End of Summer Pictures

Well, with school starting in less than a week (AHH!), I thought I should make sure my blog was all caught up! :)  So this will be a hodgepodge of the pictures I haven't posted yet from the end of July through now!

4-H Fair
We had a great time at the fair again this year.  Matt and I had a date night with Amos and Jess to watch Danielle Bradbury and the Swon Brothers (country contests from "The Voice") in concert.  Grace had pigs for the first time so we spent a day watching her show them.  And, of course, you can't forget the yummy food!!

Matt scored this for me!

Landon was quite content to ride the little rides, but Emmy wanted to follow Tyler and Grace on the big kid rides so I didn't get her picture! :)

Way to go, Grace!

Kitchen Back splash
I convinced Matt that it would be "easy" to put up a back splash in our kitchen.  Watching HGTV makes it seem so simple and rather inexpensive.  We tackled the project in about 3 days from painting ALL the individual stone tiles with sealant (day 1) to sticking up all the tiles with mortar and cutting them with a wet saw (day 2) to grouting over all the tiles (day 3).  The grouting was the worst.  It was so messy and took a long time to clean, but I really love the end result.  It helps give our very brown kitchen some character.
Before:

 After:

Grand Camp

Although I don't have any pictures to show (I've heard Emerson took about 99 on her little camera), I heard some wonderful stories about the experiences both kids had at Camp Mack with Todd and Cathy for Grand Camp!  We are so blessed to have grandparents close by to help our kiddos experience God in new ways.  They are both already looking forward to going back!!

Horse Rides

We live next to some great neighbors who have horses and Emerson frequently asks to ride them.  So Tammy set up a little obstacle course for her horse, Sugar, to walk around and the kids had a great time riding her.

Lake Time

The Mathis Family, Dad's first cousins, rented a house on Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver and invited us and mom and dad to come visit for the day.  Everybody had a great time and a relaxing day.

And this is what happens after a full day...watch out Kindergarten :)

We had such a wonderful summer and it is sad to see it end, but we are beginning a new chapter in our lives and can't wait to see what God has in store for us next!