Our dear friend Katie had a layover in Atlanta for a couple of hours so we went to the airport to hang out with her! What a treat to get to see her- we also enjoyed a couple of brownies from the Atlanta Bread Company! We are looking forward to her moving here at the end of August! We love you Katie!!

Catching fireflies! They were so excited- I wish our video camera was working because they were both so cute chasing the fireflies-and yes that is a baby bottle they caught them in. Don't worry it is an old one that we use for their dolls. Then I mentioned going inside and eating ice cream on a cone- they were so excited- that was a little selfish on my part not just cause I love ice cream, but for any one who knows me I am a magnet for mosquitos! Emme was so cute she says "you bought cones, you bought cones...Oh mommy thank you!" with such excitment- she has been begging me to get cones. Something about summer and eating ice cream on a cone!! Yummy! My nephew Jude has it right!!

Our new counter tops! I love them so much- finally took a day to take pictures of them- have had them for a couple of weeks. They are great!!

Riding on the new four wheeler- we were so excited- we received a check from the insurance company for the previous four wheelers we had that were stolen. So Todd went out and bought two new ones!! He was so excited. It has been very hot the last couple of days- since Grandma Duenke's pool is not close :( -we had to run in the sprinkler! The girls had fun and cooled off from the hot sun in "hotlanta"!

the gang on the top of the mountain

Carving on the side of the mountain

Riding on the sky lift to the top-  

Loving sisters! 

While my parents were here we took a trip to Stone Mountain Park- we had a great day! 

opening presents- thank you Mom and Dad, Stewarts, Halls, and Santmyers! 

Ally eatin' the yummy cake or should I say icing! 

Blowing out the candle! 

Ally's birthday party! 

Allyana's first birthday!! 

Ouch! That hurts!

While playing outside with one of the neighbor kids, Emme was struck with a huge stick- it was an accident- someone just not paying attention to where they were swinging and their surroundings. Todd also has a black eye from the edge of his compressor hose swinging back and hitting him in the eye. Trying to finish more house projects!!

Two more projects done!!
We changed out the hardware to something more simple and then painted the dining room and hallway leading into the dining room. The color is called pine needle- may be hard to see the color. While we worked on projects the girls ate jello- yum, yum!

Oh Sweet Allyana! Well two days ago I was giving Ally a bath and Kylie came up and said Hey can I take one with her, sure I said then Emme came up and said hey what are you doing and she wanted to get in too. So I am giving all three and bath and then Ally gets the face- yup the poopin face! I yell "GIRLS GET OUT, ALLY'S POOPING!" Nasty Nasty- Kylie and Emme have never done that before, so that was a first!

Well this morining I go to get Ally up and open the door and there she is standing up in her crib with just her diaper on. The pj's she was wearing were a long sleeve shirt and pants- I am so curious how she got the shirt off? She is just standing there smiling. So cute!!

We went to this festival this weekend in downtown Atlanta with the Stewarts and the Andersons. It was very interesting! It was an arts and crafts festival at this park in the city. Well the parade was the interesting part- there were just a few worldly "entries". I guess it was a way to voice their "views" and "preference" of life issues and way of life. Well we will not be attending that festival again. But here are some pictures from the parade and the kids dancing to some of the highschool bands.

Well our appliances are in...Todd had to cut shelves out, raise shelves etc. I am so thankful he knows how to do all that stuff. However the opening for the cooktop was too big from the previous one, so we are getting new countertops earlier than we thought! The girls enjoyed playing with the boxes as you can see. They were so cute!