Just look at how big this guy is getting! His legs are definitely getting longer and when I look at him I see a boy who is growing up fast. It is both heart warming and a bit sad as I’d love for him to stay little forever. But I also enjoy each stage and it seems that every age has been my favorite age.

This week we pretty much prepped for our vacation to Ocean Isle Beach, NC! Lots of running errands to buy our food, sunscreen, and in my case lots of lists were made. I just love being able to make a list and check things off 🙂 Sadly, our friend Chris Howard’s father passed away on Tuesday, August 2. While a sad time, we were thankful we were still home and not on vacation. We were able to go to the calling hours on Thursday and stay on Friday for the funeral, interment, and reception after with Chris, Christie, and numerous other folks. Though I never met Bob, you can tell by the number of people at his calling hours and funeral and the words spoken of him at his service that he was a special man. Chris gave beautiful tribute to his dad at the funeral. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

On Thursday Finn, Graham, Rowan, and Greta all ran in the Kids Dash which kicks off the Dublin Irish Festival. It was a super hot and sticky evening. Amy and Andy ran in the 5K right after the Kids Dash and after that we all (even the non-runners, lol) had some ice cream.
Kind of like playing Where’s Waldo – can you find Finn? We cheered on Andy and Amy as they zoomed by.

Finn went to the last Lollipops Concert of the year in Powell this week. This is another one of the pictures that when I see Finn, I realize how he is growing up. He isn’t one of the smaller toddler’s at these things anymore! And of course a trip to the zoo, some artwork, baking some brownies with Miss Debbie to take on our vacation, and loving on Lily in his new Batman jammies!