Sutherlin's 6 month Birthday

We celebrate 1/2 a year of Sutherlin's life today! What a sweet sweet gift she is to our family! We love her so much and pray her life is blessed greatly by the Lord!

Running for Orphans

We had so much fun participating in our church's annual Soul 2 Sole 5k race that supports our orphanage in Uganda, Africa. This was Hartlee's first race...she did awesome! :) Of course, Cannon preferred holding someone's hand, so sweet Kayla ran with him. Shane actually ran also! Go Daddy! Mom and I walked the race and had a great time...my mom's first race also! :) So thankful to be apart of these sweet kids' lives in Uganda.


I just love her more and more everyday! :)


Cannon and Hartlee ready to race!

Supporting her big bro and sis

Kayla running with Cannon

Daddy and Hartlee racing for the finish line

October

Oh my! October has flown by! Probably due to many sleepless nights and foggy days...sometimes I feel like a walking zombie :) I've figured out that it takes me about 30 minutes just to get out of the house!...Three kids will definitely slow you down a little, but we are loving it. We are also LOVING the beautiful weather! So thankful for the cooler temps! Looking forward to the holidays...just love this time of the year!

The kiddos at the Pumpkin Patch here in Boerne...funny how the pumkins only lasted about a day because the kids were playing "catch" with them :)

Sutherlin is just so precious! Don't you love it how a baby smells after they have had a bath and a whole bottle of lotion rubbed on them! :)

Hartlee copies everything her "bubba" does...

Sweet sibling love :)

All dressed up for church! Thanks to Sutherlin's auties for all the great hand-me-downs!

Sutherlin Hope Menn

Yay!! Sutherlin is finally here! The delivery was so peaceful and we were so excited to welcome Sutherlin into our little family. She is precious and so wonderful...all 7 lb 15 ounces of her...so much fun to have a tiny little girl :) Much thanks to all of our prayer warriors!

Shane's 30th Birthday

My sweet husband turns 30 next week! We had fun celebrating with our friends and family at Mi Casa Tamales here in Boerne. Great music, good fellowship, and yummy food. Shane's big surprise was a new kayak...boy was that an adventure keeping a kayak hidden from him :) Thanks to all who helped make it a memorable birthday! What an amazing husband the Lord has given me! I pray we have many more celebrations in store.

Shane and his uncle Bryan

Shane's 1 request for his birthday :)

Surprise! A new kayak! I even found matching kayak lifejackets for Shane and Cannon!

Just another day at the Menn Casa...the kids love to dress up

Rainy day arts and crafts

The Big Race and Cannon's 1st Day of Preschool

Cannon got to run in a little kid's fun run before Coach's cross country meet in New Braunfels...of course, Coach had to run with him and hold his hand :) Cannon did a great job. He told his preschool teacher the day before that he was tired of playing on the play ground because he wanted to save his energy for his race and that he needed to stay hydrated...ha!...what a nut! I wonder where he learned that from???... Just like his mommy :)

Cannon's first day of preschool went well! He loves his new teacher Mrs. Sheryl and we are so excited his friend Davis is in his class. We only had a couple of tears, but he adjusted well and ended up having a really good day. He told one of the teachers, "my mommy was right, this isn't so bad after all"...sweet boy, I just love him and miss him when he is at school. Hartlee goes to "school" at Grammy's house and she is very proud of her lunch box that she gets to take with her :)

Summer Days...

We enjoyed watching the Geneva Eagles first game of the season! 6 man football is really fun to watch :) Coach did a great job coaching!

Two peas in a pod...Cannon was SO THRILLED to get a shirt like his Daddy...he wore it proudly to church :)

Hartlee is all ready to ride her bike! Sweet girl...she brings a smile to my face!