Welcome Alivia Mae!

 We are so happy to welcome our newest niece Alivia Mae!  She's beautiful.

 She was born on July 1st to proud parents Christine & Derek.

And welcomed by big brother Jackson.  Especially excited to have a cousin so close to Sarah ON BOTH SIDES of our families.  Wow.  Hopefully, Cecilia & Sarah will be in the same high school eventually... and we'll just have three parties for all of those landmark events until then.  Congratulations, Christine & Derek!  

And so are we

 After a whole "red" weekend, we decided to balance it out by following it with a whole "green" one.  Darren's cousin Jonathan got married on Friday night at a beautiful wedding.  Here's Jackson sneaking about his 30th Hershey's kiss of the evening.

 The food was great, family was fun, & the kids really had a blast dancing!  I wish that I had a picture of Rebecca dancing on the top of Jonathan's (the groom) feet.  Adorable.

 We didn't have quite enough fun on Friday, so we decided to see everyone again on Sunday!

 

Our new nephew Ryder was baptized.  Welcome to the family of God, Ryder!

 The happy family 

 Green Grandma & Grandpa with all the grandkids

 Katie & Brad let us invade their house afterwards.  The kids had a blast together!  It was most fun to watch all the big kids playing with the baby toys.  :)

 Isn't he a cutie?

 Teresa was enamored, as usual.  What a baby lover we have!

Congratulations, Ryder!

War paint?

No that's not war paint... it's birthday paint. We were able to celebrate our youngest nephew's birthday (on Darren's side) with lots of flair. I think Christine & Derek were just making up for not going all out with the cake & frosting on their wedding day. ;) Jackson is ONE! Teresa & Abby played wonderfully together. There was a lot less "I want that just because you have it" going on than last time! As if all the fun cousins weren't enough, she also got to love on Jackson's two puppies.

New Life

We are blest to welcome Logan & Jackson into the family of God!
The (now) Big Kids

Jackson

Welcoming Jackson Aaron

Congratulations, Christine & Derek!

Thanks for an adorable nephew to love!