We love baby Rose more than words can describe! She is a little gift of heaven and has the sweetest presence you can ever imagine. She is full of smiles and there is always a look of expectancy in her eyes. She’s going to live all the way! Always lovin’ me some baby Rose!
This was our last summer hoorah before kindergarten starts on Monday!!!
Noelle rode everything she was tall enough to ride. She’s done a 180… last summer this child wouldn’t even jump off the side of the pool. She’s gotten so brave!!!
Bekah and Mike were the dare devils of the day, first to try out the new torpedo ride!
This was by far the scariest ride in the park! Mike was trying to talk me into riding it all day long. I said, “Why? What’s the point?” And he said, “To live and be alive!” When he said that, I knew I would eventually have to face my fears…
The lazy river was my favorite part… we floated down it all day long!
Mike first to come down the torpedo!
Here’s me finally getting into the torpedo… I was up there forever trying to build up the courage! I wanted to come down the stairs so badly, but I knew that would not be a good example to Noelle about facing challenges in life.
She ran up to me with the biggest smile on her face and screamed, “You did it, Mommy! You faced your fears!” I broke down crying because I had been so scared and was so proud of myself for giving her this moment of triumph. Now I know why they have these scary activities at Christian camps – they really do build confidence!
The park was open late for a summer movie, but lightning was spotted in the sky, so we didn’t get to see how that was going to work out.
Noelle would have stayed there all night! Our kids really live life to the fullest.
So, we watched “Soul Surfer” on Saturday night, the movie about Bethany Hamilton. It was really neat. Most of you know, she’s the surfer who got attacked by a shark and lost her arm. The movie really resonated with Noelle, and Mike and I were having a really teachable moment with her. She asked lots of questions, and we asked her how she would feel if she lost an arm and how she would want to be treated if she were different from other kids, etc. We were having a great conversation. However, I could tell Anna Kate was feeling left out. So, I simply asked her, “What did you learn from the movie, Anna Kate?” I kid you not, she said, “That girl got a TINY TINY pinch!” For the past couple of days, that phrase has come up a lot around here.
Bless her heart!
Katie, Cerly, and Rose had so much fun swimming together last week!
And of course, these guys were two little peas in a pod!
Cerly, Brylee, Anna Kate, Noelle, and Rose had fun matching in these adorable outfits Tanna found for them, so of course, we had to take their picture!
Both of these pictures make me smile – so sweet!
It looks like Cerly and Rose are trying to hold hands…
Our two year olds ran through the sprinkler right before we took their picture… we were cracking up because that is so something two year olds would do!
This perfectly captures their personalities!
Our precious babies!
Here’s the gang all looking at the camera – wha hoo! This was fun!
I would have never dreamed in high school that God would bless me and my sweet friend Destiny with all of the precious little buddies! God is great!
This cute little elephant was part of the children’s section of the art show!
Rara let the girls take a sneak peek as they were setting up everything for the show! They were fascinated, and it was such a cool memory for them to experience the ambiance of an art show!
This is baby Rose with her cousin Harper! They cried every time we sat them down to take their picture. Nancy is the sweetest Mommy you will ever meet, and she was such a good sport to help us try to get a shot of them together! By the way, it makes me so sad to see how big Rose has gotten in comparison to Harper… she’s my baby!
We all met in J’ville last weekend for a really great art show Mom co-chaired this year put on by the Nan Travis Foundation (more on that soon). The girls got to play with Aunt Joe, and I absolutely love this picture of Rara and Noelle oohing and aahing over Harper with her Daddy smiling behind them.
Rose grabbed Harper’s hand, and Nancy and I were like, “Aww, they’re holding hands!” but that didn’t really help the situation. At least we gave it a good try. These girls are going to have so much fun together!!!
