Just Hangin Round the townhouse!

So... on rainy afternoons, its just fun to take out the camera and get a few pics... Unfortunatly, no one felt like getting their picture taken! ;) But its been too long since we've posted pics so here you are!

Weddings!!!

Wow weddings can be crazy, when the whole wedding party are friends!! Tyler and my friends Lauren and David got married this past weekend in Madison... A wonderful weekend full of festivities starting with the rehearsal dinner!!!! Enjoy the pics!!Lauren (the bride) and me

Friends!! Melissa and Keith, Peter, me, Renae, Ryan, Teri, Lauren, Brad, & Tami

Teri & Brad (cuties!!)

Lauren with mom and dad (Debbie & Rob)

Tyler & David (the groom)



Ryan, Aaron & Jane

Tyler, Brad & Justin

Renae, Teri, & me (Bridesmaids)

The whole crew!!

Tyler & Amanda... All dressed up!



Before the dresses!!

What.... ? Just getting a drink at the union! ;)

The beautiful bridesmaids... minus Ryan.. Where was he??

There he is!! Now here's the other "bridesperson?" Ryan!

Tyler and the best Man, Paul

The blushing bride!

The happy couple!! Congrats Lauren and David!!

SOLD

July brought a new offer on the house... And we have now sold it! We are sad to leave it, but we have had some good closure the last time we were in Madison. It was the perfect first home.. And we made sooooo many memories there.. We will miss it. We wish the new owner the best of luck with good old 233 W Sunset Ct. Here is a picture of the new paint and roofing job!! Very nice!

We are ending the month by moving into another townhouse in order to save more $$ for a downpayment and to look for a new home! I do believe there might be a world record for the size of this new place though.... very very small. ;) Hopefully we will have a new house to live in and make new memories in, within a few months.

Tolkien visited the dentist for the first time, and got to have his teeth cleaned by auntie Jenny!! I realized there havent been too many pic perfect moments latley so I need to get shooting!!

Here are some pics from Tolkiens birthday too. Hope you are all well.

Our baby is 4

4 years ago, on June 27th our little Tolkien Ray was born....



Yes, as most of you know, he was not an easy baby from the moment my water broke! But.... he has turned into quite the wonderful little boy. ;) I wouldn't say life is perfect and everything about parenthood is amazing... but I will say that being Tolkien's mama has made an unbelievable difference in the way I look at life.

Its one thing to say, sleep on it and everything will look better in the morning, but its another to see this little boy who can have 150 tantrums in a day, yell at perfect strangers, not eat dinner, go to bed sulking....... And wake up so excited for his day to begin that it would seem his pajamas might bust right off!! That is quite something,,, and it gives me motivation to start my mornings the same.... if I can. ;) He makes us laugh, and always has something interesting to say...... he definitly keeps us on our toes. Plus he is one fabulous big brother!

He is a very happy, loving, and smart little guy, and we do enojoy our times that we spend together as a family... We hope Tolkien has a wonderful birthday, This one is the first one he will probably actually remember!! Happy Birthday Tolkien Ray!! We Love you!!

June Updates!!

Hello all, June has been a good month so far... We have taken a couple trips to Madison to work on the house, and had a nice visit from Grandma Perry. The sale of our home fell through but we are hopefull for another buyer to come along. Enjoy the new pics!

This picture, although a bit creepy, has an even creepier story... I was upstairs, when I kept hearing the door open and closing downstairs. Not sure if it was the neighbors or not, I went downstairs to check on Tolkien. When I went downstairs, he was looking pretty guilty, and he had the camera in his hand. I figured he had gone outside and taken some photos, and thats what he was trying to hide. When I looked at the camera, I saw this picture!!! Very CREEPY!! I said "Tolkien, who took this picutre of you??" And very casually Tolkien relpied... "Oh I took it mama, I just used the timer." Man, this kid is good... It took me about a month to learn the timer!! Yikes. Whats next!

"Lulah Bird"

Visit with Grandma Perry

Our new nephew William

Cuz, we cuzins!!!

Just hanging out!

May has been fun... Warm weather, a new cousin William, and an accepted offer on our house in Madison.. We have been spending time hanging out and looking at new homes. Enjoy the pics!

Our new Cousin William Stephen... Congrats Aaron & Terri!!

Talulah... she has started running.... and it is not easy keeping up with her. But the giggles are cute.

Tolkien has begun taking self portraits such as this in his spare time.. And this face pretty much sums up his mood these past few weeks! ;)


One fun thing about looking at houses when they are empty... taking pics, like we live there!! Here is me and Lulah in my dream kitchen!!