100 Ways to Make Your Marriage Rock / Union 28

A few weeks ago I read this great blog post: 100 Ways to Make Your Marriage Rock. Number 13 on the list was "Wear shirts that tell the world you love your spouse." It had a link to Union 28. I clicked on it honestly not expecting to purchase shirts, but when I saw how cute they were I couldn't help myself. I knew Father's Day was coming up and this would be a great way to honor Darren. I told Nate about the shirts and how we were going to surprise daddy with them on Father's Day. Nate loves surprises and keeping secrets and was very excited that we had a secret daddy didn't know about. We were both excited to surprise Darren with our shirts on Father's Day!  Darren was definitely surprised and was very appreciative of our public displays of affection. :) I encourage you to read the list and find new ways to make your marriage rock.

These are the designs I chose, but they have lots of other cute designs in lots of different colors.
         

Ashlyn's Graduation

My one and only niece graduated from high school last week.  It's hard to believe she is already a high school graduate headed off to college. 

I will never forget the day she was born.  It was August 22, 1994 and the first day of my senior year of high school.  It was love at first sight!

Proud parents

 Proud grandparents

Family Pictures

When Nate was one we started taking a family picture in our front yard every spring. We usually do it Easter morning, but it did not happen this year.  A couple of weeks ago we took  few minutes to get a few pictures before church.  I am so glad we did.  Some years they are "framers" and some years they are not, but it is fun to look back at all of the pictures and see how much Darren and I have changed and Nate has grown.   

Preschool Graduation

Nate graduated from preschool tonight!

Getting ready to take the stage

Our super cute graduate

Nate loves his Granna and Nan...

and Poppa Dub and Pops

I must admit that tonight was fun and not even remotely sad because Darren and I decided many months ago that Nate is going to do one more year of preschool.  Since his birthday is in July, we decided we would rather him be one of the oldest in his class instead of one of the youngest.  So we'll do this all again next year and I'm sure it will be very emotional for me.  For now, I am just excited and grateful for another year at home with my Nate bug.   

Soccer Party

Nate's final soccer game was Monday afternoon.  His team had a great season.  We enjoyed watching him have fun and watching his focus and skill improve over the course of the season.  He says he'll play again, but we'll see how he feels when Fall rolls around. 

Kepler and Dax (Nate's cousins) came to watch Nate's last game. 

 

Nate and Coach Blake

The team:  Aiden, Nate, Miguel, and Luis

 

Our soccer star!

 



Nate's Preschool Birthday Party

Last week we celebrated Nate's birthday with his preschool class.  His birthday is not till July so this was a special treat for him.

Beach Weekend

My parents invited us to the beach for the weekend.  We were all so excited about this trip, but unfortunately Nate woke up sick the day before we were supposed to leave.  We debated about staying or going since it's so hard to know if kids are going to be sick for a day or several.  We decided to go and Nate did end up feeling yucky most of the trip.  Thankfully he did have a couple of hours each day when he felt well enough to go to the pool or the beach.  Even with the sickness we are very thankful for a weekend at the beach.