pieces of june | non-stagrams

Picnicking at the park with our Hawaiian pizza.

We’d never been to this park before—it had a vintage-y feel to it.

This is not exactly the easiest way to eat pizza.

Our adventurous, curious, busy little boy.

One afternoon, our apartment began filling up with fumes (they were sealing concrete outside our window and also using paint thinner across the hall). Frustrated, I rushed Nolan and the dog into the car, and we went for a drive. We ended up in Amish country, and Nolan and I stopped in for a slice of pie.

Strawberry rhubarb.. mmm!

Picking up Steve from work.

Blowing bubbles at Grandma’s house.

Ivy loves being at Grandma’s house.

Practicing guitar with Daddy.

Playing outside at his other grandparents’ house.

We went to my friend Beth Anne’s fun “Summer Palooza” party.

Nolan enjoyed pouring out all of the bubbles over himself and the sidewalk.

Getting interested in learning letters & numbers!

Our 4th anniversary—dinner at our favorite Mongolian Grill.


It was nice to have a peaceful dinner!

Last weekend, we had a great time in Michigan with my friends from college. Here’s one photo that my friend Ruth took of us, but the rest will have to be a post of their own :)

Happy weekend-ing!

a giant stromboli, decathlon, & zoo | non-stagrams

Our next-door neighbor, Jamie, took us out for a stromboli the other night. He wasn’t joking—the $14 stromboli was enormous. Half of it was enough to feed three adults—and we left the restaurant stuffed!

delicious!

I brought some Duplos to keep him entertained.

Asleep in the car in Grandma’s driveway.

Listening to Bret Michaels sing “Every Rose Has its Thorn” a couple blocks away from his concert. We could hear it really clearly. And the lights behind us are from the church we got married in :)

Hanging out at the state park.

My MOPS group did a fun “decathlon”. There were events at 12 restaurants downtown: shuffleboard, trivia, cornhole, mini golf, bocce ball, name-that-tune, nerf darts, pool, wii boxing, etc.

My friend Amanda and me.

Our team.

Steve texted me this picture while I was at the decathon. It’s a pretty big deal because he was pushing the stroller and walking the dog at the same time. We have never done this before because Ivy is crazy on walks. But I hear it worked!

He can’t get enough of being outside. He brings me his sandals in the morning and says “shoes” in hopes that we’ll go out.

Our cement porch, all torn up. Hopefully they’ll pour the concrete today and we can use it again.

Our Saudi neighbors brought us dinner again. So nice of them!

Nolan’s second trip to the zoo!

Nice tiger sunglasses!

My friend Jessica got us in free to a family night at the zoo with the company she works for. Her sisters Marissa, Leah, and her mom came as well! These photos were from Jess’s phone—I’ll post the ones I took later this week :)

How was your weekend?

Happy Monday!

my wild boy and Idlewild | non-stagrams

No one makes him smile like his daddy does!

A rare photo with all three of us in it.

He loves playing with his Color Wonder markers, but we have a hard time finding the caps again!

Standing inside the ottoman (again with a Color Wonder marker).

Just playing around at Lowe’s :)

Endless entertainment.

First cherries of the season!!

This was the first time he asked to take a book on a walk with us.

After an hour-long car ride, I was helping him out of his car seat, and he climbed into the driver’s seat and grabbed the wheel.

Spinning the Merry-Go-Round at the park for his new friend, Parker.

Strawberry cheesecake and chocolate chunk frozen custard… yumm!

My puppy love.

I happened to see this photo at church yesterday for Memorial Day… it’s Ray (in uniform) from the story I told the other day.

He loves the new free piano app we downloaded :)

Cheesin.

We made some chocolate chip cookies to surprise Daddy.

Trip to Idlewild amusement park! 85 degrees!

Nolan loved this “Jungle Catch”. The balls were suspended by a constant stream of air.

The pavilion that we had lunch in with MOPS friends.

My friend Briana and me.

We tried putting Nolan on this ride. Briana’s son is behind him. Once the cars started moving, Nolan screamed and cried so much that we asked them to stop the ride. Maybe next year!

He woke up screaming after he had already gone to bed for the night. I wondered if he had nightmares about the cars, haha. Then he fell asleep on me, which hasn’t happened in months and months.

A stop at Target. We bought him a pail and a shovel to play with outside.

Olive Garden!

A fun Friday night out :)