AND our 10th Anniversary!

As if we don't have enough going on with our boys' birthdays, we also celebrated our 10th Anniversary on July 26! Derrick planned our overnight excursion and kept it all a surprise:

• Dinner at Guzzardo's in Lincoln, Illinois where we ate the evening we got engaged.
• Pictures at the park by Guzzardo's where he proposed to me. (see pic above)
  
• On to Champaign, Illinois to the Holiday Inn where we spent our honeymoon night on the way out of town to Door County, Wisconsin.

You didn't think he had that in him, did you. Neither did I! He's probably regretting he did all this because now I KNOW he can if he tries. :)

Fun Fact: Our hotel bill ended up discounted by 50% - there was no hot water in the hotel the next morning!

And Nathanael turns 2!

One week later, on August 7, Nathanael turned 2. We celebrated his day a few days later when Nana Pam and Papa Ron were here from Colorado. Uncle Dave, Aunt Kristin and Cousin Jackson were here too. Nathanael loved his "bug mountain" cake - he's always gotten a kick out bugs (yuck!)

Josiah turns 7!

Josiah turned 7 years old on July 31. Although I didn't think I did a cool enough job, Josiah thought his volcano cake was "totally awesome!" I guess that's all that matters.