Missin' Papa & family pics

We really miss Jason. He has been gone for only four days now... I have that empty, heavy hearted feeling, especially if I dwell on the fact that we have about 178 more days to go. I'm trying to keep us busy to keep our minds off his absence... especially Olive's. This Olive sure loves her papa!
Just days before he left, we asked our good friend Rex to snap some family pictures for us. I love these pictures of Olive with her ball. So simple and unstaged... just enjoying being a kid. I love it!

How old is Olive? 2!

They were really rushed and we couldn't get any smiles from Evie, but I'm so grateful we have them so we can have documentation that our little family has grown to 5 (Lucy the Dog included!) and that these kids change every single day! They're going to look a lot different when Papa comes home for Christmas! Love you so much Jason!

Philly = Cousins, cheese steaks, and our HardRock tradition!

Last Friday we decided to head to Philly to visit Jason's brother Spencer, his wife Linda, and their three kids. We arrived Saturday morning after driving overnight. So after taking some time to rest, the kiddos headed to the park! We spent the rest of the day hanging out and eating Linda's famous sweet and sour chicken... yum!

Sunday: We had a yummy breakfast of pancakes and bacon before we headed to church. We came home and had delicious grilled burgers for dinner then ended the night with a nice walk near a river.

Monday: Time to explore downtown Philly! We got to climb this really neat monument. Olive loved all the fountains and wanted to jump right in (it was about 90 degrees out!).








Rocky stature near the Philadelphia Art Museum




You cant go to Philly and not try the famous cheese steaks! There are two of the biggest competitors right across the street from each other so we got one of each and split them to compare.

GENO'SPAT'S

And the winner is....HARDROCK! Jason and I have a tradition of going to a new Hard Rock Cafe on every other wedding anniversary. This was our year and since we found out Jason is leaving on our anniversary and will be gone for 6 months, we decided to go to the Philly HardRock Cafe. This will likely be the only time our kiddos will celebrate with us! :) It was great! We had filled up cheese steaks so we had a brownie sundae which was very yummy! Olive loved the crayons and cup they gave her!

7 years!!!

Olive tried the cherry that came on top of our sundae... a few licks later she decided otherwise.
Then we headed back to Downingtown and went to the pool! Olive love love loved it!



Evie gave it a try but wasn't sure what to think!
We had such a great time with our family! It was just what we needed! So grateful we got to spend time with them!

the girl can twirl

So, of course I can never manage to catch the best of it while the film is rolling but Olive is really into twirling. If there is music, she just cant sit still. I love when she is so dizzy she cannot even walk straight (hence the face dive when trying to come towards me in the video!). This little girl is just so much fun to be with!

First popcicle ever! Yummy!

Spring is in the air! We had a really nice evening last week so we decided to head out for an after dinner treat! We gave Olive her first popcicle! She love love loved it! Mmmhmmm!

Papa and Evie

Lucyloo

Little Evie....oh how I love that button-nose!

What IS this?

hmmm...

Olive loved the popcicle and I was so excited to get this shot! She is so much like her papa... walking around with her tongue out! I love it! I love when something as little as a popcicle makes the world such a wonderful place!