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It's that time of the year again....

The Porter County Fair is back and I couldn't be more happy :) Oh the fried food, the carnies, the animals, the unsafe rides, it just makes my summer! We went today with Lori and Annalise (and grandma) and had a blast! Despite it being 15425413541 degrees out the girls had fun.

It really sucks that Addi isn't tall enough to ride a lot of rides (she's only 34"!)

...Only my kid would rather see the farm animals than anything else....

Nothing like ice cream on a hot summers' day!

Riding the Dizzy Dinos :)

So glad she actually likes the carosel this year. Last year (and the one before that) she screamed.the.entire.time. This year we went on it twice.

Can't wait until she's older/taller for the bigger rides/Great America :)

This is how she passed out. Who knows why she put the blanket over her head. She's a crazy girl!

And this is our new pet! I tried to win her one but wasn't going to spend a million dollars on it so I played it twice. and failed both times. The little girl next to us, however, got one and addi was so upset! She gave me the biggest "booboo" face EVER and cried for one. So since she is super spoiled we went to the pet store and she got to pick one out. His name is "sissy the fishy". Welcome to our crazy house 'sissy' :)

We have a speller!

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Kyle's birthday!! 8 years ago today instead of me surprising him with a birthday present he told me he loved me for the first time <3

These past 8 years have been some of the most rewarding and trying time of my life (so far). He has been with me through 3 family members deaths, we went away to college separately, got our first (and last) apartment together, he put me through college, we bought a house and he gave me the best gift of all-Addison.

We may fight like cats and dogs sometimes. We can go days without speaking. But in the end he's the one that makes me happy and I love him with everything I have.

Happy birthday baby!

Busy Busy Bees!

I really don't think I've ever been so busy during the summer. We aren't really doing anything super exciting but since this heat wave is upon us we've been swimming every day or doing things inside with some friends. Speaking of heat, I'm ABSOLUTELY sick of it!! I'm SOOOOO ready for fall!!

Sunday Addi spent the ENTIRE day with Grandma and Grandpa Sadie (Ledbetters) and she had a blast!!

She is such a water baby I can't get over how FEARLESS she is! Since we've been in swim lessons she thinks she can do anything-jump, go under, SWIM, anything. It's nice not having a kid who hates the water though :)

Yesterday we went to my dads house and went swimming with my sis, her kids, Lori and Annalise (from school). All the kids had such a blast and hanging out with some grownups is always fun.

Today we went to the movies with Whitney and Parker to see Winnie the Pooh. Pooh was my favorite growing up. Addi has never seen the cartoon but she gets super excited when the commercial comes on. She stops what she's doing, grabs my hand and says "oh mom! I need it see it!!" So we went. She.was.horrible!!! She wouldn't sit down. Dropped her popcorn all over the floor. NEEDED to take her shoes off. Then come to find out her shoes are getting too small for her feet which is why I'm pretty sure she hates wearing them UGHH!!!

After the movies we went back to my dads house and went swimming with Kelly, little Carlos and Michael. All the kids had a blast. Addi was going on no nap today and was surprisingly good! Dad bought us dinner and they all played. Papa did get some quality cuddle time in though <3 She sure does love her papa!

And now my no nap child is in bed. Actually she's been asleep since 6:15 when we left dads. Tomorrow is my kid free cleaning day. There's no laundry to do. It's too hot to sit outside. Maybe I'll just watch a movie on Netflix or something.

Our little gymnast

Addi has been in gymnastics at Lakeshore Athletics for almost 2 months now. She absolutely LOVES it! I bought her this little leotard from Target a while ago and just now decided to put in on her last weekend. She thinks it a "bathing soup"-or bathing suit as most people call it-and wants to wear it all the time.

Here's a little video of her from last week doing the uneven bars. That's her favorite activity besides the obstacle course.

Here are some pictures of her stretching today with Morgan and Michelle. I was holding baby Devin (YAY!!!) so that gave me a great opportunity to take some pictures.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Just a little message from my wonderfully gifted daughter. Enjoy :)