Karen's wedding...

Mike's sister Karen got married on Saturday!! It was a beautiful outdoor wedding, gorgeous weather, gorgeous people, and love was in the air!! Not gonna lie, I'm kinda tired, so I'm not writing much here now, but here are some pictures of this much anticipated and amazing event:

Sea life...

While in Atlanta on our McGrail family vacation, Mandy, Grandpa Tom-Tom, Jake, Finn, Henry, Milo and I all took a jaunt to the aquarium. Holy moley, I've been on some great aquatic adventures, but this one may have taken the cake. Maybe it was all the place had to offer, maybe it was the excitement and awe in the 2-4 year olds, but this was pretty grand! We saw sharks, whale sharks! beluga whales, penguins, otters, bagillions of fish, seahorses, seadragons, crabs, lobsters, you name it, it swam, we saw it! In this shot, Mandy and the boys are on a moving walk way watching the fish and sharks swim above them. You can see one of the whale sharks over Mandy's head...

We even pet stingrays, sharks, shrimp, and horseshoe crabs! Here's Mandy, Jake and Finn petting a stingray! It cost a bit to get us all in, but thanks to Mandy's membership, we made it happen, and it was well worth it!

Complete family pics...

The first time our entire family has been together in a picture since the Christmas after Finn was born 3 1/2 years ago. Pretty great...

Next step in the profession...

So Mike's getting paid to take a course at Purdue. And it's basically review of everything that he's learned thus far. Apparently his boss is a pretty good teacher, and Mike's pretty good at learning from training videos because this course has been fairly simple for him. But it means a weeks paid stay at a nice hotel in West Lafayette, IN which is actually a really cute area. Milo and I decided to come and stay, since we don't really have anything pressing on our schedule :) We're right across the street from a beautiful park and bridge over the river and into Lafayette where there are cute shops and coffee shops and cafes and a delicious Italian restaurant. So we're here, reading, working on Milo's baby book, going for walks, swinging at the park, looking at books at Border's across the way, taking naps, just chillin', waiting for Dad to come home... Sounds like our life most of the time, actually...