Anniversary Celebrations!

Daniel and I have been married for 8 years.
Many didn't think we would make it and would be divorced by now.
I can honestly say that my husband is incredibly amazing and I am so thankful and blessed that God's will was for us to marry and become one. I love living life together and serving in the name of Jesus.

Blast from the past...

Engagement weekend in Canada, Fathers Day

No pictures of "the ring"

I was 18 and Dan was 22

July

July was another busy month. 

I have failed to mention that Daniel has been traveling almost every week (M-F) since April. 

So, we have been finding inexpensive things to do with our friends and taking advantage of the time Daniel is home. 

First up, Hannah enjoyed her first movie experience. 

Our local theater has $1 theater days and we went to see Ice Age.

Hannah had a blast with her friends, Nicolaas, Sydney and Maddie. 

The mommies enjoyed the air conditioning and the relaxing :-)

June

June was filled with lots of indoor/outdoor fun!

(Brace yourself for this LONG post)

We headed to the splash pad almost every day and then the pool following. 

At first, I put her life jacket suit on until she was comfortable being without floaties. 

I saw quickly how fast she became dependent on it, so I took it away fast.

I then cut a pool noodle and she has just taken off swimming with those!

Hannah enjoyed playing in both places and was worn out by the evening. 

Here are some pictures from our time there.

First Year Swimmer!

June began with Hannah's first day of Swimming Lessons. 

She went for a two week session and continued to do twice a week maintenance. 

The first day was horrible and she cried almost the entire time. 

Here she is when we got there. Depending on which teacher she has, she gets a color coded coin to take when she goes in. It helps the Life Guards to know whose class she is in. She was excited to have a light Pink token :-) 

May

Back in May, we had a lot going on and I haven't had a chance to blog about it, so here it goes!

We helped move Dan's grandparents from Dallas to Abilene. 

Dan coordinated the move, got the truck packed and drove it to Abilene. 

Hannah insisted on bringing her baby everywhere we went, so this was us heading into our hotel the first day.

4th of July

This year, we were invited to a lake house with some friends of ours, Justin,Abby and their kids Sydney and Nicolaas, to celebrate the 4th of July. 

We stayed from Wednesday night to Sunday and it was perfect!

We all had such a great time!

We all went boating, tubing, fishing, swimming in the lake, enjoyed fantastic food, games and fellowship! Hannah had a blast driving the boat and absolutely loved being at the front of the boat. Dan and I were able to get away for a bit and do some kayaking, that was a lot of fun...a lot of work too!!

Fireworks were huge there since it was outside the city limits. Hannah was so exhausted that she conked out on me during fireworks. I think wearing ear plugs helped with that too ;-)