh Boy!

Micah is ALL boy, there is no doubt about it! He is constantly keeping us on our toes with his daredevil stunts. He somehow gets himself into trouble no matter where we are. No shopping cart seat belt is strong enough to hold him, no walls are strong enough to contain his lion roar, no food too disgusting for him to eat (this morning he actually took old soggy cereal out of the trash, gross!) I often wonder what God has in store for our son and wonder if He is preparing him for the mission field. I could see him one day living in the jungle and preaching to tribes about Jesus Christ, and oh, how awesome that would be! I think it's so amazing how God can take personality traits in our kids that we might not find very desirable sometimes (i.e strong wills, chatter boxes) and use it for His Glory and to further His kingdom!

I have had such a hard time getting pictures of Micah lately! Mostly because he's always doing this.....





{Check out his serious "I'm on a mission" face}


And he's often doing this....


{pretty sure he's eating dirt}

And most times we are not quite sure what he's trying to do....


{Ella was doing sit ups and he climbed up and then looked like he was maybe taking a nap? Still not too sure}

Fall is in the air...

or at least it was this weekend. I will admit that I'm not ready for fall to be here. No matter how beautiful the leaves changing are, or how delicious pumpkin spice lattes are, or how fun pumpkin patches are, I'm just not ready! I will say however that I'm a fan of cute fall outfits for the kids and I do love me a cute fall sweater. Seeing these cuties in these outfits does help me welcome it a little :)

More Fair Fun

We were at the fair Wednesday evening and ran in to our friends
The Kirkwoods. They have a daughter named Catelyn who is close to Ella's age and they had a lot of fun going on rides together! They were so funny to watch because Catelyn is the polar opposite of Ella. She would have her arms up in the air with a big smile while Ella sat clinging with white knuckles to the safety bar (she takes after her mama).





They are so cute!

Fair time!

Saturday night we returned to the fair for some fried delicious goodies and let Ella ride on some of the rides. We have fair passes so we will hopefully be returning a lot this week, that is if it stops raining! :( We LOVE the fair!









Micah finally made it in a picture! Here he is pushing the worlds largest shopping cart :)


Ella was so excited to ride this dinasour roller coaster but after one time around her big smile quickly turned to tears. Poor little thing :(

The whirlwind weekend!

This weekend was jam packed! Although it was fun, I'm looking forward to a slow and relaxing weekend immensely! I will have to wait until November for that to happen....unfortunately :( We had a ton of fun though, and I have the pictures to prove it!

Friday night Ella and I went to a wedding reception for friends who just returned from a destination wedding. Paul got home late from a business trip so he stayed home with Micah. It was a "girls night out!" and I can't think of what would me more fun then cake and dancing!




Ella and her friend Bailey



Ella with the bride

On Saturday Ella kicked off her dress shoes and put on her John Deere boots. We headed down to the county fair where she competed in the tractor pull competition. She didn't make it too far down the track but she got a ribbon anyways and looked pretty darn cute doing it :)










Fueling up before the competition


Look at that determination!

stay tuned for the rest of the weekend.........

A visit from Great Grandpa and Grandpa

Paul's grandparents from California stopped by to see us yesterday on their way to Michigan. We always have a great time visiting with them and appreciate them taking the time to come see us. Micah warmed up to them right away! As soon as Great Grandpa walked through the door he walked right over to him and gave him a hug, it was really cute :)