Visitors

My dad's cousin Vince, who also happens to be my Godfather came to visit with his wife Kathy. We rented some 4 wheelers and went up in the mountains somewhere and had a blast! I rode with Vince most of the day. Joey thought it would be funny to pass us and drive through a huge puddle, soaking us. It was freezing and that just made it even more so. We had so much fun but by the end of the day we were all beat! Vince and Kathy made us a great dinner and we played our favorite card game, Shanghi.

Libby played on the floor while we played cards Joey and I

My dad and VinceVince and I

My Mom and Dad

Uncle Joey

Libby is so lucky to have her Uncle Joey live with us. They have so much fun playing and being silly. Joey's middle name is Liberty so that is who she is named after. We love having Joey around to keep Libby entertained with his craziness. He makes sure she watches every Bengals game decked out in all her gear!

Recruiting Banquet

Every fall the National Guard sends all the recruiters and their wives to an awards banquet. This year they sent us to Midway (by Park City) and put us up at the Zermatt. It was so beautiful. Lucky for me the banquet usually falls right around my birthday. Being up in the mountains in the fall is my favorite! Dan got his award for achieving 100% of mission! Dan and some of the guys he works with

On my birthday Sept 24th. A bunch of friends got together and we all went to Tepanyaki for Dinner. We had a blast! After that I really wanted to play cornhole so A.J. let us all come to his house for drinks and cornhole! The greatest part about my birthday was that A.J. and I FINALLY beat Dan in cornhole.... TWICE!!! I was so excited I almost tackled A.J!!This was one of the last times we got to hang out with Jaren before he deployed!!Jaren, A.J., Dan and Kelsey

This was Jake's first time playing cornhole. He did great!This was before we kicked his butt in cornholeWhitney, Heather and IA.J trying to catch a shrimp at Tepanyaki.

Firsts

Libby had a big day September 14th. It was really rainy outside so we stayed in and played until Uncle Joey got involved. He wanted to see if Libby liked the rain so he took her outside. She gets in the shower all the time so I'm not sure how it's different but she scrunched up her face like she didn't like it. After Joey was done torturing her, she learned how to help daddy brush his teeth! Then I decided it was time to eat. Libby tried her first food, carrots! She loved them!!

Labor Day

On Labor Day we went to Grandpa Jerry's (Dan's Grandpa) for a sleepover and then breakfast. All of Dan's cousins and brothers and sisters came and we had a blast! Libby put on a good show for everyone sitting up for the first time on her own! She was having a great time until she couldn't figure out how to lay back down. By the time I found my camera she screaming! The next morning we had good food and played some cornhole to finish out the party.