Father's Day

This year we spent Father's Day up at the lake. We treated Daddy to being able to sleep in and had waffles and fruit ready for breakfast. Maryn was pretty excited to make Daddy waffles :) Where do I even begin in describing Jeremy as a father and husband? I could say what you would expect to hear...he is loving, lots of fun, always ready to engage in some sort of play, and compassionate. Those are all great, but it's what I see that warms my heart.

 I love when...
...he walks in the door and Maryn says, "hey, hey", Theo says, "DADA!!" and as soon as Cormac sees him his face lights up
...Maryn says during the day, "I sure do miss Daddy."
...I find he and Theo both with a newspaper in their hands on Saturday mornings
...he and Cormac fall asleep on the couch in the evenings
...he and Maryn are snuggled in bed reading a bible story
...jumps right in to help when he comes home from working all day
...he takes time to have special moments with each of the kids .
..I see that him growing in patience :)
...he recognizes that I've had a hard day and validates my feelings
...we get to spend time together, just us.

 Well that list could go on and on :) I'm so thankful that God placed Jeremy in my life. My love and appreciation for him grows daily. I'm thankful that our children are blessed to have a father that loves them unconditionally, is devoted to raising them in a Christ centered home, and can make them belly laugh on a daily basis. We love you!!!!

Maryn made a bookmark for Daddy at school and we bought a special book to put it in.

Daddy and his kiddos :)

A snuggle with Cormac

A little climbing time with Theo

Papaw was at the lake with us too...
Happy Papaw Day!!

We celebrated with Ceta a few days before...
Happy Ceta Day!!

touch a truck

In mid June, Broad Ripple Park had a "Touch a truck" event. The kids loved being able to see so many vehicles we see daily around town. Plus to be able to climb up in tAnn, honk the horns and pretend to drive was super fun. Extra bonus for me that Jeremy was in the area for a meeting and stopped through on his way back to work to help out :)

sister & brothers

I bought these shirts for the kids when Cormac was born.  They wore them once to the hospital and that was all.  Well, I decided one cloudy morning that we were going to have a little photo shoot :)  I got a couple of cute pictures of the big sis, big bro and lil bro! 

ice cream faces :)

The lake!

Maryn has been asking all winter when we were going to go back to the lake...well this was the weekend!  Boy, was it a HOT Memorial Day weekend!  We drove up Saturday after the parade and there in time for some pizza and an evening boat ride.  This was Cormac's first time at the lake and I think he liked it :)

So excited!!!!

1st time on the boat!

My boating buddy!

In his swim trunks and ready for a boat ride :)

The lake water was pretty cold, so we got out the pool and let the kids play.
Theo was cracking us up with the way he kept putting his face in the water! 

Love that smile!

Maryn and Papaw fishing

Feeling the breeze :)

Family photo before we leave

little cutie pies!
(Maryn did not want us to mess with her hair...oh boy!)

kisses from Daddy :)

Indy 500 Parade

We started our Memorial Day weekend at the 500 Parade. Jeremy's work does a family fun event with lunch, live music, face painting, animal balloons, and more before the parade begins.  It was a toasty day, but the kids loved the parade!  Theo was stomping his feet and dancing when the bands went by.  It was Cormac's first time, but he wasn't out for long because it was just so hot.  Looking forward to next year!

Cormac and I neither one look that happy...it was hot!!

Some of the drivers

Theo trying to keep cool!

Maryn and Daddy

The 500 princesses...Maryn liked them :

Family photos at IMA

In late May we had family photos taken on the Indianapolis Museum of Arts grounds.  It was a super hot and humid day which made for some challenging moments.  Thank you Tiffini for dealing with us and capturing the craziness and love that is our family!  

Check out www.henryandhazels.com to see Tiffini's work.