lots of mud

which is a good sign when you are building/working on the house

The mud comes from here...the footings are in...meaning the new garage can go up 

and the old can come down

The four season porch is taking shape

and the deck is on its way

may look random but this is in the old part of the garage

the pantry, laundry, and office...leading to the mud room

fun to continue to see the progress!

turn that frown

upside down

after what you could call a long day at the office thanks to this new machine

I received one of the cutest text from my sister in law

that instantly turned any frown or straight work face into a HUGE smile

Ben said "Aunt Kari calls me peanut butter cup. No one say that but Aunt Kari.  Auntie is silly"

I am sorry doesn't seem much but I sure found it cute and it made my heart melt and made me laugh

sweet boy! 

opening day

of the US Open is here already!

[actually last night] 

Opening reminds me of back to school and I guess that means it really is that time of year

ANYWAY I will stay away from that sad talk and focus on the last bit of summer we have :)

and THE US OPEN

Last night we decided to channel our inner open and play a little tennis

well being over 80 degrees we lasted about 30 min

and then I was found doing this the rest of the night

Let the fun continue on for the next two weeks

I am the remote control queen all week! 

aka ESPN2 all the way!

Happy opening day of the open to the tennis fans!

boating buddy

Sunday afternoon

Ben [and his parents] :) came over for church, lunch and boating

It was a Beautiful day!

and we had a lot of fun!

Ben tubed and swam and we sat and watched

it was wonderful

Crazy driver

 Ahoy! 

hope they can come back and play another day! 

gotta lovett

date night 

we love it

one more time of birthday celebrating

just the two of us, just the two of us

and a little Lyle Lovett

one more FMG concert

beautiful night and nice concert [2hrs 45min long! wow]

a young 36

happy birthday happy birthday happy happy birthday to you

Today is my hubbys Birthday

we celebrated 

yesterday today and tomorrow

he deserves it, lot to be celebrated about him

love you to the moon and back

Day one: My Parent

The whole family

J had help with his gifts

his new trailer for the lawn mower

Day two: J's family

The Cake for the night

One more day celebrating tomorrow on date night

update on the #the7314demo

there continues to be progress daily

like dirt moved

some of the studs are up

and the porch and deck are being created :)

Plus a bathtub is in the basement just waiting to be installed!

Check out the change

roll on please roll on! 

double the wedding

double the fun

double the cake

double mint gum

this weekend was filled with love awe! haha

we celebrated on Friday night

and then on Saturday we headed to Celeryville to celebrate Js friends

we drove to Willard, OH or oh-hi-yo to the Waltin inn.  We were in room #3

This was small town...how did I know?!

while when we were checking in we were asked if we were going to 'the wedding'  haha the town event

The Waltin Inn

The bus ride over from the wedding to the reception..a little windy!

In the barn

Super pinteresty..very neat to see.  They did a great job

More pinterest stuff

and the happy bride and groom cutting the cake

and there was pie and cookies!! Jackpot! 

back through the cornfields to the GR

congrats congrats to the happy couples!

bucket of berries and music

last week I went berry picking with my mother in law

we had a great time

there were SO MANY BERRIES!

we both pick 12 lbs

I have now been eating blueberries like its my job haha

then there was music not out in the berry field

but at the Meijer Gardens concert

Owl City..we got a last minute invite and capitalized on it

didnt know as many songs as I thought i was would but still a fun night

and bonus gwen had tickets too!

loved enjoying these summer nights

up UP north part two

a little back logged on the blogger because the internet has been down at the house

but we have an extension to our up north vacation

we went back up the next weekend

spent one more night out with Js family

and then the next day with BEN, jeff and Betsy and the parentals

we again had a blast.

check out the photos for PROOF

Friday fun day

Before I got up north Dash and Ben had a play date!

so cute, melted my heart

Free fire truck rides at the street fair friday night

Family photo time

Saturday fun in the sun

Started the morning at the farmers market

feeding the ducks

Snack time

and play time

my moms favorite pic of J ;-)

catch grandpy grandpy grandpy in a trap! haha 

then it was time to get buried

Uncle Jason and Ben!

then it got a little chilly, so it was time to just hangout

and for us to head home

another great time at the port!