you should know...

just how much restraint it takes on my part
to not post 1,0284 photos of brody every single day.

i simply cannot get enough. so glad he's ours forever.

2 peas : in a pod

this boy LOVES his DADDY!



happy father's day!
xoxoxo

we're painting the roses red...

yesterday evening we ventured out between summer rain and thunder storms to go check out the flowers at the park of roses. it didn't disappoint, it never does. i just love seeing and smelling the flowers. oh the smell. so-good! and especially since it had just rained, the mixture of rain and roses is bliss. i know my boys had a great time running through the mazes of rose bushes. the simple joys in life are always best!

summertime : picking strawberries

today brody and i went and picked a bunch of yummy strawberries! it was a perfect day! it was nice and warm, brody helped a little bit and then hung out with his friends picking up leaves, eating berries and throwing hay around, while i picked the berries. we finished by sitting in the shade at the strawberry farm eating strawberry shortcake. it was so good!

oh my goodness i love this little boy! we had such an awesome time! all in a great days work!
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I got a golden ticket...

this morning brody and i got up and decided to take a little adventure and met up with some friends and went to the Anthony Thomas Chocolate Factory and took a little tour!

and even though there weren't any 'Oompa Loompas' and there wasn't any 'lickable wall paper' or 'fizzy lifting drinks' or 'ever lasting gobstoppers". it was still quite enjoyable with the yummy smells of chocolate, and workers making chocolates and big pots of melting chocolate. mmmmmm yum! we learned some fun facts and of course ate some yummy chocolate!

ohio is famous for their BUCKEYE nuts, and peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate are huge out here! at the end of our tour they gave us all a 'buckeye'.

a chocolate filled with creamy smooth peanut butter filling. so good!


(um hi, can we say awkward pose)
and let's be honest...really who doesn't want a 235 lb. chocolate buckeye for $3,500! we bought 2! ;) ha, i wish!

good times. good friends. and great adventures!

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wherever you are...my love will find you

i wanted you more than you will ever know, so i sent love to follow wherever you go.



it's high as you wish it. it's quick as an elf. you'll never outgrow it...it strectches itself!



so climb any mountain...climb up to the sky! my love will find you. my love can fly!



make a big splash! go out on a limb! my love will find you. my love can swim!



it never gets lost, never fades, never ends...



if you're working...



or playing...or sitting with friends.



you can dance til' you're dizzy....paint till your blue...there's no place, not one, that my love can't find you.



and if someday you're lonely, or someday you're sad, or you strike out at baseball, or think you've been bad...
just lift up your face, feel the wind in your hair. that's me, my sweet baby, my love is right there.



in the green of the grass...in the smell of the sea...in the clouds floating by...at the top of a tree...in the sound crickets make at the end of the day...
"you are loved. you are loved. you are loved." they all say.



my love is so high, and so wide and so deep, it's always right there, even when you're alseep.
so hold your head high and don't be afraid to march to the front of your own parade.
if you're still my small babe or you're all the way grown, my promise to you is you're never alone.



you are my angel, my darling, my star...and my love will find you, wherever you are!



you are loved.

(story: nancy tillman photos: my sweet friend allyson bowcutt)

columbus crew : soccer game

a little tid bit of soccer info: The Crew Stadium is the home of the 2008 MLS Champions Columbus Crew. The Stadium is a 22,555 seat facility and it was the first venue in the United States built specifically for soccer.

wednesday night we all went to a columbus crew soccer game. it was our first official crew game and it was a lot of fun. we played the real salt lake and we beat'um.

woot woot!

we wore our team colors (yes, we've got spirit) ;), it also happened to be $1 brat night. barf! tyson enjoyed a couple dollar brats. :) and brody had a great time cheering and mingling with our friends, eating some red vines and guzzling down a ton of ice water. it just happened to be an very warm 94 degree night. but nonetheless fun!











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