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Summer is always a fun season of the year for our family. It marks the end of the school year and the start of a much needed break for Brian. Brian took one graduate school class but was around every afternoon.

We started off the summer by taking a trip to NJ for the McHugh Invitational Basketball Tournament. It is a rare occasion when Brian's whole family is together in one place. We cherished the time we got to spend with everyone. Sadly we only got a few pictures because we were so busy taking care of Reagan and Owen. We did manage to get a picture of Reagan with her sweet little cousins, Maggie and Audrey. In earlier years we have a ton of pictures of the guys playing basketball and this year we left with a ton of pictures of the three girls together. Life has definitely changed. :)


We also took a trip to State College to celebrate the Fourth of July. My (Brynne) sister was moving from State College to the DC area and we got to spend some time with her before she left. We also got to spend some sweet time with my cousin, Will and my Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike. Owen loves visiting their house.


Uncle Mike made Owen's life complete by taking us to a farm filled with every kind of tractor imaginable. Owen is beyond obsessed with tractors these days. He especially likes John Deere and every night when we pray before bed he prays for John Deere lawnmowers. :) It was so fun to see his face when he saw all the equipment and then realized he was allowed to sit on all of them!


In July we traveled to Syracuse for Brian's brother Chris's wedding. We got stay with our dear friends the Fitzgeralds for a night and meet their beautiful baby girl, Ellie before the wedding festivities started. We are so excited for Chris and his wife Sara. It was a beautiful wedding and really fun to celebrate with them.

The summer was finished off by our annual trip to Kure Beach, NC. We got to spend 9 awesome days with my (Brynne's) family and then a week with the McHugh family. It was so wonderful to spend extended time away with our family.


It was Reagan's first trip to the beach and she loved being in the water.


Owen loved all the attention and time with family and especially loved getting to hang out with his cousins, Kelly and Judson.


It is always sad to leave our beach trip because it means Brian goes back to school and summer is over. We had such an awesome summer together as a family. We are loving being a family of four. Owen and Reagan love each other so much. Reagan smiles any time Owen is in the near vicinity. Owen is such a sweet big brother. It is so fun to watch how loving and gentle he is towards her.

Owen is 2.5 years old and Reagan is already over 5 months old! They both changed so much over the summer and seem so much older. Owen talks non-stop and says the funniest things. He loves music and puts on singing shows for us every day. He has a guitar and plays it all the time. Reagan is so smiley and laid back. Lately I look at my kids and am baffled by how much God has blessed me with. I often find myself thinking "Wait, how did I get so blessed to be a parent to these awesome kids?!" We are blessed with more than we could ask or imagine!!