My Beautiful Day

It's no secret that we've been gone from the blogging world for awhile now.  Life just gets to be too busy to keep up, especially during the summer!  So, instead of trying to catch you up on everything I've missed telling, I'm going to sum it all up in pictures and minimal words ... We cleaned out some of our cabinets to prepare for our kitchen upgrade ...  Ethan has had some fits ...  I planted our vegetable garden ... Ethan played with sidewalk chalk and got it all over his face ... We've taken baths ...  Ethan has run around the house in just his diaper (and LOVED it) ...  Ellis has played soccer (and has done amazingly great this season) ... Colin graduated from Kindergarten and refused to smile for the camera ... We took a family (minus Ethan) vacation ... We visited Wall Drug in South Dakota and posed for pictures with fake cowboys ... We hiked through the Black Hills ... We visited Mou...

Sometimes I find that the biggest joys come from the simple things, like when Ethan and I spent time being couch potatoes together (I've been having issues with the camera on my phone, which is what I took these with, so just make sure to check out the cuteness of my baby and not the poor quality of the photo!!) ... My little flirty boy ... Completely distracted ... I can't get enough of his gorgeous smile! Should I pose, mom? Just like this, mom?  Cute like this?  Cheese!! Distracted by the world outside our windows.  Searching for his "button"!  :) *SiGh!*  It's official - I'm in love!!!