Wow - July has been a whirlwind for our family!
A sincere thank you to my best friend from home, Ann Marie, for taking our family pictures in my parents yard this month! Was a special night with Roslyn and Carrine wearing the flower girl dresses from our wedding 10 years ago. And I was able to wear the same dress that I wore for our Groom's Dinner 10 years ago.
There's no perfect marriage, but I'm so glad Jake asked me to be his for the rest of our lives!
I'm very thankful for Jake - best father I could ever ask for our children!
We've experienced 3 "town days" this month...starting off with Danube Fun Days!
Started out the weekend with a beautiful 5K run with one of my best friends Jolene. Best time of the summer for both of us!
Gotta love small rural towns...
especially when Main Street ends up in a corn field :)
Then it was on to Richmond Days at Jake's Grandma's house!
Nine Stang grandkids in nine years and one more on the way!
Classic pic!
Our kids are becoming parade pros...very thankful they are respectful to the Color Guard, veterans and police/firemen.
Oldest and youngest Stang cousins...precious.
We also scored a ton of SCSU apparel from a good friend of mine at work!
Thank you!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our brother-in-law John who completed a 23-year baseball career with the Cold Spring Rockies! It's definitely tough to give up something that you have passion for.
So glad we got to watch John play one more time this summer.
Cousin fun!
And Papa Steve's corn is looking AMAZING!
The farm definitely looks different without Gpa Andy's dairy barn standing...bitter sweet.
We put MANY miles on the van...but at least we traveled in style :)
Yes, even musical instruments were played in the van :)
And of course there were plenty of "pit stops" on the county and gravel roads :)
Most thankful I got to celebrate my dad's 69th birthday with him in person!
I love you so much Dad...you're the greatest father a child could ask for!
Absolutely love coming home to mom and dad's...their yard is stunning this time of year!
Then it was off to Catfish Derby Days in Franklin...I love this weekend!
We rounded up a volleyball team last-minute and had a blast!
Definitely competed with the City's and Mankato teams who play every weekend together.
3rd place not too bad for a group of 6 who've never played together!
Sunday was the Kiddie Parade...were were the "Cougar Crew!"
Jody was a SAINT for wearing the Mascot outfit :)
It was HOT out!
Roslyn helped with the signs for the candy wagon...CM Cougars Rok! :)
What a crew is right...
Roz and Dray agreed to compete in the tractor pull again...Roz of course did it for the Dr. Pepper :)
Andray was glad his tractor was RED!
Then it was an absolute treat to stop at Gram's farm on the way back to St. Cloud!
The girls love playing in Great Gma Chip's rock garden and with her cat "Psycho!"
Andray spent a couple extra days at my parents, so it was pretty awesome seeing Roz take over the "oldest sibling" roles...reading CC bedtime stories, priceless.
We capped off this week with our last night of T-ball!
Very proud of these two, I had fun coaching them and their teammates this summer.
Plan to soak up this last month of summertime before 2nd and 1st grade start...unreal!
