Family Vacation

We enjoyed wrapping up our summer with a little vacation to one of our most favorite and memorable places.  Gatlinburg is where we began our family together over 5 years ago.

 This was right after we got engaged....

And then the years there after....

Wow!!  A lot changes in 5 short years!  We had an absolute blast the entire time.  We enjoyed our time so much with the Mahollands! We are so thankful that they asked us to do this.  We had a gorgeous cabin that was at the top of a very curvy and very tall mountain!  

The days seemed to go by so slow and felt very relaxed and filled with a ton of things that we did! 

 We made sure that Stella got to enjoy every inch of Gatlinburg.  And she sure did!  She was so good the entire trip!

We look forward to making more memories here in years to come!

Red, White, & Blue

 We've had a lot going on these days and we are really enjoying our summer.  We had to say goodbye for a while to my bro-in-law as he is going into the Air Guard.  We sure do miss him a lot already.  We had a going away party for him and got this great picture of all of us!  It's hard for us knowing that we won't get to see him for 5 months.  That sure is a long time!

We enjoyed our first Fourth of July together.

 Yes, out of 5 years married, this was the first one that John hasn't been working!

We spent the day together and then enjoyed the evening at my parents house with grilling out, watermelon, fireworks, and lots of sparklers.

 We hope everyone had a very happy fourth!!!