We are so excited for Thomas's big day!  I am posting this here because I worked hard on it and want to have it in our family photo book.  We would love to have as many of our friends and family there as can make it! 

Mountain Biking

The day after Thomas' birthday, Judd and Amber invited us to go mountain biking with them for Newell's birthday. We had a blast! I had a fabulous time taking pictures of everyone, Jackson and Thomas loved riding the jumps and ramps, Nicholas and Essie favored climbing the hills, and Alexander ate dirt...yum. Jackson did convince me to get on his bike and go down the big hill once. I need some more practice and a bike that is my size. I am lucky I didn't crash!
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More Birthday

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The big 8

The party we planned for Nicholas was so much fun, Thomas decided to do the same party with his friends! It was great!

So this is love...

We have three birthdays and our anniversary all squeezed into twelve days at the end of summer. Sometimes in the midst of the birthday party planning and preparing, planning for our anniversary gets pushed aside. This year, we did an impromptu visit to Enstrom's, our favorite ice cream place. It wasn't peaceful or romantic, but it was lovely just the same. This IS love.











Thomas and Nicholas were there too. Somehow they didn't make it into the pictures. Thomas was the photographer of the photos of Jackson and I.