Track Reunion

On Sunday we had a CMU track reunion at Jens House...See more HERE

The Pole Vaulters- Jen, Jen and Amanda

The Whole Gang

Fight Song Action!

its the little things 7/22

1. fun hanging out with the moms at moms group park day, oh wait, just carrie should up!  thats ok, fun with her and alana

2. getting passport photos taken and printed, one step closer!

3. meeting with the travel agent for a minute

4. finding a drop off zone for my extra food freebies

5. austin going right to bed without a peep!

its the little things 7/21

1. starbucks (twice- shh...dont tell anyone)

2. free pastry morning!

3. sun sun sun

4. relaxing hair cut

5. austin surving his crash!

its the little things 7/20

1. free mocha monday at McD's!

2. CVS deals working out and getting a coupon from the coupon machine (i love that thing!)

3. lunch with drew on the deck (grilled chicken and corn, yum!)

4. getting a lot done during nap times today!

5. almost being caught up with stuff around the house

6. a fun walk to the library, PO, bank and bakery with Drew and Austin

7. watching Austin walk with his new push toy.

its the little things 7/17

1. austin doing ok after drew dropped him off with the sitter

2. no traffic on our way to warren

3. a stress free friday at work

4. java joe's re brewing their friday flavor of the day after we all complained about the change!

5. the day working out so drew could get some sleep before mid night shift

its the little things 7/18

1. mom and dad watching austin so i could go to girls day on the lake

2. zukey lake tavern

3. it not raining on our day (even though it was only 60 degrees!)

4. getting to try water skiing and going tubing

5. finally lying my head down on a comfy pillow after a very long day

its the little things 7/19

1. taking a nap when austin did, thanks mom and dad!

2. lots of shopping with mom while austin slept later, thanks dad!

3. warren farmers market

4. fresh cherries

5. putting up a decal on moms wall and it working perfect!

Girls day at Zukey

Click here to see all the pictures from the Girl's from work day at Zukey lake Taven and Karen's house (right on Zukey!)

its the little things 7/16

1. Winning my first blogger giveway!  a free book!  i dont even remember the title, but i was so happy to win!

2. meeting my boys after work for hang out time

3. sams club pizza slices (read: JUMBO!)

4. austin and papa having a great day and going to toledo mall together

5. find a video game on sale that andrew wanted

its the little things 7/15

1. austin not pooping when he took off his diaper during nap time

2. seeing aunt chelle + friends on skype

3. a 60 page dominica cookbook emailed to me!

4. austin being SO good when we ventured to a new CVS since our photo machine was broken.

5. free roastburger coupon for dinner (ok, i didnt eat the coupon, i actually got a burger!)

its the little things 7/14

1. fun at our small group picnic

2. Drew getting to hang out with us before he had to go to work

3. lots and lots of walking today

4. java chip ice cream in a waffle bowl (thanks mom)

5. rich hanging out with austin for a few minutes to give me a break from heavy boy who cant be set down b/c he forgets he cant walk and that it hurts to crawl on concrete.

its the little things 7/11

1. hanging out with chelsea all morning/day

2. ann arbors farmers market

3. uncle allens house and party for chels' grandma

4. austin being so good at the party

5. 10.40pm starbucks run with MIL and SIL

its the little things 7/12

1. hearing andrea's breathtaking voice sing at church

2. watching my brother preach at CTKC 

3. seeing austin play with his cousins

4. seeing old friends at a class reunion meeting

5. walking from church to my in laws after a bbq and an outdoor service!

its the little things 7/13

1. sun all day!

2. seeing how happy my mom is to have her new granite countertop

3. getting a lot of things done for the class reunion planning (thanks G. Jo)

4. austin getting to hang out with his buddy grandpa G

5. mango salad!

its the little things 7/10

1. one of our patients not dying after a very tough case

2. my best bud from HS coming from Vegas today!

3. water park with everyone!

4. dinner on the patio (until the bugs had us for dinner)

5. lots of catching up with chels

its the little things 7/9

1. chelsea coming tomorrow!

2. more freebies at Kmart

3. sun all day!

4. getting to eat lunch outside

5. seeing pics from the "pool party"

6. Drew grilling for dinner right when i got home

7. fresh corn on the cob from the market.

8. austins smile and yells when i get home!

its the little things 7/8

1. fun at the ZOO!

2. a perfect sunny day

3. drew getting to work on time

4. no traffic either way on 275 and 696 (makes that drive so much better!)

5. austin being such a non picky eater (i know, i will eat those words some day, but for now i am just enjoying it)

its the little things 7/7

well today was just a great day, so i could probably go on and on with "little things"

1. austins laugh

2. sun all day

3. playing on the front lawn with austin

4. a bike ride with the family

5. austin liking the burley  a little more each time we take him

6. the wind not blowing us off our bikes

7. bath time giggles

8. a walk to CVS

9. having great Rx insurance

10. lunch with my boys at Lonestar

11. a new free headband

12. meeting a very nice potential new neighbor

13. drying laundry outside

14. getting excited for Austins first trip to the zoo tomorrow!

its the little things 7/6

1. finally getting to spend a morning with Drew

2. austin taking 2 2.5+ hr naps (maybe that is why he is refusing to go to bed right now!)

3. hanging out with Alana today and watching her and Austin hold hands

4. Starbucks java chip ice cream

5. samples and freebie coupons in the mail.

its the little things 7/5

1. spending all day with Grandma Jo

2. lots of shopping and good deals 

3. seeing michelle on Skype

4. Austin FINALLY going to sleep (it must have been after midnight since the fireworks were keeping him from sleeping so i thought I would include it today!)

5. the house being clean when i got home.

its the little things 7/4

1. austin sleeping in until 8am

2. driving with my parents up north so i didnt have to drive

3. spending the whole day up north with the Garavaglia's

4. watching Austin enjoy his first 4th parade

5. uncle D (and EVERYONE else) spoiling Austin with love and attention.

5. grandma's BBQ

its the little things 7/3

1. the Orsers blessing the Holts with a family photo session HERE

2. watching sweet Austin sleep in his carseat (car not on or moving) out of pure exhaustion

3. seeing all the Holt boys together

4. the laughs that we had after mom re gifted a candle to us that we gave her

5. Birthday picnic for Dad's 6-0!

its the little things 7/2

1. getting off work early at 3.30pm to head to Oxford

2. seeing some of the new york Holt gang

3. watching Austin and his cousin Gabe together

4. a long walk with all 6 Holt grandsons

5. All 6 of those Boys managing not to totally destroy Grammy and Up up House.

its the little things 7/1

1. POT LUCK at work!

2. austins smile when i went to get him today

3. finding my fav. pair of plaid shorts i forgot about

4. those plaid shorts fitting

5. michelle not leaving me out of her joys!