parties, parties, the Kentucky State Fair and fun!

Parties, Parties, and more Parties! We threw a party at our house with Mark and Shannon to celebrate Jon and Emie's engagement. We've also been to more birthday parties, and the KY Fair!

Emie and her best friend, Shannon

David, Jon, and his friend, Chapman

More friends!

Two of Jon's groomsmen, Kyle and Brian, from grade school and high school

Jon and long time bud, Aaron, and another groomsmen

Our neighbors dropped by for a drink after a wedding!

Lots of good lookin' girls! (and David!)

Emie and me at Sugarland.... we went with Lauren and Ashley too! It was one great concert!

Jane turned 4! This was the only picture I was able to get with Taylor and Jane in it. Those girls move too fast for me! This picture also holds 4 future Valkyries of Sacred Heart Academy!!!

This is from Avani's #2 birthday party! It was an Elmo themed party which Taylor LOVED!

Avani's Mom, Sujata, with Ben and one of his biggest fans!

Lilly's birthday party at Shine, where we go to music class, with his #1 fan!

She always gives him the best pats and love!

This is for Mary Ann, our KY Farm Bureau agent! We made it to the KY State Fair again this year with my Mom and Dad. Freddy Farm Bureau is an icon at the fair! Hey- what can you expect... it's the FAIR!

The chicks without mamas. They will never know their mama and they have no space to run free... It makes me think twice about buying eggs at all...

A Sheep getting a hair cute. After we saw this, Taylor said the other animals needed their mamas and a hair cut.

She cracks me up!

This is not a great picture- but the horses were Taylor's new favorites after the cows.

We spent lots of time watching the horses.

The cows!

Singing in the rain!

Swinging at the park!

We hope all is well with you and yours. We are looking forward to our vacation to Costa Rica in two weeks! Just Dave and me!

Enjoy this wonderful weather and we'll talk to you soon! ~Megan!

The beach, great concerts, friends, and family

Hello! This is a long one! We've been to a great music festival at Churchill Downs, then yet another birthday party, and finally... The Beach!

We love to make sweets together!

Her creative mind at work!

Slowly but surely we will get this one down. She's not quite ready, but I'm hoping it will come soon. Although, if it weren't for M&Ms I don't think she'd as interested...

Dad babysitting,...

There was a weekend long music festival called "HullabaLOU" this past weeked and it was held at Churchill Downs here in Lousiville. Were were lucky enough to use this caboose before heading to the concerts. It was a HOT weekend... so we didn't see all the shows- but we managed to fit a few great shows in! U of L football has a row of cabooses next to the football stadium. They can be leased for a couple years as an air conditioned tailgate with a clean restroom! We were able to use this caboose because Tommy designed the inside of it for his cousin. Also, our friend brought a motorized cooler to tailgate and I thought it was funny!

The inside of the caboose that Tommy designed. Check out the rest of his stuff... http://www.thomaskute.com/ He is very talented- just look for yourself!

Kenny Chesney himself!

Ashley got fabulous tickets to Kenny Chesney. Thanks Ashley!!!! This was a great concert!

After Kenny, we had a birthday party to go to before rallying for another night of concerts.

And this is how Ben does birthday parties for now!

I could hardly get her to stay still for a picture

She loves to jump but not so much on climbing to the top to slide down... maybe sometime soon...

This is how Dad's do birthday parties....

The Avett Brothers

David's buddy from Vandi school has opened for them before. You've seen Benyaro in our blog before. They often stay with us when they are touring through town. Pretty cool!

Dave grooving to The Avett Brothers

One of my favorites, Zac Brown Band

Dave Matthews

Katy, Jason, David, Me, Tommy, and Lauren at Dave Matthews Band!

The open road! Turns out Monday is a great day for traveling.

This is how Ben does the beach!

Dave, Taylor, and Lucy looking for shells while Miles swims

Gramma and Ben

The lighting is messed up on this picture but all five grand kids/ cousins are in the same picture in sweet matching PJs.


Miles and Taylor watching for boats


Lucy and Ben playing

Hanging with Grandaddy!

She loved the pool much more than the beach but she weathered through it! She liked the water but not so much on the sand...

And a night out sands kids at Red Bar!

We had a great time and a busy week! Summer has been really fun but it is coming to an end. Parents Day Out begins on August 31st. Taylor will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Ben will go on Tuesdays. This will give me an opportunity to go back to Brooklawn and volunteer for a few hours. Have a great week and we hope to see you soon!

Oh- and I'd like to give a shout out to my Mom... who turned 58 yesterday. Happy Birthday Mom!!!

~Megan!