To Grandma and Grandpa's House We Go

First County Fair

While we were visiting family and friends in Iowa, we took Ben to the Wayne County Fair. This was Ben's first time at a fair and he seemed to enjoy it. Ben saw rabbits, ducks, chickens, horses, cows, pigs, and sheep and he even got to touch some of them. Melissa (Ben's Fairy Godmother) and Clayton were at the fair too so we met up with them and ate. We had pork and lamb for lunch. Nathan let us take pictures of Ben with the tractors even though they were John Deere.

Nate's '38 Chevy

Brenda and Cary wanted to take us out to eat at Honeycreek Resort for our anniversary since they are so close together. Our anniversary is August 18 and their anniversary is August 16. My mom watched Ben so that we could actually enjoy our dinner. :) Ben is a very busy boy and has a difficult time sitting still, so taking him out to eat with us at restaurants can be a little bit of a challenge. We took a few pictures at Honeycreek and then we took some when we got home as well. Ben had fun playing with his Grandma Julie while we were gone and he even called me with her phone. She was letting him play with it and I was the last number she had talked to so he managed to call me. It was cute and funny!

Cary, Brenda and Nathan at Honeycreek

Cary, me and Nathan

The '38 in front of Honeycreek

Me, Ben and Mom (aka Grandma Julie)
We took Ben for a short drive around the block in the '38 and he loved it!!!
He laughed and smiled the whole time!

Hand Prints

Nathan and Elizabeth made hand prints in the cement by Cary's garage when they were kids. We did a comparison of Ben's hands with theirs and Ben's hand fit perfectly in his daddy's handprint. So sweet!

Little Helper

While we were in Iowa, Cary asked Nathan to help him move Elizabeth's 1937 Chevy from the white garage to Cary's garage, which involved pushing the car down the road around part of the block. Ben really got into "helping" push the car. As you can see in the pictures, he was really enjoying himself and felt like a big boy!

Ben's 1st Birthday Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BENJAMIN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Since we live so far away from our family and friends, we really wanted to have a party for Ben's first birthday. We couldn't make it happen on his actual birthday, so we had it when we went home to Iowa on vacation in July. It was only a month and half after his birthday! He had a lot of fun and got a lot of great presents! Being the curious boy that he is, he put the candle out with his finger! Poor kiddo! He was all better within minutes though and ate his cupcake in a very unique way! Ben's favorite present was his broom though! Four members of our wedding party were at the party and three of them have babies too!

We are so blessed to have such great family and friends! We had an awesome turnout!

DeVores

Doug, Amanda, and Elyse

Riley and Hudson

Riley, Hudson, Lanee, and Devyn

Benjamin is very excited!

I don't know about this hat Mom!

Moments before Ben burned his finger

Charlotte, my best friend Mandy's little girl.
She is about 2 months older than Ben.

I don't want to get my fingers dirty!

Forget it, I'm digging in!

Devyn having a good time!

Lanee and Hudson

DeVores

Jason (I hope he doesn't kill me for including this one!)

Us with our friends and their little ones!
Mandy, Doug, and Landon were in our wedding party!

Let's open some presents!

Look! It's a box! I can sit on it!

Ben did not put his broom down pretty much for the rest of the day!

Nathan and his cousin Jeremy with their kiddos!

Us with my grandma and mom