Summertime

We went to Young's Dairy the other weekend and had fun with the family. Dean liked it all I think, as you can tell.
Daddy teaching Dean how to swing... as a lefty.

So Dean got a little bored with the miniature golf and found some water to play in.


He wanted to play 'baybal' like Daddy too.

Grandpa and Mary Ann playing Cornhole. I'm sure they're better than me.

Tony and I went to the Reds/Cubs game on Saturday with some friends of ours, Nate and Devon. We had awsome tickets, 7 rows behind the Cubs dugout. Tony was so funny, he was like a little kid again! Cubs won and we were happy... sorry Devon.
It was so close I actually got really into the game:) We can't wait to take Dean next year.

...and then we took a day to relax:)

August Catchup

This month has been so busy, so here is an update of photos:)

Well, Dean got quite the present when Nanny and Pappy decided to get him his first truck at 19 months. As you can tell he enjoyed riding it. He rode for it for an hour straight. And actually his feet can't reach the pedal so we had to stack bricks on the gas so it would just drive and he could steer and we would walk along side him. He loves it... Thanks Nanny and Pappy!



While we were up visiting, Dean made Uncle Dray get his guitar out to play for him and teach him a few things, he was so fascinated.


Uncle Rigo had to get his hugs in too.

So Tony played softball with the church team last week and Dean and I went to cheer them on.  Dean loved it!  He played in the dirt with his buddy Evan and watched 'bayba', as he calls it, and his very own daddy was  playing. What more could you ask for?:)

A Grandma for each hand...awww.

Grandma Barb got Dean this Elmo chair and the Handy Manny so when he was sitting in his chair I laid my head on his lap. And anyone who knows Dean knows he LOVES my hair.  I mean it, he really loves my hair. So I sat there for about 20 minutes and he was just playing with my hair and relaxing.

Tony and I went out for our 5th Anniversary last weekend.  We went to our favorite restaurant and then stayed at the Westin downtown Cincinnati.  It was sooo nice.  Do we look excited?:)  It was really weird being away from Dean for the first time overnight but he was in good hands with Grandma Barb, Great Aunt Bonnie , Great Uncle Rick and Cousin Miriam.. thanks guys!!
This was the view from our room.  There was live entertainment so we went down and checked that out and had a cup of coffee.  How often do we get to do that?
Fountain square and our hotel was behind it to the right. 

Dean's 18 month pictures

Our Little Vacation

We took a family vacation for a couple days to Brown County, Indiana last week. We had a good time, just the three of us. Dean had fun swimming in the hotel pool (especially since there was an older girl there to stare at). We also went to Brown County State Park, which was really beautiful. We went to the shops there and went to some unique and tasty restaurants. We had the best homemade ice cream and candies. We had fun:)

One of the first things when we got there was to go 'mining'. We got a big bag of dirt and got to sift it to find lots of precious gems. It was pretty neat and we knew Dean would like playing with the water and stones.

The view at the park was so pretty. This one doesn't do much justice but you can still see it in the background a little.

And this was Dean after he got pretty comfortable in the pool.

Here we are in front of the candy at the candy store there. Dean is in aww.

Dean saw the big dog and just had to give it a big hug. He must have missed our heathen dogs too much.

Dean was having so much fun swinging at the park especially when Tony would jump off the swing beside him, he would laugh hysterically.

Here Dean is acting like he's kicking us and knocking us down and he gets a real kick out of it... pun intended:)

Presidential Candidate?!

Ok, so I try not to share too much about my stand on government issues but this candidate sounds like a winner to me!

Hey, you have your opinion and I have mine:)

A Trip to the Fair

We went to the Butler County Fair on Saturday evening with some friends of ours, Pete, Shari and Olivia. We had a great time and so did the kids. First it was the merry-go-round and boy let me tell you Dean was a fan of that, I'm talkin' a full fledged tantrum when we couldn't spend all night on there. So then we thought to distract him and get on the pony ride, it worked. And then of course since it was Shari's birthday I had to go on the Pharaoh ship with her. It went super high and let me tell you that we are really getting too old for these things.





Congratulations to the Hulshult Family. The new addition has arrived!! Hello little Andrew!

He's a Natural

Dean and I visited Tony at the Firehouse yesterday and it was an old station that still has the pole so Dean had to try it out. He loves going to visit Daddy at the firehouse... wee-ohh wee-ohh, is what he says when I tell him we are going to see Daddy. He can't get enough of the firetrucks. He loves to sit in the driver seat and open up all the compartments on the side and check out the hose on the top.