wow - where has the time gone?

i can't believe that it's been over a month since i last posted. time surely flies when you live a blessed life! we have been so busy these last few weeks i am actually just now getting a chance to sit down and collect my thoughts! i actually need to back up quite a bit to the beginning of august as i missed a post about our annual trip to knoebel's amusement park with my cousins jack and sam. although we had to alter our plans from a weekend long trip to a day trip (couldn't get a camp site), we made the trek and all had a great time. we were again fortunate enough to have our friends the lutz's join us too. here are a few pictures of the boys enjoying the day. oh, and a big thank you to jack, sam and ethan for stuffing themselves into the kiddie rides so tony was able to go...should be the last year they have to do that - it was just cutting it a little close yet this year.



ok, that finished off august and now moving onto september...also known as busy month of birthdays for our family. mom, dad, 2 aunts, 2 cousins and a grandmother all in one month...oh and speaking of birthday's, my oldest and best friend shannon gave birth to her first child, a healthy (and very handsome) little boy, troy michael at 11:17 a.m. on 9/16 (my dad's birthday actually). he weighed in at 7 lbs. and 19 in. long on the nose. corinne, shannon and i were able to get the 3 boys together for a bit one afternoon i was off (these lucky ladies are still enjoying time off on maternity leave - you can tell by the size of my guy, it's been a while since those days for me!!)




rounding out the month of september was my friend liz and dan's wedding this past weekend. i was the prelude pianist and must say i didn't do too bad of a job...let's just say anyone that knows me knows that if i think i did terrible (even if i didn't) i end up in tears...and there were no tears from me after playing so it must have been half decent. we had a blast at the wedding and rounded out the evening that the ovi (unfortunately it wasn't karaoke night, so i was a little bummed...guess i'll just have to go back again). i'll try to post some pics of the wedding once we get them off of the other camera. in the mean time here are just a few additional pics of anthony and harrison that were on my camera. enjoy...and i promise to get back on track with this!!