Lots of activities and a belated Father's Day

We have been pretty on-the-go the last couple of weeks, so here's a catch-up to what's been going on.

Last Sunday, after hearing Chad (our bro-in-law) preach, we went for a picnic at Fort Harrison State Park in Indy.




Dave loved playing with the water fountain and Sophie joined in on the fun.









Isn't Sophie cute?!












Working on his biceps.











There was a huge slide built into a hill at the park. Here's Josh, Dave, Chad and Sophie.


































On Wednesday, Dave and I went to Indy to meet up with my friend Chelsea and her son Nick. They have a pass to the Children's Museum, so Dave and I got to have some free fun. We mostly hung out in the playscape area, and spent some time chilling with the dinosaurs. Then we went to hang out with Dora and Diego. I took three pictures before my camera died.





Pretty terrible picture, but you get the idea. Nick and Dave really liked Diego's cat.






Finally on Saturday, we took our cottage to Quaker Haven. We go every year to have some fun in the sun.





Dave liked playing on the beach. The conditions were definitely better than when we played in Florida.












Josh caught a fish, which really intrigued Dave. He even touched it a few times.







We had a pretty uneventful Father's Day. Worked again, so I let Josh sleep in a little bit in honor of his big day. Dave got Josh an I Am Second bracelet and key holder thingie.

Finally, here's a video of Dave eating blueberries and spaghetti. Chowing down.

50th Anniversary Celebration

Josh's grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Friday, and we all came together on Saturday to honor them. Josh and I are hitting 5 years in August and that feels like a big accomplishment...I can't imagine 50!

Sorry for those who aren't family-here come a bunch of family portraits!




Mary, Dave, and their kids-Veronica, John, and Divana.










The Osborn Family.







Sievers side.








Bowyers and Smiths represent.









Everybody together. What you don't see was me sprinting into the picture after setting my self-timer. I'm sure it was super graceful.





After we ate lunch, we headed back to Josh's parents to continue the party. The siblings' families were asked to each put together a short tribute to Mary and Dave.

I don't have any pictures of our contribution, but here is the video. Anniversary Song. Josh's sisters Emilee and Brittany wrote the lyrics and Josh rocked the guitar. Hopefully no one is mad I put this up for the world to see!

Veronica and Mike (Josh's aunt and uncle) put together a hilarious Jeopardy game.




Everyone laughing (probably at Mary and Dave's expense!) while playing Jeopardy.







Josh's mom asked everyone to bring ugly 50th anniversary gifts for them to open. I think Grandma's Mary's only request of the party was not to receive any ugly 50th items. At first, they weren't sure if it was a joke or not and tried to act grateful.





This was probably the 5th or 6th present. I love their expressions.





Not to worry, they received an actual nice present of a weekend trip to Michigan.

Happy Anniversary to Grandma Mary and Grandpa Dave!

Hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's

On our days off, we almost always go over to Josh's parent's house to hang out and get away from the campus. We don't have any private outside space here, so it's really nice to go somewhere else-especially because they have a pool!




Josh got Dave this giant bubble sword thing. I think he likes it!







We definitely have a little fish on our hands-he absolutely loves the water.






Dave and Grandma








Dave and dad. Video of Dave going underwater.











This was Dave's reaction when he was told it was time to get out of the pool. He's trying to climb back in.












Contemplating life after a full day of activity.







We have also been putting in quite a bit of time at our local playground here on campus. Here's a video of him on the slide. He also enjoys sniffing the flowers that we pass on the way to the playground. Smelling flowers. At the end of the video, he starts picking the flowers and throwing them in the air-no idea where he got that from!

No work for us this weekend! We have lots of plans including Josh's friend and wife coming up to visit, Josh's grandparent's 50th anniversary party (which I'm baking cupcakes for), and we're watching my brother-in-law Chad preach for the first time on Sunday. Busy busy! Hope everybody has a great weekend!

18 months!!!

Well I feel like I officially can't call Dave a baby anymore now that he's 18 months old. I guess we'll just have to call him a "big boy", which is his preference nowadays. Here are a couple of pics from our 18 month (in-home, pre-bed) photo shoot.



Anybody remember the Seinfeld where George poses on a couch? I think Dave was channeling George here.












We had to do a scene change to get any cooperation. Poor Horton was blocked out by Dave's sign.







Mom scored this awesome semi-truck and car set from Craigslist last year. Dave absolutely loves it.






And here's a video of him playing with it. Semi-truck video.












Dave was perched in his Bubble Guppies watching chair looking cute, so I snapped a quick picture of him.






And here is a video of him playing outside. Outside on four wheeler. He would spend all day (and does sometimes) outside if he was making all the decisions. I park myself in some shade with a book and let him run around most days. Thankfully, he has the Bowyer complexion and hasn't shown any signs of sunburn.

For about the past week, we've known that Josh's great-grandma Roberts has been pretty ill and in the hospital. Last night, she passed away, and it has been both a blessing and a struggle for the family, so please keep them in your prayers. It is really incredible that Dave met his great-great grandma!