Fun in the Sun!

Thanks to some friends of our in the church we have been invited to come and swim at their neighborhood pool. The girls and I have had so much fun!
Ally is doing really well swimming with her floaties- tried the life jacket yesterday and that didn't work so well, so tried the floaties again, she is doing great. Mea and Kylie jumping in together.
Kylie and Charlie swimming!
Oops- here is Emme my camera was slow- didn't get her face- oh well! Ally and Maddy hanging out on the steps.

Here is the gang, Ethan, Emma, Kylie and Emme!

Here is little Ally swimming.
Emma and Kylie swimming together.

Special visitor!

This past week the Vice President of the company my husband works for came into town- he happens to be our brother in-law, so he brought one of his daughters with him. The girls were so excited to have their cousin Claire here a couple of days! We mad a run to the QT to get slushes!
Here are the girls painting outside!

We went to the park, but only played for a little while. It was hot and there were a couple of summer day camps there as well.
Emme attempting to slide down the pole-
Claire climbing the rock wall.

Ally trying to climb the rock wall.

The girls swinging!

Emeline swinging on the swing!

The other day Ally came to me and said "a nake mommy"- what I couldn't figure out at first what she was saying. Then I realized she was saying a snake- well it was only a piece of a feather that she saw. This is where it was first and I brought it out to show her it was not a snake. The girls have come in before yelling a snake is outside, I go to see and it is a worm or something! So cute!

Daddy's last game

Here we are at Daddy's last softball game! The girls really do love going, even though Emme doesn't look so happy in this picture! Gramma sent the girls some "whistle lollipops" so we brought those to the game.
Here Ally is trying to make it whistle like her big sisters!
Sara and I sat together at the game-I am so thankful for her friendship!

Ally was so excited to hang out with daddy in the dugout!
Daddy hitting the ball!
Waving to the girls-Ally gets so excited when she sees Todd out there- she always get my attention and says "a dada" and points. The guys won the game that night!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Todd! I love you so much! Thank you for being such a great dad to our three little girls. Here are a couple of things the girls are thankful for: Thank you for snuggle time, four wheeling, making sure every day you give us a hug and kiss before you leave, praying for us at night, loving us, wrestling with us to make us tough, making "QT", Sonic & Bruester runs, reer, that he plays softball so we get to watch the games and cheer him on, but most of all that he loves Jesus!!!

Thank you for loving God first- and leading us to walk in a way that is worthy of Him, to honor the Lord in the things that we say and do. We love you so much and hope you have a wonderful Fathers day!

A day in the sun

Today my mommy's helpers came over. Here are some shots of Elle in the dunk seat and Abby trying to hit the target. And she hit the target, here comes the water!
Yeah!! We called them to late to see if they could bring their suits- so they went in their clothes-so fun!!
Here is Kylie debating whether or not she wants to get in- the water was very cold!!

Emme running through the sprayer for the dunk seat. She didn't want to sit in the seat and get totally soaked, so she ran through it instead!
Abby waiting for someone to hit the target- they kept missing, but not for long. They were all soaked when I went out a little bit later!! They had a blast!

Ally walking...and still crawling

Well, two and half weeks ago Ally walked off the bottom step like it was level with the ground and rolled her ankle. She sprained it really bad and has not walked on it the last two weeks. She has been moving it and gradually putting pressure on it. Well yesterday she finally walked on it. However she still continues to crawl as well. If she is holding on to something she is fine, it still is a little wobbly. So we are praying she will regain strength in that ankle and begin walking again. Carrying around an almost 30lb girl is tiring! Here she is walking kind of leaning on the wall!!
And back to crawling- or walking on her knees- ouch that hurts!!
We told her we would get her a baby pool and a pair of flip flops once she begins walking- well we got the baby pool yesterday- so we will take some pictures of that this afternoon!!

Poison Ivy- yuck!

Well last week I was picking weeds in the front yard, (there were a lot) and well I am guessing that is where I got it from. Yucky poison ivy!! It first appeared as little dots, kind of like a mosquito bite- as most of you know I am prone to get those any time I walk outside, well then it started spreading and yesterday I said to Todd I think this might be poison ivy- well I went to this local "family pharmacy" and was talking with the pharmacist there and she said yeah-that's poison ivy and recommended a couple of things to stop the itching. I know this is a minor reaction I have seen some serious reactions to poison ivy before, some huge blisters and swelling- yuck! Oh well!
I will never forget the one summer, we use to go to my Grandparents farm that they owned for a week. All of our cousins would go- it was so much fun. Well the one summer our one cousin was arguing with my older brother Josh that this one plant was not poison ivy- so he (Josh) said ok put your face in to it- and my cousin was highly allergic to poison ivy so trying to prove my brother wrong he put his face in it. Well the next morning his eyes were swollen shut and he had a serious rash all over his face- we all thought it was funny cause he was trying to be a smarty pants- and was proven wrong. Poor guy, I can't imagine having this all over my face! Oh- I should have flexed in the picture- next time!:)

Sorry I have not posted in over a week, a friend of ours passed away on Friday. She has been battling cancer for about six months now. She was doing well and then went to the hospital two weeks ago and they discovered it was in her spinal fluid. They had given her two to six months with radiation treatment, but the Lord had other plans. She was ready to go home to be with the Lord and kept asking her husband why it was taking so long. Her funeral was yesterday and it was so filled with hope for those who may not know Christ, such a celebration of her life and who she was in Christ.
I have been thinking about her over the last couple of days and memories I have of her. We were in care group with them and have gotten to know their family over the last year of living here. She was such an example to me of a godly wife and mother. She was so great with her kids- they have five kids ages ranging from 6 to 16. I remember her calling me not to long after we moved here to see if I wanted to bring my girls over so I could run errands with out the kids, I was thinking wow, how thoughtful of her- life is crazy at the store with three kids! My girls love her two younger girls- they are both in class at church with them and are always asking to go over or have them over. Such a dear sweet family, we will continue praying for them, and would ask you to do the same. Her husband started a blog just to keep everyone informed the link is www.ellisefamily.blogspot.com.

A night in the life...care group

Here is Todd driving to care group- what a cutie! Ok- Billie one more shot for you- sorry, my window won't go down- kinda blurry!
Here we are at our care group leaders house, enjoying a time of fellowship!
We all brought a dessert to share- Barry and Jen brought red velvet cake- yummy!

I brought a Lemon-Lime Dessert- kind of started melting in the picture! Jeanie and John brought yummy doughnut holes!

Oops this picture is suppose to be after the next one- oh well-

Scott enjoying his dessert!!:)
Todd messing with the camera while we were talking- A picture of Todd's eye- there were some shots of his nose, ear & mouth- but I will spare you!



Here is Andrea enjoying some dessert!:)

Here are Rachel and Amanda- after Care Group ends their girls always come down and hang out with us- we love it. They are such a great family- we have really enjoyed getting to know them all! That concludes our night- sorry didn't get home till late so that is why I didn't post until today!

A night in the life...picking up the babysitter

Here we are on the way to get Aliya-she serves us in babysitting for care group nights! Emme doesn't look so happy- kind of caught her off guard.
Billie this one is for you- unfortunately it is a little cloudy- but crossing over this bridge on Lake Allatoona is so pretty.

Kylie, with her red neck teeth in!
Here is Aliya with the girls- thank you so much for watching them, we really appreciate it!!