France, wedding, vacation, too much to catch up in one post!

I'll start with one of me and my sweetheart. We have been married 15 years this summer! It sure has flown by. We are so happy to be together even after all this time. We went to South Haven a couple of weeks ago as a family. I'll have to post more later. Hello to all of you that I never get to talk to.

I get to be in a wedding!

So, for those of you that haven't heard (or haven't seen pictures), my little sister, Mary is engaged! It is hard to believe. She met Caleb at Pensacola last year. He graduated last spring, and she has one more semester to go. They are planning a July wedding. Lissy and I are going to be bridesmaids; the boys are ringbearers, and Nathan is performing the ceremony.

He proposed to her when she came home for Christmas break. Here's the ring!

They make such a sweet couple. He's a neat guy that we all like. He is from a home-schooled family in New York and the second of nine children. We were able to meet most of his family when they came to my parents' house just after Christmas.

Gracie and I had a little fun playing peekaboo this afternoon while Nathan was at choir practice. I couldn't decide which one is my favorite, so I'll post a few of them. This one is especially for the grandmas (and grandpas).

She was playing with Sissy's scarf. She loves to find soft things around the house and cuddle.

It is a little scary that she already has her own little sense of style. I was going to put a different dress on her for evening church, but she picked this one out! Sometimes she just goes in her room and plays with her shoes.

Go Bucks!!!

What a game! We all put on our Buckeye apparel for the occasion. Here are a few pics I snapped of the kids after our exciting win!

Gracie with Brother's hat and Sissy's Buckeye beads. By the way, Dad, I think you might have left your sacred buckeye here.

Here's our picture like the cousins. We don't have quite as many to fill our our circle.

My girls

Here's a picture of my favorite little sweetie. Wouldn't you have a hard time not giving her anything she wanted with a look like this?

Lissy and I are having a hard time not laughing when she looks at us and says, "no, no, no" in her sweet little voice when she is getting into something she knows she shouldn't. Someday I'll tell her how cute that was, but I have to be strong now.

Here is Lissy looking very feminine. (Yeah, right!) She borrowed Jonathan's football equipment and won the prize for the best dressed girl in costume in our youth group. When she asked to borrow my eyeliner, I didn't know she had this in mind!