Summer Fun!

We've had lots of fun with friends lately!

We went to the playground then back to our house for lunch with our good friend Ava Grace. They play so well together and it's so fun to watch them.

The crew: John Houston, Hollis, Kathleen, Emery, Merrill, Brady, Tori (holding Sam), Sam, Madison, and Macey

Kater and Kathleen were in town so we had to have a pool party. This is the start of the second generation for these pool parties for most of these kids...the gang just keeps getting bigger!

Madison, Hollis, Brady, and Macey enjoying some lunch

Emery, Tori and Merrill

Kathleen needing a milk break

Henderson was too tired for the group picture...I don't blame him, it was kind of wild

Sweet "Buddy-Bud"

Sesame Street Live

Our class at church went hiking Saturday morning, with storms on the way we all headed to our house for lunch instead of the park. It ended up not raining, and the kids had fun being able to play outside!

Natalie, Libby, Madison, Macey

Annie and Frances

All the Dads watching the playset

Sweet Luke

Jarrod enjoying some lunch with his girls

I was not happy when I went in to get Madison from her nap Saturday...as you can see she had peeled off her leaves and some branches from the wall above her bed. She knew immediately she was in trouble. She had to call Mimmy and Aunt Jessie to apologize since they were the ones who had put it up. She did it not willingly...hard for that one to apologize...we're working on it.

We decided last minute Saturday to take the girls to see Sesame Street Live. We've never done anything like that with them, and we didn't have anything going on so we went. They LOVED it. They were so excited and sat and watched the whole thing. Can't wait to take them to a Disney show when it comes to town...you know we'll be at that one:) So glad we went...they are at the perfect age, and it was so fun to watch them watch the show.

We all downed the tub of popcorn quickly since it was a 5:30 show and we were all hungry

Waiting for it to start

If EVERY character wasn't on the stage, they would ask me "Where's everybody?" BOTH of them asked, EVERY time. So I said "They'll be back out in a minute." alot over those 90 minutes.

Swim Swim Swim

We've had a busy few weeks with VBS at Mimmy and Pops' church and ours, swim lessons (Madison HATED/cried every minute of it, Macey liked it...they both learned a lot), swimming at Mimmy and Pops', weddigs, and playing hard. Here are a few pictures:

Macey slipped and cut her eye one morning, thankfully she didn't need stitches.

Watching Pete's Dragon together

Putting all their animals to bed

Swim lessons with our friend Burton...Madison wouldn't cooperate for the picture

Caden and Tate swimming at Mimmy and Pops'. Burton got married last weekend so the cousins from Texas were in town

The cousins swimming at Mimmy and Pops' minus Tori who was at camp and Brady

Caden Spencer, Henderson Byerly, Emery Byerly, Macey, Merrill Byerly, Madison, Sam Rosenblum, Drayton Ford, and Tate Spencer

Trying to take a nap at Mimmy and Pops'...I think they went to sleep about an hour later :)

First Week of Summer and Memorial Day

We had a busy first week of summer! Playing with cousins, playdate with our good friend Ava Grace, swimming and more. Here's a bunch of pictures to recap:

Madison, Macey, Sam in front of our lilies

We had our first swim at Mimmy and Pops' house. Sam enjoyed his lunch in the cool indoors

Here's the rest of the kiddos enjoying their lunch break

Three bed-heads after naptime

Brady can't wait for Sam to be big enough to play with---to have a boy playmate

Baby Sam and Jessie came up to visit and play one day. Here is Madison showing Jessie her softball skills...we think she might be a lefty...she naturally tries to hit golf balls and softballs left-handed

My favorite flower in our yard right now...the lilies are enormous...just wish they stayed bloomed longer

Macey enjoying her ice-cream cone

Went to Aunt Julie's and Uncle Brent's for Brent's birthday

Madison and Libby

Bebe, Macey, and Frances

Went to the Moo Grass Jam at Granny White Market on Saturday...the girls loved their Icees and the slide

Climbing up the slide...Madison had to watch Macey do it a few times before she got up the courage to try

Cooling off in the sprinklers

Memorial Day was mostly spent at the pool with the Church clan. Baby Sam eating his lunch

Madison jumping to Jeff

Macey playing with Bobo

Macey telling Pops how she wants to jump...whether she wants to go by herself or him to catch her

By herself...by the end of the day that's the only way she wanted to jump

Love Nae Nae's face in this one

Baby Sam had it made

The slip and slide took awhile to catch on...by the end at least Macey and Tori were loving it

Macey is the bravest of the bunch right now...I'm sure it will rotate to another cousin soon

A little Wii action after naptime

Went to visit Pap and Gigi after supper

Macey jumping by herself









Macey and Uncle D on the slip and slide

Macey and Tori racing on the slip and slide