a tough marine = a tough angel

Jimmy D Vandever is an amazing Uncle and one tough Marine. He loved being a Marine and loved his family, friends and his wife more then words can say. Thankfully his last battle was a short one and he didnt have to suffer long, August 22 @ 10:42 our hero became an angel and will continue to protect us and look over us from above. After months of battle with cancer caused from Agent Orange my favorite Uncle  can now rest and be with our loved ones that guide our path from above.

Here is a plaque that is at Mt Soledad in LaJolla Ca. It is a place to honors those that serve our great country. Its an amazing feeling when you look around at some of the plaques.. there are a lot of strong people that protect our country.

Here's a group shot from that day.

There are so many things I can say about my favorite Uncle I dont know where to begin.We cry  because we miss him but Im so glad he's not suffering anymore.

Always in our hearts.. RIP Uncle Jimmy

Semper Fi!!

Enjoying summer

I cant believe how fast July went by.. didn’t it just start yesterday? Usually July is pretty hot but we havent had any scorching temps yet.. well a few days but not that bad. One day it rained for about an hour and we had to dust off the umbrellas and go play.. a little rain doesn’t stop us from having fun haha! Our friends told us about Industry Speedway on wed’s too.. we went last wed to watch the flat track races, it was fun! very fast paced too and it was ugly hawaiian shirt day so we even pulled out the hawaiian shirts and got dressed up for the races LOL

a little fun in the very humid rain

Finally we made it to the park Kev and I grew up at! it certainly has changed a bunch from when we were kids

I thought this was so sweet.. these two elderly ladies were pushing each other on the swings.. youre never to old for swings  

Me and Heather in the helicopter

My prince charming..

Heather and Kev racing down the slides…like Kev even had a chance hahaha!

Heather thought she could wear her costume from halloween 2010..

these little kiddos were amazing.. better than the pros!

my two favorite race fans

Heather loves wearing her very stylish pink earmuffs.. she loves that they are pink!

There has been so much going on this month I cant wait to find out what next month holds! This month we found out our dear friends are going to have a little one too!! so exciting ..and they arent going to find out the sex.. yeah!! I love surprises!!

Happy Birthday America!

 

Happy 4th of July! I love watching fireworks, bbq’n and hanging out with some friends! We hung up our flag and made a nice pole for it too.. Heather gets very excited to see “our flag” so we decided the 4th was the prefect day to get our permanently set up =)    Jackie and baby Jenna helping keep an eye on the grill.

Heather and the kiddos were playing frisbee golf.. Heather thought it made more sense to just put the frisbee in the net so it wouldn’t fall out

she loved this scooter thing!! she took to it really quick too.. she watched how the older kids were moving on it and decided she could do it too

what do you think.. good cupcake?? LOL the kids looked like they ate smurfs!

of course she had to take the bike for a spin too

her best buddy Aaron tried to ride with her.. the buddy system is always good

duck, duck, goose…

best buddies patiently waiting for the fireworks to begin

took a break from waiting to dance a bit..

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. Every day is a good day to celebrate our freedom..

Summer lovin…

as you know if the sun is out so are the Hannah’s! Swim class was a success! Despite the freezing cold water on a few days Heather is a happy little swimmer and is very excited to have a little pool to swim in.. once the water warms up we will be enjoying it.. no more freezing temps for us! =) Here are a few more pics of our summer enjoyment..

she’s just like me.. loves taking pics =)

we were waiting for swim class to begin so Heather picked a flower for Daddy

a nice little treat once in awhile.. this ice cream guy has a HUGE selection and is always so sweet to Heather because she always remembers to say thank you!

Here’s my crazy girls playing around

best friends!

doesn’t this face just scream I LOVE SUMMER!!

Dingo was about to sneeze.. I thought it was pretty funny

this is one very good pup that doesn’t mind being tackled, sat on, jumped on, snuggled up with and anything else our little girl likes to do with her

hope your summer is staring off awesome too..

Summer time is here

I LOVE summer time!! we have been so busy already but its been tons of fun! We went and had some family pics done last month, its so amazing to see how much Heather changes, she's such an amazing little girl! She can be such a ham in front of the camera too! Heather and I started a little swim class, its only 2 weeks and we are 1/2 way through  and she is doing so good! For Father's Day weekend we spent the day bbq'n and swimming it was great

our happy little family

in swim class she doesnt use floaties or anything but when we are just having fun in the pool we use them..well.. Heather uses them Kevin on the other had thinks the duck floatie is a hat hahaha!

time for a little concert. I am in the process of moving and re-arranging furniture so dont look in the background =)

a little time in the pool on a hot day is always good!

I have more pics and videos that I'll post later but its just been so busy I havent had time to get them all together

Hope you are enjoying summer so far too...

a little bit of sun over the weekend

we met a new furry friend over the weekend. Our friend Jeremy found this cute little pup someone had dumped on the street (he tried finding the owner but no one has claimed her in the last week) Her name is Molly.. Heather loves her new furry friend. Dingo wants to play with her but isnt so sure how to play with a small pup, she gets excited and jumps around and then just looks at the pup like “come on” its pretty funny! we also watched the eclipse.. thankfully Kev has plenty of protective eye wear for all of us. Heather thought it was funny the moon was trying to eat the sun =)

Here’s little Molly

Molly wasn’t so sure about Dingo and her tounge  hahaha

like my new look?

the eclipse was pretty cool to watch although I have no idea how to capture it on film..yet.. next time I’ll be ready

this pic of Dingo cracked me up.. she looks like a toy!

so glad summer is here! Heather and I signed up for swim lessons.. I cant wait to start! Bring on the sun…

best 9.99 ever spent!

I don’t know about you, but trying to get tangles out of my little girls hair isnt that easy! My friend has a daughter w/ very curly hair and found the hair bean at bed bath and beyond and its amazing! Better yet, if you have one of those nifty little $5 off coupons its only 4.99!! Heather said its her favorite brush now..I don’t even have to use leave in detangler!!

Here is the little amazing hair bean! It worked so-so on my hair but I do have  very thick wavy hair but it worked great on Heathers even after the shower

want some lemonade? with the size of these babies there will be plenty to share!

I don’t know what our neighbors secret is but these lemons are the biggest I’ve ever seen!

I think its time for a refreshing glass of lemonade..