Cleveland Area

Beau had an Ohio project rotation at Metro Health in Cleveland so we stayed with our friends, the Albrechts, for a few days. Tatum and I both enjoyed having some company while Beau was gone and it was nice to be in a new place.

We went to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. Wish it wouldn't have been rainy so we could have seen more of it but it was still fun.

Adrienne, Benson, Taters and I

Me trying to get Tatum to hold the butterfly...

The best I could get was her to let it on her arm.

Warming up to it...

And she likes it...

Alot.

Cool mom!

This is my excited face!

Still excited...

"K mr. butterfly, lets go on a little stroll... And then later on I'll throw my sippy cup over the edge of this bridge here so that we can't get it back... yup, sounds like a plan."

These big blue butterflies wouldn't land on us like the others did...oh well.

Adrienne and Benson, same room the butterflies were in.

We also visited the Natural History Museum (I believe it was called). There were still life exhibits and real life as well. I thought these raccoons were cute.

We went to the Farm Park in Kirtland. I wish I got a picture of her petting the horse but I didn't...here she is with the bunnies.

and a big pig...

and milking the cow... well, she only pet the leg.

Football Season Is Here!

I made Tatum her own baby buckeye bracelet... here are some pics of her showing it off :) I told her to put her hand by her face for the pictures.

And here I am at 33 weeks. Can't believe how close we are to having 2 kids! We're finally getting the room ready.

California...again.

We made one last trip to California for the summer to go to Shae's Wedding... and also get a little family time and career searchin in as well.

Gigi and Taters... morning goddesses

Just couldn't bare to see that old tree go completely.

Playing with her Sutt Sutt

Have you ever seen such a beautiful flower girl!? Love her!

I got a picture of Olive smiling...how much do I get for this... I'll start the bidding at $20.

Beautiful Shae on her wedding day.

All tuckered out from the morning in Sacramento. They're trying to conserve some energy for the reception later.

Reading with her Grammy.

Love you Gram!

Grandma giving her grandkids popcorn...somethings never change :)

Grammy accomplished a difficult task with ease.

Tate's Nest

Love the glasses Grandpa :) Tickling his grandkids...again, some things never change.

Swingin with "Tutton" at the Gridley Park

Sutton "Ditch Dragging" as we decided to call it.... Beaus pulling him on a wakeboard through a farmers irrigation ditch in Gridley. Just a random idea him and Beau decided to try out. And surprisingly it worked perfectly on the 1st shot! The good 'ol Volvo's still got it!

Beau's turn!

My mom with her good friends since high school. They are awesome. We got to spend our last 2 days with them and they gave us a good taste of Redding.

Food Success....Finally!

This is what our oven looks like after spending forever at the store and making everything from scratch to create the perfect homemade pizza and then waiting for it to cook and then finally dropping it yummy side down on the oven door. I was very upset to say the least. It was about 9:30pm and I hadn't eaten dinner yet. Beau could hear me cussing at it from upstairs as he put Tatum down for bed.

Round 2:

Since my oven was nasty I decided to use the bbq. Success! I recommend fresh basil and tomatoes to anyone making their own pizza...it makes all the difference.

So we picked our watermelon early and it was a flop so when Beau brought in this tiny little cantaloupe my expectations were the same. No flop. Delicious!

Beau was happy to be right. I had no faith in the little thing.

Water Fire- Downtown Columbus

So we were invited by the Hayslips to go to "Water Fire" on Friday night... Live jazz band and a lighting ceremony, I suppose you would call it, on the river when the sun goes down. Not much of a show but it was a nice relaxing time, we brought a frizby and played cards. Its nice to find new things around here. A lot going on in Columbus if you just keep your eyes and ears open... We will miss it when the year is over.

Tatum laid down for a while with us on the blanket...

But that music made her want to keep gettin' up and start dancin' :)

She loves her daddy. I love how she is holding on for dear life to his forehead here.

Best pic of the fires

Taters and mommy

Columbus Zoo

The new Polar Bear exhibit... Tates more interested in the kids camera than the bear apparently.

Underwater viewing

They were pretty active, we came at a good time.

Givin' us a show

So cool

Very interactive zoo...Tatum delivering a baby :)

Giving kisses to all the animals...yuck

Grooming with Reese

Saying "baaah"... after correcting her for saying "moooo"