Sunday, July 31, 2016

July

July was such a fun month and it felt like all of the travel finally slowed down towards the end of the month. Brinley and I spent the first week at the cabin and in Madison with my parents. Audrey and Sierra came to the cabin which was a nice treat and then I got to work from home and spend time with my family after that, which was great. I even got to go to James's police graduation which was super cool, even in the midst of all of the chaos going on with Police and the Black Lives Matter organization...


Bapa Garry!

Brinley and Sierra having fun with snapchat

We went into town to see the parade and they had a little festival there with this great petting zoo. Brinley loved the baby bunnies and duckies. She would hug them so hard though I was afraid she was going to accidentally kill one of them... She had a blast though!
Sierra enjoyed it too :)





They had  face painter there and Brinley really, really wanted her face painted so we waited in line for over an hour to get it done. She was so excited to sit in the chair. It lasted a total of an hour before she wanted to go swimming at the cabin but it was worth it, even for that short amount of time :)








Uncle James sure loves little Boo


Watching the fireworks. Go away skeetos! Get your own food!

Brinley really bonded with Uncle Wes on this trip as well

Brinley's first tubing expedition! She did great!
More snapchat silliness. Toast, toasty!








Brinley in Charlie's cage! (She went in here willingly :))
Reading with Grandma Robbin
James's graduation ceremony from Madison's police academy. Such a proud day for all of us! Dream realized for him and our family too.

Proud sister!
No sheets on the bed, no problem! Passed. Out.
Home from Wisconsin less then a day and on a plane to New York. Transformation from cabin mom to work professional is complete!
Treated myself to "An American in Paris" while I was there. SO good!
James stopped by for a visit and we went to a concert in the park. He also treated by to an ice cream.

She loved it!

Drove to WI for sister Ashley's bachelorette party and made this masterpiece. I think I may have missed my calling...
Ashley has a glass and a half of wine and was a  total goofball. SO funny!!




Rare snuggle moments...

Mall of America fun with the cousins
Brinley trying on the dress for Aunt Ashley's wedding. She loved it and kept saying it was "her wedding" and her "wedding dress"


Surprise day to go check out the vikings stadium with daddy. Lots of family silliness ensued!





Yea to my company!










Daddy telling Brinley about the Vikings
These two



I was insisting on trying to capture one more picture "in the good light" neither Matt nor Brinley was having it...


Took Brinley to the Little Mermaid play at the Eagan community theater. She did okay, until she started screaming at the end and probably ruined the show for everyone. Whoops...


She needed some "space" during intermission...

New patio! Our landscaping projects are definitely coming together...Shout out to Matt for making our house look so great!
Hanging out with Tim, Kristin and baby Frankie on the morning of Ashley's wedding


The Frankster!
This girl loves dogs so much, even dogs bigger then her!


Fueling up before the wedding...
Cutest little flower girl around!
She did great going down the aisle. It was sitting down in her seat and not going and standing by mama that was the issue. Dad had to talk her out kicking and screaming right as Aunt Ashley was entering the room... Not our finest hour...
So sweet!


Mommy/Brinley selfies





And we are the Leibrocks so of course there are a bunch of silly family selfies








She ditched the dress during the reception and spent most of the time huddled under a table watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse on my phone. It was kind of nice though cause Matt and I felt like we almost had a date night :)
Sister!!! So happy for her! She was such a beautiful bride and we had such a great time celebrating her.

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