Cox Arboretum in May

One of the great things about living in Dayton is the accessibility of many parks. One of my favorites is the Cox Arboretum because you can find so many different plants and wildlife on the grounds. Not to mention it's just a beautiful place to take a walk. Here are just a few photos from our visit there on Memorial Day.

Weekend Visitors

This weekend we were fortunate enough to have friends come visit us here in Dayton. As we've found out in the Air Force, you make friends all over the country and then get to enjoy catching up when you can make it back to the same city again. We decided to take a walk down out the Cox Arboretum and show them a little bit of Dayton.

Yesterday & Today

Yesterday, a good friend & I took our kids to one of the local metroparks in Dayton. My plan was to take some photos of the children (4 under the age of 2.5!) while enjoying the beautiful weather we've been having! Well, Miss A really didn't want much to do with the camera, while Mr. J had enough energy for all of us and kept me moving! I'm still editing photos from the day, but I had to work on these 2 first.

It's amazing how a rock can fascinate children!




And since Miss M ended up spending the whole morning in the stroller, I decided to take some photos of her in one of her many summer dresses today and as usual she was all smiles!

It's been awhile

Just sharing a quick photo of Miss A. Hopefully a more expansive post with photos of what we've been up to this week will follow later today!

Father's Day?

I know that tomorrow is Mother's Day, but I think this photo proves that there's something special between a father and a daughter.



And just one of Miss A because she's just too cute not to share :)

3 Months

It's amazing how quickly time goes by these days. Somehow Miss M is already 3 months old! On wednesday she had her 2 month well baby check (yes, she's 3 months old but I was a little late in scheduling the appt!) and is now just under 14lbs and over 25 inches long. Along with the 2 month visit came immunizations but even with feeling a little under the weather she is still a happy baby. We had an impromptu photo session today and here are 2 shots from it - more will follow later when I can fully edit them!

A New Creation

Last weekend we hosted a bbq for our friends here in Dayton, so I decided to try out a new cupcake idea.  Carlos loves lemon cake - especially when filled with lemon curd - but since the 2 of us usually can't (or maybe shouldn't is a better term) eat a whole cake, I wanted to try to make it into a cupcake.  

Here's what I came up with - Lemon cake, filled with lemon curd, and topped with vanilla buttercream.