What Lewis Has Been Up To

Having a LOT of love for his baby brother, and trying not to smother him. 

Finding bugs. We usually have dead butterflies on our car after driving to the farm and back. 

Making some sort of smooshed kiwi creation for lunch. 

Helping Levi play

And going to garage sales with Grandma Kathleen, finding treasures, and in this case figuring out how to work the treasure with Grandma Susan. 

What Augustine Has Been Up To

Helping out G&G, Grandma Kathleen, and Bashes around the house and earning some dollars. 

He moved 25 buckets of rocks from G&G’s to Bashes!

Spending time with his buddy from school/the old ‘hood. In May they asked if they could watch LEGO Batman and eat popcorn and gummy worms this summer. We made it happen. :)

Then they played for two hours straight. 





He is so sweet to Elias. 

Augustine has dinner with G&G & Bashes one night as well. 

He wanted to make a Subway shop, and it was really fun!

We ordered lots of sandwiches. 

They also played all the legos. 

The Farm, Part 3

We spent two afternoons at Steve’s pool! It was perfect swimming weather. Augustine played all his favorite games with Stella. 

Even Levi took a dip. Grandma held him so I could have a break and get in too. 

Elias was crazy brave trying both the small and the big slide!

Lewis our his head under water dozens of times and played with Uncle Steve. 

It was a great trip and we hope to go back again this year!

The Farm, Part 2

We relaxed and enjoyed the farm toys. 

Spent time chatting and smiling with Grandma. 

Did some baking!

Levi LOVED the bouncy seat we have there. I almost brought it home. 

Lots of cuddling and reading. 

And more playing. We played outside too but I never got a picture. 

Food, again.

Everyone has their crosses. No one’s cross belittles anyone else’s cross. They’re all hard in their own way. 

Our cross is food. We find out we’re expecting, 9 months of diabetes. Then when the baby is born, 18 months of intolerances. Diet. Diet. Diet. 

I made zucchini bread that was good for one day. Then it got weird. My mom thinks it was old baking soda/powder. Meanwhile, Logan says it’s the best quick bread I’ve ever made...but that was the day I made it. 

Banana bread muffins. I don’t make loaves anymore. Muffins are so much faster to bake and they’re never goopy inside. I wanted to test Elias on tolerating bananas...it’s still a no-go. 

Levi has a few intolerances...dairy, soy, beef, peanuts, corn. So not bad! Whole Foods makes some awesome vegan pizza and cake, so I can get a treat once in a while. This particular day I saved half of my cake and boy was I glad. I needed a treat the next day too. Plus, my friend was so thoughtful and brought me a BIG coffee. 

I’ve been pumping almost since day one, but couldn’t give up dairy right away, so that meant 30 ounces of milk had to be dumped. I looked into donating it but my milk didn’t meet the criteria. Dumping is so hard. 

I finally found a decent beer to like. Woot. One more little treat to throw in the mix once in a while. It’s all about finding a balance of not feeling completely deprived of everything good. 

The Farm, Part 1

It’s been a few years since we went to the farm so we decided to go this summer. 

The drive down went great! Even Levi cooperated. 



The boys hadn’t seen the car toys in quite a while so they were occupied the whole time. 

10 Years

There were 7 couples married at the Newman Center that we’re good friends back in 2009. We all decided it would be fun to celebrate our 10 year anniversariesv together, so we threw ourselves a party!

We had Mass first with all of our kids. 

Father Fulton celebrated Mass for us privately. 



The seven couples have 29 kids altogether. 

After Mass we took pictures and ate a quick dinner. Then friends joined us for a dance DJ’d by the one and only Fr. Ben!







We danced the night away...and Ava wven got Augustine on the dance floor!

I love you, Logan. Here’s to the next decade!