All dressed up

Mike's cousin, Chad, got married in Vegas and then had a reception here for everyone. The reception theme was "Vegas" and they had personalized card decks and poker chips on the table for everyone...a really cute idea! He and Jessica are such a cute couple and it was fun to get dressed up and do something out of the ordinary!

Brotherly love:

I'm thankful for technology in these circumstances. It was past their bedtime and they were fidgety, but Dad's phone kept their attention.

Grandma Atok enjoying some time with Finley:

Collin, myself and Brendan:

Collin, Mike and Brendan:

Fourth of July

We had a very fun-filled Fourth of July with our friends! Our friends Elisabeth and Jerry invited us all over to their new house which has a pool. "Us" being 8 adults, 6 kids and 2 babies...plus the two hosts!! It was crazy but lots of fun! So fun and busy that I didn't take any pictures until they end of the evening. After a long afternoon of swimming and then a yummy dinner all the kids laid down to watch a movie. I thought it was so cute and had to snap a picture!

After the party we went to the fireworks show in Lewisville, which was amazing as usual! The boys ooh'd and ahh'd and it was wonderful!

Three months old

Finley is THREE months old today!! Look how much he's grown. He is now smiling all the time, giggling, and very interested in what his brothers are doing. He is entertained all day just by watching them! Unfortunately he's starting to lose his cute little mohawk...losing all that baby hair! But he's still a cutie! He is also trying to work on his rolling skills...it won't be long I'm sure!

Finley 3 months, Brendan (R) and Collin (L), 3 years old

Look what I can do!

Daddy thought I should try out Brendan's spiderman chair...and look how well I fit!

Home Remodeling

We have a long list of updates that we would like to make to our house and we finally got to cross a big one off our list! We had wood floors installed downstairs (minus the kitchen and guest room). Our carpet had seen better days and we figure with three boys it will never stay clean - so wood floors it is (and they are prettier!).

Here are some pictures of the floors before we moved our furniture back in.

The dining room (aka current playroom)


The living room:

The hallway looking from the front door:


The office:


View from dining room to office:

View of living room from stairs:

View of hallway from upstairs:

We are so happy with how they turned out!

Art Projects

Summer is here! And that means keeping the boys busy when it is too HOT to play outside! We went to the library this morning, and here is some artwork that they created this afternoon.

Collin's "monster"

Brendan's "bird"

The artists:

More artwork:

And Finley slept during all the fun:

Two months old

Finley is two months old today! It's hard to believe how fast he's growing. He is smiling all the time and coo'ing and generally just a very happy baby. He even sleeps good...which is such a blessing! At his 2 month well-baby visit he was 12lb 6oz and 23 inches long!

And we can't leave out big brothers!