Um...Catching up again....

Well looks like i'm playing catch up again with this darn blog. I really have every intention of updating it on a monthly basis, but time seems to get away from me these days. It is beyond busy with two little ones and Chris and I seem to jam pack plans into the summer months that make life even that much more crazy. I'm not complaining though - its all fun!

So...here is the gist on where we are all at:

BLAKE: He turned 3 on July 23rd. We had a little party for him on his actual birthday and his playgroup friends all attended. His party was a cowboy theme party because lets face it, the kid wants to be a cowboy. We even made him a John Wayne shirt for the day. Blake is also acting like a three year old in full force. He tried to negotiate about everything and bedtime has become an hour long task with him pulling out all the stops, "i'm thristy", "I have to go to the bathroom", "i'm cold", etc... etc... He is such a funny kid though and it is so fun to sit and have conversations with him everyday. Just the other night were were over hanging out by his swing set and he said, "mommmy, come over here and sit down. Let's talk" So we sat and he told me stories about riding horsies and getting in shoot outs with John Wayne. Best way to spend an evening in my opinion.

Here are the pictures from Blakes Party

GRAYSON: Grayson is 7 1/2 months now. CRAZY! How did that much time pass by. It's amazing how fast things go with the second one. He is crawling and just got his first tooth last week. He is such a sweet baby!

CHRIS: Chris is working hard and staying successful in real estate despite the troubled economy. He is also enjoying some time off hunting these months and is getting ready to go bow hunting with my brother next week. Chris and I have also joined our local crossfit gym and are really enjoying that. Chris will be competing in a competition this weekend with the gyms in the area.

ME, MYSELF and I: I have been staying home with the kiddos and I'm really enjoying it. I'm thankful to experience their early years with them. I have also started a mini business to give myself something else to do. I'm making and selling stationary products (notecards, invitations, birth announcements) and paper party supplies. I created a blog to showcase the items i have created. My blogsite is www.rachelspartyplace.blogpsot.com). I'm also training for a half marathon that I will be running in October. The half marathon is a fundraising event for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and myself along with a few of my friends will be running the race in honor of my brother and his fight against Lymphoma. If you would like to donate visit my fundraising page http://mch.nikewm2011.llsevent.org/runforbrandon

Here are links to our pictures from June and July. This is mucho info and pictures to jam pack into one post - i apologize. I will try to be better moving forward. :)