Well it's Courtney and Jeremy McGurr's anniversary. we got married in Vegas in 2005. My brothers and now Chris' wife came out to witness this joyous occasion. Many of you were at the reception prior to the wedding and we thank you.
This was at The Chapel of Love and looks great. It was a lot of fun and i would recommend this type of ceremony to anyone who does t want a big wedding.
Well thank you all for your well wishes. They're will be more pictures of the kids later.
The other day when we were both off work we decided to go over to the west side for lunch and a trip to the park(happy hallow park). We decided to grab some food and make a little picnic. Courtney and I got gyros. I've been craving them and when your on the west side you can't go wrong with The Parthenon. The kids had McDonalds. So we packed up our bags and headed west, just like the pioneers.
It was such a nice autumn day, sunny not too hot. Just a nice day. We got to happy hallow and lots of others had our idea(well maybe not get gyros but to go to the park). So we had our lunch and headed to the playground. Aedan likes running around and going down sliding down the curly slide. Ella likes grabbing mulch and walking around. Ella also likes to follow Aedan and do what Aedan does. Aedan does not like Ella following him around or playing with what his is playing with. This is were the fun begins. But on this occasion all of the McGurrs were good. Ella likes going down the slide but doesn't like to show it.
We were lucky enough to get a picture of the two kids on a bouncy alligator. Ella prefers to ride without Aedan. Well were all getting a little warm from playing and running around.
Well goodbye for now. We hope to have pictures from picking out pumpkins. And Halloween is not too far around the corner.
This past week Aedan started Pre-school at Jack and Jill. He's been a night owl for most of his life but for the last few weeks he has been going to bed by nine(his new bed time). He was a little nervous because of all the new faces but he had a great time and likes to go back. This first look is him with his backpack going to his first day of school. He's got the same look i had for most of my life going to school or for that fact waking up earlier than i want.
When back to school comes around it means one thing-football. Being a Purdue alum I'm a boilermaker fan. I also try to brainwash my children to like what i like. Here is Ella dressed up as a boilermaker cheerleader, a present she got from my Dad. I'm not sure if Ella likes football but i know she likes spending time with me(watching football).
This picture is a from a little bit ago. Piercing blue eyes like her brother and father.
This last photo is from a couple years ago. this is one of Courtney's favorite. It's taken at Purdue behind the Union on the mounds. It almost looks like Aedan is floating. The McGurrs say good look to you all going to school and Go Boilers.
Ella's first birthday was on August 10th. We didn't do anything crazy. We went to Dog and Suds because she likes hot dogs and you can eat outside. Then that night we had friends and family come over for cupcakes and present opening. The cupcakes were decorated like a butterfly. That was done at Meijer and they did a good job. We also got Aedan's cake there. This pic is of me holding Ella, either the sun was in my eye or i was mean mugging someone.
This was Ella's cupcake cake from Meijer. We got a butterfly because Courtney is trying to brainwash Ella into liking butterflies like I brainwashed Aedan into liking Star Wars. 
This is Ella eating her cupcake or shall i say eating the frosting. What you can see in this picture is all the frosting in her hair. It looked like we dipped her head in mustard.
Here's Ella opening her presents. She liked her presents a lot. She would get really excited then drop it for the next present.
Here's Ella with Baxter. Baxter doesn't come in the house anymore so Ella usually only sees him through the window. So when she gets to see him in person she gets excited. Baxter is really good around little kids but is scared to death of Aedan.
I get a lot of Mondays off. This past weekend i had a long 4 day weekend. we first planned to go back to Ohio but we changed our mind. When then thought maybe we should go see the Indianapolis Indians on Sunday but it was the same day as the brickyard. The real reason is that we slept in. But we decided to go the Indianapolis children's museum(http://www.childrensmuseum.org/index2.htm). I wanted to take Aedan there because there is a comic book exhibit. The first pic is Aedan next to Bam Bam. For those who have known Aedan long that might remember Aedan dressed up like Bam Bam for Halloween. If you want to see that picture you'll need to come over. 
Don't think we forgot about Ella. Here she is next to Curious George. Ella enjoyed watching all the kids but she really just wanted to move around by herself. Aedan also enjoyed the George exhibit. 
Aedan dressed up as Batman. he didn't really like it but dressed up for me.
This is Aedan and I making a comic book. It's a based on a father and son team with the powers of being super awesome and super cool. But they told us that comics are supposed to be exaggerated so we gave that up.
Aedan, me and Spidey. There was also the Batmobile there but the picture didn't come out. And lastly Aedan with the Silver Surfer.
Well it's summertime in Indiana again. Hot Humid days followed by hot humid nights, sometimes Thunderstorms and tornado warning get mixed in. But most important is that you can get corn on the cob, others would argue pork tenderloin, but for the purpose of this is corn on the cob. This top pic is of Aedan. The corn is a bi color sweet corn from Pretty Prairie Farm. The story that i heard is the guy started selling it as a 4H project and did so well each year he sets up his wagon and sells a lot of corn.
This is a pic of Ella finishing up Aedan's corn. Ella really likes food. She usually cleans her plate but that sometimes means she throws the food on the floor. We had a long day the other day, we went to the county fair, and the at dinner time Ella fell asleep in her chair. The Fair is always fun, Elephant ears, pork sandwiches, rib eye sandwiches, funnel cakes, ice cream. We watched Courtney's cousins show their cows. Brooke even won grand champion. We saw cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, llamas, sheep, horses, and rabbits.
This picture is of Ella walking through the kitchen. It is becoming the preferred way of transport, i still thinks her favorite is being picked up by Courtney or me. She usually wears more clothes but it's hot and she is kind of a messy one.
As you can see Ella isn't the only one who doesn't wear shirts, Aedan is usually sans shirt. But here is a good pic of Aedan and Courtney.
Too hot out for me so we're staying inside in the air conditioning. This is Ella looking down at me. Ella getting ready to walk. She takes two steps and then goes back to crawling.
Then we can't forget about Courtney and myself. I know most people just wan to see Ella and Aedan. But that's why we jump in the picture so people won't forget about us.
Finally Aedan's Mighty Muggs reenacting a scene fom Temple of Doom. "Indy cover your Heart."
