Miss Adalee becoming Miss Independent!

It seems like every week Miss Adalee becomes a little more independent. This past weekend, on Sunday, July 23rd, Adalee decided that she no longer needed Mommy and Daddy to give her toys to play with. She was lying close enough that she just flipped over on to her belly and reach up to grab her monkey out of the toy basket in the living room. Once she figure out that she could "rock" the basket, it only took her a few more tries before the whole basket of toys came tumbling over. Now if only it was that easy for her to figure out how to put the toys back into the basket... :)

"Ooohh, I almost got it..."

"Success!"

"Mom, look at all the toys I found
all by myself!"

Michael's Birthday...the Big 3-0!

On July 14th, Michael turned THIRTY - the big 3-0 - Whoop! We had already had a birthday celebration with his family last weekend, and we have a party planned with our friends in a few weeks. So for the night of his actual birthday, we celebrated as a family by grilling out and watching a movie! Here are some photos from our little celebration the night of his birthday!

All smiles for Daddy's birthday before heading
to work and school!

Signing Happy Birthday...Adalee even sang some notes!

Yummy cupcakes! German Chocolate, Cookies N' Cream,
Peanut Butter Cup, and Salty Caramel Pretzel Crunch...Oh My!

Blowing out the candles!
Miss Adalee was mesmerized by the fire!

Opening his present!

Michael was super excited about his new set of irons...
and Miss Adalee was super excited about eating the card!

Bell Family Weekend of Fun

During the second weekend of July, Michael's sister Emily and her family came to Kansas City for a week-long visit! Because they are from Virginia, we only get to see them 2-3 times per year. So when they do make it in to KC, it is always a whirlwind of family fun! This year's Bell Family Weekend of Fun included a barbeque, swimming at the Great Wolf Lodge, a Royals game, and 2 birthday celebrations! All in all, it was an exhaustingly fun couple of days, but I wouldn't have it any other way! It was so awesome to have Adalee get to play with her cousins, and it was great spending time catching up amongst the adults!

Thursday Night Family Dinner - KC Joe's, of course!

Pizza Dinner at the Great Wolf Lodge
on Friday night!

Sharing her toys with Bop Bop!

Snuggles from Aunt Emily!

Playing with her cousin John!

Cousin Miriam giving Adalee her bottle before bed time!

Swimming at the Great Wolf Lodge on Saturday!

"Stop with the pictures...I just want
to play with my friends!"

Quick nap with Nana

Celebrating Daddy's 30th Birthday!

Family lunch before the Royals Game on Sunday!

Of course, Nancy made some delicious cookies!

Go Royals!

Long walk back to the car. Trying to keep
Miss Adalee cool with Daddy's hat!

Celebrating cousin John's birthday on Monday!

3rd Anniversary

For our third wedding anniversary this year, we had a nice family dinner at Brio on the Plaza. Adalee was awesome at the restaurant - she loved looking around and watching all of the people walk by! I can't believe it has already been three years. Some days it seems like our wedding was just yesterday, and other days it seems like we have been married forever! Happy 3 Years Michael - I love you more and more each day! :)

4th of July Weekend at the Lake

Happy 4th of July!!

The Schultz family tradition continues with our annual trip to the Lake of the Ozarks for Fourth of July weekend. We had a blast - enjoying four days of golfing, boating, swimming, and eating delicious home cooked meals! It is weekends like this that remind me how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family!

So excited for the first boat ride of the weekend!
And finally "some-what" comfortable in her lifejacket!

Watching the other boats go by with Mom and Grandma!

"Hey Mom...I am starting to like this boating thing..."

Golf Outing Number 1

"Grandma...Step Aside...I've Got This..."

Such a sweet girl! She does so well during our trips to
the golf course - loves to get out and "walk" in the grass!

Second boat trip!

Watching Daddy and Grandpa swim in the
lake! It was still a little too cold for the
rest of us!

Starting to get a little tired...

Yep...definitely getting tired...

And asleep!

Pool time in her new floaty from Grandpa!

Forgot for a second that she has to hold her head up... :)

More golfing...

Sisterly Love!

Playing with her toys!

Bath time! Well, sink bath time!

Adalee needed many naps to keep up
her energy for the weekend of fun!

A few more photos from her 4th of July photo shoot! :)