Phase one and two

Phase One: The Lot

The back of our soon to be home

Phase Two: The exterior

We are super excited to have our own house after almost a year and a half of being in limbo. I think both of our parents are just as anxious as we are. Should we at all be concerned that it went up in 4 days? Hmmmmm.

Fishing for complements

It was my friend, Shannon's, last day is the Valley (or A-town as she lovingly refers to it), so we decided to finally get together with the kids and have some good old Valley fun! Where else to go but the Fish Hachery! We were a bit skeptical about it at first, but soon we knew it was a good call. Cameron and Charlie were so adorable together as the fed the fish, called the ducks, and chased each other around.

After we figured out that the fish food smell was unable to be removed from there hands, we decided to forget about it and move the party to RIta's... where the real magic happened! FINALLY Cam allowed Charlie to make his move and hold her hand. Shan and I couldn't have been more excited. We had been waiting for this since Spring Training.

The fun ended after a quick baseball game in my parent's back yard. We will miss you guys! xoxo

Musikfest, Mindy's Birthday, and Roadside America

Musikfest was pretty uneventful. It was hot and Charlie wanted to ride every ride there... until he was riding on them. Sweat and tears, tears and sweat, this is pretty much our family theme.

Mindy turned 38 this month, and somehow, even though she is 9 months pregnant and OLD (ha!), she is gorgeous and glowing. Charlie and Casey are in love with her and I don't know who isn't. She is the best ever!


Blaine and I are trying to do fun family mini trips in our boredom. Mindy cleverly suggested Roadside America. It is off an interstate in a small town where the tumbleweed... well... tumbles. But, Charlie was amused and that is all that counts! After all the fun was had, we went to a nearby diner to feed amongst the locals. We all had a version of grilled cheese. We could have just driven 20 minutes back home and made it, but it wouldn't have tasted as good.... or would it?!

Let's Do Dorney!

Dorney Park is about 5 minutes from our doorstep in Whitehall and Charlie's cousins, MItchell and Peyton, have a season pass to the amusement park. (I did too when I was in school, but it has changed since I was there!) Meema decided to treat Charlie and I to a night at Dorney and Mindy and Peytie met us there.

Charlie was having minimal fun until Peytie arrived. Suddenly, he wanted to do everything that Peytie was doing! They loved snoopy land and the train ride wasn't bad either. Amazingly, Charlie was not scared of anything and wanted to go on everything. Can't wait until he is 16... uhhhhhhh.