On SUNDAY (7.9.17), Rylie and I went to our friend Everette’s 1st birthday party. Many of our friends got to come as well so we had lots of playmates. It was “My Little Sunshine” themed and it was so precious! We love being apart of Everette’s life, and we were so thankful to be invited […]
being rylie
july 4th, 2017
On TUESDAY, we celebrated THE 4TH OF JULY! It was Rylie’s very 1st 4th of July, so I continued my tradition of “taking themed photos every holiday” and took some photos of her in her sweet 4th of July outfit. That’s the biggest bow we own, & it’s the biggest bow we’ll ever own. 😂 […]
jude’s 1st birthday party
On SATURDAY (6.24.17), we went to our friend Jude’s 1st birthday party. Rylie had such a great time playing with some baby friends, and helping Jude examine his presents after had opened them. …and I couldn’t help but snag a cute family photo 😉 We are so thankful to have Jude as a friend. I’m […]
rylie – 8 months old
LIKES :: playing with her toys talking (cooing, sighing, gasping, sticking her tongue out, saying “mama,” “dada,” and “nananana” and making a noise, etc.) making her duck / kissy face (<– which makes us giggle every time 😛 it’s just too cute!) bouncing her legs being in her jumper reaching for stuff DISLIKES :: when she tries […]
aaron’s 1st father’s day
On SUNDAY (6.18.17) Aaron celebrated his FIRST FATHER’S DAY!!! We spent the day at my parent’s house since we were still visiting Seattle, just watching movies and hanging out outside. Happy 1st Father’s Day Daddy ❤️ I love how you:: • talk to me • play with me • kiss me • tickle me • love […]
seattle trip 2017 overview
Looking back on our trip (2 1/2 weeks later), it’s so obvious that God’s hand was on it. It was the best trip we’ve had up to Seattle so far. We had great interaction with my family and with our friends! Posts about our trip: preparing for seattle Rylie’s 1st flight Michaela’s bachelorette party park […]
packing & flying out of seattle
We had plans to fly out on SUNDAY (6.18.17), but our flight was overbooked so we were not able to get on (luckily we knew before we left for the airport) so we spent the day hanging out with my mom & dad at their place. It was nice to have a chill day, I […]
des moines marina photo session
SATURDAY (6.17.17) we packed up from staying at the Mark’s house and headed down to the Des Moines Marina to do a little family photo shoot. It was so much fun! Lizzie provided me with a little bit of a “challenge” since you can’t tell a toddler to stand still and smile but I feel like I got some […]
the mark family
On MONDAY (6.12.17), we pulled into Tyler & Daniella’s driveway to stay with them for a few days. It was a part of our trip we were anxiously looking forward to 🙂 The last time we saw Lizzy was on our last Seattle trip and she was 7 months old (ironically the same age as Rylie 😛 […]
thomas day
Aaron flew in late on SATURDAY (6.10.17). Unfortunately, he missed the wedding (😦) but we had a full day planned on SUNDAY (6.11.17) visiting my side of the family. We started the afternoon by seeing my aunt, uncle & cousins. All the great-grandkids were there too so I got the kiddos together and we took […]