August

Well, I start out a couple of weeks into August (cause that's where I left off with in the last one). Here are a few pictures from one of my favorite events of the summer...The Reid reunion. I guess it's the country girl in me. I love going to Trevor's grandma's house (an old farm), seeing family that I really only see once a year-but always enjoying catching up with, and (my favorite) taking a hayride-pulled by a John Deere tractor - of course. :) I didn't take as many pictures as I thought, but here are a couple of cute ones...
I wish you could see Austin's hair better. It is so beautiful...well, handsome. The sun really bleached it out this summer. It's just a great golden color. I had to add this one cause pictures of him are getting harder to come by. :)
When we were riding on the hayride, I was telling the girls how the last several years I've had a sleeping girl on me by the end of the ride. I really didn't think that I would this year, I was wrong. But I don't mind. Sweet moments.
Right after that fun time we headed to Grandma Rosey's for a couple of days to see her, but also to see two of my aunts and some of my cousins that I don't get to see all that much. We got to go to a friend's pool. Here's Hailey being brave and jumping!

It took Austin until the very end to try it and then he loved it so much he wished he would've tried it sooner!

My Aunt Shelly, Spencer, and TJ. We had a great time with them! Wish they didn't live so far...
Then at the end of the month we headed north to Alpena, MI to visit some dear friends the Leavesleys. Here is Hailey and Rebekah. They played sooo well together I barely saw them the three days we were there. They went from one pretending thing to the next. they included Kara some too :) Real sweet.
Here is Austin and his best buddy, Caleb. They hit the video games pretty hard. This was the best picture I could get, and I had to trick them to look at me. :)
And last, but not least. Actually you could say that the best got saved until the very last day of August. Our little buddy, Justus Judah finally arrived! I can't really express how excited I was when I got the news. My brother got a BOY! Well, the whole family did. And what a sweet boy he is. Just so excited that the waiting is over (especially for Berta...love you sis). The kids and I took a pretty quick trip down to see them and we picked up Grandma Rosey on the way.

Yay! Austin got another boy cousin!

Already sucking his thumb!

And finally, another installment of Kara sleeping funny.