some more summer fun

Here are a few pics from some of our fun summer days...

Josh and I at the Dave concert:

Grandpa came over one day and had to try out our hammock. I hear he didn't like it very much but this picture is too funny!Griff and Linc both asked to spend the night with us ALONE this summer. We have so much fun with them and here is a pic of us watching Madagascar 2 and getting ready for bed. Kowe loves when the boys come over but she thinks she needs to watch over them when they're sleeping.Josh and I finally got to check out Wildcat Creek Winery during Labor Day weekend and we were so glad we did! They did our tasting outside and it was such a beautiful day! Here's my handsome guy enjoying the afternoon:Then we kicked off the Boilermaker Football season with Shell & Dan. Yay!!Finally, a bunch of sneaks surprised me with a birthday party! It was so fantastic! Ivan from Main St. Cheese came and did a private wine tasting for us and it was such a fun night! But I am now able to state for all that I do NOT want a surprise party (or ANY party for that matter!) for my 30th birthday next year! I had a fantastic time, but that is enough attention for me! I don't need another celebration when I turn 30! (Thank you very much!) Summer was just busy busy busy. Fall doesn't look to be letting up, either. We have football, a trip from Jeremy & Lisa, I have lots of work trips and a trip planned for the famed "Sista Girl Weekend" with Jessi, Jenn & Mom Jaye. Not to mention the holidays, birthdays, events, etc. Looking forward to a great fall and hope you are, too!

so far behind!

Pardon me, but where the heck did summer go?!?! I am thrilled beyond belief for fall since it's my favorite season, but it's just crazy how quickly things went this year. Since most everyone who reads this also is on facebook, I am not going to post all of the pics from our cruise. Frankly, I don't have the TIME!! And I want to get caught back up.

But what I am including is a video that I shot while at the Tulum Mayan Ruins during our cruise. We had such a fantastic time. We spent most of our days doing some serious relaxing up near the Carnival fin. It is so loud up there and the wind blows, so it's hot but so relaxing because you always have the wind and the sound of the fin drowns out much of the other silly noises that happen on a cruiseship. We had a great time with Jeff and Laura. Many funny times and great memories with fantastic friends...doesn't get much better than that!

Highlights of our trip included swimming with a dolphin (oh.my.good.ness. they are fascinating! and soft as can be! i can't wait to do it again one day...), swimming with the stingrays in their natural habitat (we kissed them which is they Cayman Islands' form of good luck, let them ride on our backs, held them and even fed them which was the absolute weirdest feeling in the universe!), and the Mayan Ruins at Tulum (this was probably our favorite day. The history was so interesting and the view...as you can see in the shaky video...is beyond breathtaking! Plus on that day, we had the most amazing food and beer!)

Enjoy the video and check out our pics on facebook if you want to see more!