Happy Anniversary to us!

Amazing that it has been 5 years today that we got married.  What an incredible journey we have already been on during these 5 years.  You never know what you can go through until you have to.  Our love has grown deeper with each passing day and I look forward to all the memories to come.  I love you Reese - Happy Anniversary!

 Our first trip together to Las Vegas - October 2005

 November 2005 trip to the Bahamas to celebrate Joe's 40th. 

 The first picture as Mr. & Mrs.!

 Our first anniversary in Japan in Kobe.  We were on the 22nd floor of the Portopia Hotel in room 2222!

 

 About 36 weeks pregnant with Sage here!

 First thanksgiving with Sage, lots to be thankful for that year.

 First date night after Sage was born, David Gray concert.

 Family picture for Sage's 1st birthday.

One of my favorite family pictures from our photo session for Sage's 2nd birthday.

Parade

Each school day we go and get Natalie and Lunden off the bus.  It is Sage's highlight of her day!   She gets to play with the kids and she loves it!   Here are Sage and Natalie having a parade down the sidewalk.  The parade route goes from our driveway to theirs! 

Baby Jam Fun!

This picture is from a few weeks ago at Baby Jam.  It was a beautiful day out and we were enjoying some sunshine.  I love these little kiddos and I am so thankful that Sage has such great little friends.  I am very lucky as well since the kids all have wonderful Mommy's! 

Sage, Ty, Marshall, and Case having some fun!

Fall Day at the Zoo!

We went to the zoo yesterday and it was a great day to be there!   It was chilly only 59 degrees when we arrived at the zoo.  But there were lots of animals out enjoying the cool weather.  We met our neighbors there, Rebecca and Lydia.  The girls had a good time in Lydia's wagon.   We took a train ride but the carousel was closed.  Not being able to ride the carousel was a tragedy for Sage.  But she did feed the giraffes for the first time and loved it!  We are very lucky to have a such nice zoo so close to us. 

Getting Big

It has gotten a little cooler here and we are loving it!  I had to get out some fall clothes for Sage and she is now wearing 3T shirts and pants.  She is getting so big.  Here she is in one of her fall outfits - the shirt and pants are both hand-me-downs.  We are so thankful for all the clothes that we have been given!

 This is what I got when I asked her to smile for me.

I detect some attitude here in this picture...

Future Softball Player???

On the walk home Saturday night after the playground we came upon Cole and Brian playing football.  Sage was so excited to join their game.  She had lots of fun and even had a few good catches and throws!  Then Cole got out his baseball stuff and they got out Kylie's softball helmet for Sage.  To say Sage was excited is an understatement - she was thrilled with the helmet.  Maybe we have a future softball player on our hands!

 Reese taught her how to hold the bat and how to stand - she has a pretty good stance going!

 

The Playground!

We went to the playground last night and Sage didn't want to leave.  I managed to get this one picture.  She was all over the place - the swings, the slide and the rock wall.  She took a header off the swing but got right back on. Love this girl in her pigtails!

Steve's Boat

Our neighbors Steve and Patty had their boat out on the street on Saturday night.  Steve was cleaning it up before they put it away for the winter.  Well Sage saw him cleaning the boat and wanted to go visit.  Steve took the cover off and let her climb into the boat.  She wanted me to go in with her.  She had fun playing in the boat - her favorite part was pressing the button for the horn. 

Pretending to drive the boat!

Painting at the Art Fair

In the kids area the painting section was Sage's favorite!   She got to paint with a squirt bottle, turkey baster, squirt gun, and spray bottle.  She would have stayed there and painted all day if we had let her.  The museum that sponsors the art fair is going to hang up the pictures that the kids painted on their community day!