::september 2019::

This little man loves sports.  I have enjoyed watching him fall in love with playing football. 

He was in the homecoming parade and we turned up in all our Pendleton gear.  

Those two giant second grader were the best blockers in the league.  

Max was showing his Pendleton pride.  

Baby Otter watched.

Look at all that crazy candy they got at the parade.  

Lily and little Poppy remain best friends.  

Lily had a little barn karaoke party with all her  choir buddies.  

She turned 16 with her cutest little face.  

She looked gorgeous for homecoming.  

She and her best friends all looked gorgeous.  

The two single girls posed with Paige's sweet boyfriend.  

Josh and I remain devoted to Cross Fit.  We go at least 4 times a week.  I am not exactly ready to be an elite athlete but I am working hard.  

We organized all the girl in the family going to Cake Bake, which is a fancy cake shop in Indiana.  

I had a party for my grad school friends and Lily had some concerns about the cupcakes my friend brought.  

I have been a wondering soul, going to lots of different sites.   I was pretty happy to find this sunny little office.  

I won the Nursing Excellence Award for Community.  I was so surprised and blow away by the honor.  

They had Josh on Face Time and this is me smiling at him.  

Mr Max is turning into a grown man.  Look at that big stud.  

I picked Lily up and we rented some Pendleton bikes to go exploring on.  

Max was in the band for about four weeks.  It was a short term love story.  

Lily has been mastering the art of taking pics with a distant gaze.  

We had a little warm day and I took the kids creeking.  

We got ready for our girls plus Josh Disney trip.  

Lily and I worked at Lucas Oil for her to earn money for choir.  

She has been working there periodically to pay for her own choir trip.

This is her driving home.  

::water babies::

These kids love to swim.  

This year we have been lucky enough that Auntie Rachel and Uncle Jake bought a great place near us that happens to have a pool for us to play in.  We have used the hell out of our invite to swim.    

::family vacation to Asheville::

We rounded up the crew and headed out for a big family vacation, first we had to drop off this rotten little dog at dog camp.  She was less than pleased.  

Lily played many songs on the way there and even learned some new ones.  Mr Q tried hard to pick up some cords.  

As usually we had to make a stop at the closeest area Bass Pro Shop.  

Lily got the bum end of the deal and ended up on a mattress in the living room.  

Always love hanging out with Sheila and Jay, my inlaws.  

Neither boy is looking at the camera, but this is still a win.  

Family camera selfie.  

Tour of the Biltmore was awesome.  The indoor pool was amazing.  

The gardens were so fun.  

Look at that little Lily, taller than her mom and Aunties.  

I found the book I should have written.  

And Josh got a handmade axe that has started a new landslide of axe collecting.  What can I say?  The man has some weird hobbies.  

Please note that my boys are flashing hand signs.  What is wrong with them?  So cute.  

Here we are on top of Chimney Rock.  See the lake in the background?  That is were they filmed Dirty Dancing!  We did not try "the lift".