10 YEARS!!

Allen and I spent a four day weekend in Paris celebrating 10 years of marriage!!  Wow, what an adventure it has been and I would have NEVER dreamt that we would get to celebrate our 10th in Paris with Joe and Ashleigh!  This year has been a hard year for our family but at the same time one of the sweetest in our marriage.  God was so gracious to give us such a special anniversary celebration!

At the top of the Eiffel Tower on May 17th!
 

Team Hawkerson in Paris!

 

There are more pics to come! 

A week away

Two weeks ago, Allen and I went to Germany on a business trip.  We are so incredibly blessed to have Daniel, Lauren, and Aubrey here in the UK with us. They came down and stayed with the boys for that week!  The boys loved it and Aubrey survived all the cousin love!  Daniel and Lauren did a great job of sending us pics and doing face time throughout the week with us. 

 

I took these pics off of Daniel and Laurens Blog. 

Camping is currently a favorite of the boys.

Sweet Aubrey and Nate at the mall

is she not just precious!!  could eat her up!

Yeah for sunshine and watercolors

cooking smores for snack time

Bathtime Fun
Daniel and Lauren were so brave!  The boys had been BEGGING to have Aubrey in the bath with them.

Saturday we went to a park near here.  It was a little chilly!

down the pole

across the bridge

helping Aubrey down the slide

You can tell by the smiles that the boys LOVE their Uncle Daniel, Aunt Lauren and cousin Aubrey.  So sweet!

Allen and I had a great week away, thanks to Daniel and Lauren!!  Now, we get to go to Paris this weekend to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary!  Thankful that Daniel and Lauren are coming back to watch the boys for that.  Feeling incredibly spoiled!

 

She Runs Windsor 10K

Last weekend was the She Run Windsor 10K!  We had a great time.  Not my best time but oh, well!  There will always be more!

 With a sweet friend!  She is amazing!  She has been through a lot this year and has such a sweet heart for the Lord!

The American Contingent of the race!

And off we go...

Love him!

And I'm done! 

 

Here we are with Windsor in the background.  It is easier to see in person than in the picture.  Really a beautiful run!

 

Hever Castle

A couple of weeks ago, we spent our saturday at Hever Castle.  It was the home of Anne Boleyn.  It is a double moated castle which is really fun.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a water maze that the boys thoroughly enjoyed.

 

 

 

 

What fun afternoon is complete without ice cream?

 

 

SUNSHINE!!

Our first beautiful, sunny Sunday in late April, we decided to enjoy our back garden instead of taking afternoon naps.  We don't usually skip afternoon naps but it was just TOO beautiful to go inside and make the boys take a nap.  Here are some pics of the boys that afternoon.