September

September has flown by.  Our weekends were packed with all kinds of fun events. 

On Labor Day weekend we took a one night camping trip in a friend's backyard.  Mr. Newton and I stayed for some hot dogs cooked on the fire and of course a s'more and then we headed home to sleep in the air conditioning while the Mr. Mister and his daddy slept in the tent in 100 degree heat.  Besides the heat, it was a lot of fun! 

The next weekend Daddy and I got away by ourselves for the whole weekend!  It was wonderful.  We tried to find things to do that we couldn't do with kids, like skimming through stacks of interesting books at Barnes & Noble for two hours in complete quiet.  It was such a refreshing mix of having fun, resting, and building into our marriage.  It was such a great feeling to start and finish conversations!  

Here we are all refreshed before going back to reality.  The kids did great at my parents' house for the whole weekend (and so did Grandma and Nonno!). 

The next weekend, Mr. Mister was a ring bearer in our friends' wedding.  Isn't he the most handsome little guy you've ever seen?  Sadly, this iphone picture is the only one we have until we see the ones from the photographer.

The flower girl was his good friend and they looked adorable together.  They did such a great job making it down the aisle!  I was so proud of them.

Then the boys tore it up on the dance floor at the reception.  And crashed that night.

This past weekend we had a fun visit from Grandma and Papa and Cousin E.  They came for Mr. Newton's dedication at church on Sunday.  It was great to have both of our families there.  But poor second child - we didn't even get a picture of it!  Sorry little guy - if you read this in 20 years, know that we really love you and that it was a very important  day for us.  

There was a cookout afterwards with some fun bounce houses.  Mr. Mister didn't let the weight of the vest stop him from having fun!

In between the busy weekends we did lots of playing outside, having picnics, and riding bikes.  Yay for fun fall weather!