Memorial Day Weekend (part 2)

Our day started with an ATTITUDE!

Thankfully, that changed quickly once the guys got the boat fixed.  

Brad and Drew got on the tube and everyone watched and cheered!

Tripp, unwillingly, rode the tube for a few minutes.  Grace hung out with Drew while she was patiently waiting for her turn.

Then it was Grace's turn to ride the "toot!"

She LOVES it!  She could ride all day!

After, some "tooting," Grace helped Brad get ready to ski.

She drove for a minute.

Then, we just rode!

Carter and Charlie were both awake, fed, and happy after being out on the boat.  So, they played together.

I seriously LOVE this girl!

We made some ice-cream!  The kids Andrew loved turning the crank!

Grace put herself in charge of the sprinkles!

yummmy!

Beth, Kenny, and Lily got there in time for some delicious hamburgers!

Grace was excited to see Lily!

After dinner, we came back home!  We had a fun time!  It was definitely different being at the river with 2 kids!  Hopefully, we will be going back soon!  Thanks Mimi and Poppa!  We love the river!!!

Memorial Day Weekend (part 1)

Our Memorial Day was spent (the only way I know how to spend a Memorial Day) at the river.  We got there Saturday morning.  Mimi, Poppa, Brad, Steph, & the boys were already there.  We hung out for a while, swinging, eating, talking, & chasing kids.  

Then, we got in the boat with Blow Pops!  You always have to have Blow Pops at the river!

Charlie tried to drive the boat!

Grace was ready to go!

Mimi held Carter so, I could take some pictures!

Then, we switched!

Unfortunately, the boat wasn't running well.  So, we couldn't do much!  A few brave souls swam in the freezing cold water!  

It took a while to get back to the "river house," so we had plenty of time for some photo shoots!

After dinner, we played with some "poppin' things" and glow sticks that Mimi and Steph brought.

Right before bed, we loaded the kids up with tons of sugar!  We made s'mores with GIANT marshmallows!

Mmmmm!  That was good!  

Now, time for bed!  We need to get rested for another fun-filled day tomorrow!

School's Out

for summer!!!

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i am sooooo excited!

i can't wait to eat a few of these!

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and run through one of these!

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and spend all day with these!

we made our summer to do list and i'm ready to start marking things off!  i so very, very, very badly wanted to write "go to the beach" on it, but i need to find someone to take me!  any volunteers?

what are your plans this summer?

4 Month Checkup

Weight: 14 pounds, 12 ounces

Height: 25 inches

Carter's checkup went ok, except for the entire hour we spent in the waiting room!  Ugh!  I did have time to give Carter a bottle and Grace had time to learn how NOT to act in the waiting room (why are there always so many wild kids there?).  So, our time wasn't completely wasted!  The doctor upped his Zantac dosage for GER.  And, I found out that Carter has Syndactyly (sounds like a name for a dinosaur).  The webbing between his second and third toe is extended, so he might  need surgery to correct it, if it interferes with his ability to walk. Fortunately, the doctor said that this in not associated with any kind of syndrome (usually it is).  And, all this time I just thought he had his daddy's feet!  I am not worried about it.  I obviously wish that we didn't have to deal with this.  I don't want Carter to have surgery, but I know that there are many parents who hear much worse news from their doctors.

Saturday Fun

Saturday was such an awesome day!  We were sitting at home thinking of something fun to do, when Grandpa called and asked us to go bowling and then cook-out.  Yes!  We were there!  We got dressed and packed up for an afternoon away.

Well...the bowling alley

was full...boo.

So...we went to the new playground at Shelby Farms...yippee!!!

Grace had a blast!  She said this swing was her favorite!  It bounced and swung!  I really wanted to give it a try, but there were too many kids waiting for their turn.  

She climbed on the spider web.  I was a little nervous about all the climbing.  Thankfully, I was nervous for nothing!

The rest of the afternoon

was filled with...

...more swinging...

...water breaks...

...sweet cousins sharing ice cream...

...talking and watching our kids play...

...swinging with cousins...

...Grandma pushing...

...napping in the sunshine...

...and a yummy cook-out.

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How did you do with the 7x7 challenge?  I did ok.  We had an abnormally busy week which made it difficult to pray all 7 prayers every day.  Did my kids get a bath this week?  Just kidding...maybe...maybe not.  Anyway, I definitely enjoyed praying the verses over them.  Grace would sit still and hold the cards for me to read and then she would pray.  This was also a great way to memorize God's Word.  I think I am going to try this again in a couple of weeks when life is a little calmer.