It's Been BUSY!!!!!

It's been a while since I posted, but that's just because we've been so busy!

It was fun to be back in Iowa for the Fourth of July so that we could enjoy the holiday with family and also get to be there when Jackson was baptized. He wore Jordan's baptism outfit, which I thought was pretty neat! It was a busy day (church started at 10:30 and we were all leaving in the early afternoon to drive back to Indiana). We had a wonderful lunch before we took off to head home that Jesse's mom prepared for us, which was so kind of her ... and YUMMY!!!

Jackson after his baptism!

Crystal ended up deciding to come back to Indy and spend her last week of maternity leave with us. I had a couple days off last week without much work to do, so it was fun to get to just spend time with her and the baby and chat! Lily, my brother's 4 1/2-year-old daughter, also came back to Indy to spend the week, and her and Meggan had a great time getting to play together all day and all night each day! What special time for cousins to get to do that! :)

Meggan and Lily when they stayed the night at our house one night this past week!

We are all EXHAUSTED today! Matt and Julia were here for the weekend (Matt worked on my mom's flooring almost the whole time they were here, but he got a LOT done) and they all left this afternoon after we all went to the YMCA and swam for a while. We came home and cleaned out my van (it needed it B.A.D.L.Y.) and then just hung out for the rest of the evening. Jordan was in bed at 7:45 and Meggan was in bed at 8:00 - tired little kiddos! Jason and I enjoyed an episode of Big Brother together and now he's fast asleep ... and I'm headed that way too!

Daddy and Jordan playing tonight!

Daddy and Meggan playing tonight (don't ask us why she thought this was a good idea)!

The kids playing "traffic jam because they're fixing the road" tonight! You'll notice Jordan is playing but is laying down ... that kind of sums it up for how we were all feeling tonight! :)

We're looking forward to a little less busy week this week. Jason has the church softball tournament tomorrow night starting at 6:30, but since Meggan has gymnastics (I promise to get a few pictures and post those tomorrow), we won't be able to go. Hopefully they will win it - they've had a great season! We are going to go with him to his base ball game on Tuseday night over in Richmond though, so that should be fun! It will keep us busy, but the kids like to go to his games (well, Meggan likes to and Jordan doesn't really voice an opinion quite yet). Should be fun!