Another "photo shoot" weekend

There is a neat little area here in our town with some old buildings and tractors and a train.  So we wondered around a bit and snapped photos.  I didn't get many of Elise because there was a wedding going on there and she is a handful to chase around! :)

Fun "photo shoot" in downtown Nashville

Last weekend we went to downtown Nashville.  We spent some time on the Bicentennial Mall right behind the capital building (as well as Centennial Park where the train was).  It was a great opportunity to get some fun pictures of the kids.  I edited these on Picnik and love how they turned out!

A trip to Papa and Nana's house!

The kids and I spent a week in Michigan with my family while Ron was out of town.  We missed having him with us, but we sure had a great time!  Here are some photos from our visit.

The littlest cousins got to play together for the first time!

Papa and Ronnie played with trains a lot!

Great grandma holding her great granddaughter for the first time!  They share the same middle name.  This was a very special moment for me to capture!

Papa took Ronnie fishing for the first time.  He loved it!  He wanted to hold and touch the fish, he showed no fear at all!

My parents with all five of their grandkids!  Very special!

My brother's baby Laci taking her first steps.  We all got to witness it, so fun!

My brother Scott and his beautiful family.

Me and Scotty. :)

We walked down to a pumpkin patch right by my parents house.  The kids enjoyed that too.

My birthday!! {was yesterday}

September is a big month for us with our anniversary and then my birthday six days later.  My dad's birthday is later this month as well, and my grandma Ida's (who passed away in 1995) birthday was this month too.  I will honor her with a blog post later this month on her actual birthday.  I dug out a couple of photos from my birthday 10 years ago!  We were on our honeymoon in Gatlinburg.  It was SO much fun!  So the first two photos are 10 years old, and the rest were from yesterday.

September 8, 2000  On our honeymoon at a cabin in Gatlinburg.

We had a great time seeing the Smoky Mountains!

September 8, 2010  Ten years of marriage and two kids later.  I love my life!!

Our 10th anniversary!!!

It is hard to believe that an entire decade has passed since we married!  Wow!  It was such a fun day, we just enjoyed ourselves.  I pray for many, many more decades together!  And for more babies too! :)

Fabulous lunch wrap!

Oh this was so good!  I need to make them again soon.  We had sort of forgotten about the Ezekiel sprouted grain wraps (we only buy Ezekiel bread).  Whole Foods is the only place around here that carries the wraps.  So now we make it a point to buy some each time we go there (about twice a month).  In case you can't see everything on the wrap, it is hummus, spinach, cherry tomatoes, black olives, avocado, carrots and sprinkled with salt and pepper.  Mmmmmm!!!!!

Photos from the last couple of weeks

Ronnie playing in the rain. He loved it!

Thomas is Ronnie's FAVORITE thing to play with.  He loves to build the tracks.  This one started in his room and went all the way into our room.  The life sized Thomas will be in Nashville this weekend, and we are going!  I cannot wait to see Ronnie's face when we ride on the big Thomas!  I will post pictures for sure!

The track ending in our room.  Yes, that is a drum kit in our bedroom.  I'm a pretty cool wife! :)

Ronnie's friend Blaise came over to play.  (he lives behind us)

Elise carrying a bear bigger than her at our  neighbor's house.

Ronnie and Tyler playing. (they live across the street)

Ronnie dumped the whole toy bucket on top of himself.  Then gave a cheesy smile. :)

Elise carrying around the lizard she likes to chew on.

Sweet baby girl in her car seat. :)