Monday, November 14, 2011

Farmers Market/Bicentennial Park

What a glorious date!!


We were pleasantly surprised to see the Civil War Reenactment. What a GREAT thing for Liam since he happens to be studying the Civil War in School right now.

He REALLY enjoyed learning about the Soldiers and happily soaked up all the history these gentleman had to offer.


We got to watch the cannons being fired. HOW FUN!


The girls really loved dancing to the fiddlers and banjo players. One sweet lady came out and taught them some fun moves herself!



I guess this group of campers come twice a year to the Bicentennial State Park ( right by the farmers market ) How lucky are we?! Seriously it was so nice to just let the kids play and learn. Hope you get a chance to visit yourself!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

So loving this shot Christy! Thanks for taking the time to share you talents so willingly! You're the best!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Fall...

I love fall. I think it fills my happy cup to have the leaves changing and the weather cooling down. I am rejoicing in the colors this year! They are so vibrant!!! Just a few random photos from our Halloween...
Colin loves playing outside, so we took a little bit today and had Isa do her spelling test outside. While she spelled away, Colin tested out his skills on the trike~
Liam pouting over the review his teacher is giving...
Meet Emery the ROCK STAR... yep, if I can figure out how to upload her song I will, It's awesome~
I love to spell...S-P-E-L-L...
Breakfast... monster mayhem and bug juice... mmmm
Happy Halloween from, Isa, Emery (the mom in case you are wondering) Colin, and Liam (the smuggler)

Monday, October 3, 2011

Our date with Cole

We were so happy to have Cole come sleep over while Christy was working in Los Vegas. I took them to the Nashville Symphony and they loved it. I told them this was how the soundtracks were made in some of their favorite movies. They liked the idea of that. After the performance they got the chance to play some of their favorite instruments. ( so neat ) .

Violin. Don't they look like naturals!?!



Such a cute, vibrantly colored piano for the kiddos.



Xylophone


and the Saxaphone


What a fun date! Thanks Cole for spending time with us. Marley enjoyed every second of it.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Familiar faces

Don't you love seeing a familiar face unexpectedly?!? For me it brings good memories of being raised in a small town. Where I'd wave hello to 5 friends just while in the car on my way to town. Well, we got to run into these sweet faces over the weekend.



We went to a community gathering were they served cotton candy ( Marleys first time every having it ) popcorn and snow cones. We were in treat heaven! Marley got her face painted and requested a made, purple butterfly ballon.




Before leaving we made some noodle jewelry.



What a GREAT date with my girls. ( did I mention all of this was free?! )

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Shout out for Emery

Happy late birthday! Can't believe she's turned 5? Well you'd better cause it's happened. :)



We had such a rockin time at your birthday party yesterday. Thanks for inviting us! I really loved watching you dance with your friends while singing along to your favorite song "stuck like glue."



This moment was so heart melting ... after opening her gift she jumped up and gave Austin a hug. Really wish the pic wasn't blurry.



Love you Emery

Monday, September 5, 2011

Blessings!

We went to the lake one morning while gramachele was here and I realized how much my kids are growing up and what fun their personalities are. Emery with her tenacity and exuberance. She picked out her outfit and wanted a bandana to be just like daddy. She wants to be a rockstar when she grows up and has been asking for a guitar for her birthday for the past 6 months. She loves life and loves learning and school. She is definately my joy baby!
Isabelle is all prisms and rainbows and pretty things. She is learning how to do her own hair and loves to dress in beautiful clothes. She is so long! She loves crafts and has been working on christmas presents already. She crochets better than I do. She is very social. Most importantly though she is a lover. She is forever serving others and has such compassion for others. She is a peacemaker and has a beautiful heart... She is my lovey!
Colin is all boy. He hippety hops everywhere. Rarely does he walk anywhere. He is forever climbing and jumping and dancing. He is so much fun! He is talking up a storm and is always the first to say thank you at dinner. He soothes my frustrations and snuggles so sweetly. He is my hippety hoppety happy boy!
Liam is growing into such a great young man. He is the best big brother ever. There is rarely a day that he is unkind to Colin. He is always making him smile and including colin in his play. He is great with his friends. He has a great writing style and makes us laugh often. He is stubborn but is a great helper with the younger kids. He is my little man!
i am so grateful for each of my children. I consider myself very blessed!