August 15 = Woof Day

Here's another sweet Rover puppy- this one is named Bandit!  He's six months old and his mom and dad are just taking a day trip so we only have him for one night.  He's so so so very cute.  He's an Australian Shepherd and while I'm so happy to have him for the night I'm kind of relieved it's only for one night.  I am not in the market for a puppy, that's for sure.

Also check out this adorable child... everything she says is so cute.

May 12 = Graduation Festivities Day 1

Today my family went to Matthew's first graduation ceremony- they had one for his minor- Non-Profit.  They provided a delicious lunch (with sweet tea) and had an awesome speaker.  Here's what my kids were up to while not being at a ceremony they would have added a lot of noise to...

And here's pictures from the ceremony:

And more of what my children were up to... including my furry child:

Also, I saw this on facebook and sent it to Zachary for encouragement ;)

October 31 = Halloween

I've firmly decided I'm not a fan of Halloween.  I love the costumes but my kids don't so much.  And they don't get trick or treating.  But we participated and here is the photographic evidence:

October 28 = Trunk or Treat Day

Zachary has an adjudication Monday night so we're celebrating Halloween a little early by going to a local church and going "trunk or treat" with the Rowntrees.  Here are their cute baskets from last year:

You may now call Malia "Skye..."

  and Liam "Marshall."

We didn't last very long but here are some pictures from the ... probably 30 minutes we were there:

August 21 = Evie's Birthday Party Day!

I took Liam to the gym this morning while Zachary stayed home with Malia.  After the gym, we ran by Toys-r-us to find a present for our friend Evie's 2nd birthday!  There was lots and lots of Paw Patrol stuff everywhere so Liam was in heaven.

He's also really into these cars in the back of the store...

Zachary wasn't feeling well still so I left Liam with him and took Malia to the party.  She had so much fun!

We've gotta get this girl some dress up clothes.

We had the special honor of finding out that our friends Will and Amy (Evie's parents) are having a boy in February.  We got to prepare the gender reveal!  Amy provided us with black balloons and both pink and blue confetti and we got to work!  I wish Zachary had been there to see the big reveal but it went well and the parents were super excited!

 Here's all the kids that were at the party: Malia, Weston, Rory, Evie and Annie!

Random picture of Liam being angry and Malia not knowing what's going on: