A Day in the Sun

Pin It Just a few cute pics of our "Little Bubba" on the beach this summer. He is so much fun.

Birthday

Pin It We have decided to celebrate all the grand kids birthdays on the 4th of July since #10 was just born and life is getting pretty busy. Here is a peek at our first annual.

Birthday cakes for all the cousins

Cautious at first

"Is Nana going to stop me?"

"I'm going for it"

"and now I will help John Paul out"

THE FOURTH OF JULY!

Pin It We are privileged enough to spend the fourth of July in Lake City with both of our families. It turned out to be a beautiful day and we took both the boys to the parade. We headed over to my family's for all the nieces and nephews birthday parties (pictures to be posted later) and then went back to Bartlett's for the fireworks. Justin had the whole week off after the fourth and we pulled a camper into Justin's parents driveway ( a little trashy, but very cheap and easy!). We had a great week and hope to make a tradition of it. Here are some pics.



Headed to the parade

The Bartlett clan who made it up for the 4th. Thanks for coming everyone! We love seeing you.

Justin's buddy Keith with Jackson. He is a natural.

Spence with his parade candy.

Spencer and his cousin Aletta, both with suckers.

Our Little Girl

Pin It Since we have two boys we decided we better see what it would be like if we had a girl. We also tried it out on my two nephews.



Spencer

Baby David

John Paul

A Day with the Grandparents!

Pin It It was Grandpa Bartlett's birthday on Monday and Justin and I went to see him and Grandma in Traverse City. Justin's other Grandma was there as well so we got to spend time with both in one visit.
I just have to say... Grandparents are such a blessing. They have so much to teach us and they love us so much. I want my kids to spend as much time as possible with their Grandparents and Great-Grandparents. I want to be more honoring of my elders and let them know how important they are to our family. That was what I was challenged with by our visit.

Justin and Grandpa Bartlett

Grandma Eaves and the boys

Grandma Bartlett and Jackson

One wedding down

Pin It Before I begin... a slight side note. My "delete" button is right next to the "enter" button on my keyboard. I have deleted these top two pictures twice... it is hard to put into words my frustration.
Anyway, we had a wedding last weekend. My baby sister. What a beautiful day. She could not have married a better man. He is sweet, loves the Lord and loves to hang out with our family. Every time Justin and I go to a wedding it does something special for our marriage. It is a little reminder of the vows we took to each other and the sweetness of the Lord's plan for marriage. Here are a few pictures from the special day.



My oldest sister and her family
(Sarah, Chris, Emma, John Paul, Elijah and Steven)

The next sister (Scott, Laura, Mateo, and Ellie)

The bride and groom with my parents

All the nieces and nephews

The new Bartlett Family Picture

The Beautiful Bride

Memorial Day

Pin It We had a great memorial day last week. We planted our community garden with David and Julia and the boys mowed the lawn. We headed over to my mom and dad's at 3:00 to help with wedding prep, which was s blast because all of my sisters and there families where there. It was just nice to have a morning at home with my husband and boys. Julia and David and Justin and I had a picnic outside by our garden and life just felt slow for a minute. I love that feeling.

My husband multitasking... smoking a cigar while mowing the lawn

Justin and David standing proud by their garden