Summer Time: River Rat

I'm in major need of some catching up.  I've managed to keep up with the big things like trips, little brothers, and anniversaries, but I've slacked with our every day fun.  

We've been very busy this summer and unfortunately the blog had been a little neglected.  So, before it's fall (so soon already!) and this little boy makes his appearance, the next few posts will give you our summer in review:

We Love the Blanco River 

We have spent almost every Wednesday morning this summer at the Paradise Valley River Park with our friends.  Tatum and I both look forward to a river picnic each week and she is just in love with the water and her blue tube.

We have also enjoyed the river with Daddy and also Gramma and Grampa.  We are so lucky to have such a beautiful river park to visit right here in town.  Most days we are the only ones there! 

5 Years

Zach and I celebrated our five year anniversary on Friday, July 16th.

How is it possible we've been married for FIVE whole years already?  It feels both like a LLLOOOONNNGGG time and the blink of an eye.

We had the best wedding.  ALL our closest friends were there, we had family in from Kansas and Ohio (some who traveled out of state for the very first time), our sweet Sara Sue was the "ring doggie", and everything went off without a hitch!

 

We were married at Old Glory Ranch, here in Wimberley, and spent our honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas.

 

For our anniversary, Zach surprised me with a night away in Fredericksburg at the cutest B&B called Clara's Cabin.  He made reservations for dinner and we spent the next day shopping and enjoying some alone time before heading home to our Bug.

 

Thank you Zach!  It was wonderful to get away with you and take some time to reflect on our wedding day and the past 5 years together.  I don't know about you, but I think we've gotten A LOT accomplished these last few years and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us.

I especially appreciate your thoughtfulness planning this weekend away.  You are the best at surprises :)  I love you!

Ohio

At the beginning of June, my parents, Tatum, and I went to Ohio for my goddaughter's high school graduation.  She graduated first in her class!  Go Elizabeth!!

Tatum and I hadn't been to Ohio since she was 4 months old, so it was awesome to see her reaction to everyone and everything.  Plus, it was fun to show her off :)  She was a complete doll the entire trip.

We stayed in Cleveland at my Aunt Julie and Uncle Jim's house, but made a day trip down to Kent to see the rest of the family.

 

We blew lots of bubbles.  Who could resist running in that grass?  It's like carpet!

 

Tatum had her first corn ON the cob.  She loved it.

 

My cousin's guinea pigs were quite the hit.  Tatum enjoyed helping feed them their lettuce, carrots, and grapes.

 

Tatum sat with Gramma for most of the graduation ceremony.

Elizabeth is in the white dress in the picture below.  She'll be attending Notre Dame in the fall.

 

The Leonards: Uncle Jim, Matthew, Elizabeth, Scotty, and Aunt Julie.  Matthew will be a sophomore next year and Scotty will be in 8th grade.  Aunt Julie is my mom's youngest sister.

  

On Sunday, we traveled down to Kent for a Kirkland Family Picnic.  This is a picture of a few cousins and all the cousins' kids.  Talk about multiplying!!

After the picnic, we headed to our favorite two places in town... Swenson's and Stoddard's.  Yummmmmmmmmmm! (Think Sonic and TCBY, but SO MUCH BETTER.)  I can remember trips when we've gone to at least one of the every day we were there...

 

On our last night in Ohio, we went to a Cleveland Indians game.  My uncle has awesome season tickets, the weather was gorgeous, and Tatum began her love affair with Slider, the mascot, and Mustard.  Mustard is one of three condiments who have a race between innings.  The other two are Ketchup and Onion.  It was love at first sight with Mustard though and she must have asked us where he was about 100 times after the race.