Vacation time

Wohoo! We are going on a mini family vacation starting tomorrow afternoon, so don't expect any posts until we return unless something really cute happens before then! Oh, and say a prayer for safe travels if you don't mind. ;-) Packing, packing...

Swimming with friends

We went to the neighborhood pool this morning with our sweet friends, the R family. Everyone had a great time...especially Allia and Richie! They swam together non-stop for about 2 hours! Allia was so exhausted by the time we left that she had a total meltdown. (Sorry R family!) Here are some photos...









Our cute little Godson was swimming all over in those floaties! Way to go, Andrew!




And here are my attempts at a group photo...pretty tough with all these little ones!

A little change

I have decided to officially make this blog our family scrapbook now that blog book printing is easily available. I am having trouble keeping this up along with a separate scrapbook. Just the idea of doing this relieves stress for me! So, this will probably mean more photos in the posts and hopefully a little more frequent posting. But does anyone know if you can do a private post somehow? I want to put in those cute naked baby photos, but not necessarily for everyone to see! I don't want to have to remember to add them to the blog book at the end of the year! Thanks. :-)

The girls

And here is a photo of Tia Nana with the girls since we didn't get any of her at the pool yesterday!

Swimming fun

We went with our guest for the weekend, Tia Nana, to the pool where the girls had swim lessons as a special treat. We had so much fun! Gloria was thrilled to get to swim this time. Allia was tall enough to go down the big water slides, and she was so brave. What a great time!

Mowing joy

Notice that Austin is smiling while he mows....

Strange behavior. I don't think I have ever seen this before. It probably has to do with the fact that Manah and Pawpaw bought him a self-propelled mower for a Father's Day/birthday gift! It sure makes mowing this huge lawn a little easier. His words after his first use, "Where has this thing been all of my life?!" Thanks, Pawpaw and Manah!

Manah and Pawpaw...

thanks for the letters. Gloria really enjoyed hers, especially the stickers.


Austin, on the other hand, wishes you would send less stickers. ;-)


This game is contageous!


Don't worry...Daddy got her back!