Cutie pie!

Daddy and Keaton were playing with a ball last night that is rubber and has suction cups. They were throwing it against the downstairs sliding glass door and one time, it was up too high for Keats to reach. So, he promptly went over to the drum on the floor, brought it over, stood up on it and tried to reach the ball. His efforts were very great and smart, however, the ball was still just a little out of reach... See the ball??

Poor Keats. :( Good try, though, buddy!

Beauty

Aaron brought this rose in for me from a bush in the backyard. He knew I was really struggling that day and he brought it in to cheer me up. Thank you, Aaron, for being my wonderful, loving husband! I just had to take a picture of it and share it with you. Isn't it beautiful??

Girl's lunch!

I met my high school girlfriends for lunch the other day. There's about 6 of us that still keep in touch, which is so cool! We meet about 4 or 5 times a year (or more, if someone has a baby!) just to chat and hang out and tell each other all about our families' lives. It is always such a sweet time! Candace (left), me, Holly, Jessica with her daughter, Raelyn, and Angie made it this time. Amber couldn't make it... :( We missed seeing her!

It was so good to catch up on the latest and see how God has still been working in all of our lives! We are all so blessed!

Family night (well, part of us, anyway)

We had so much fun taking Alex and Taylor out for a night of fun! First, we went downtown to the Old Spaghetti Factory to have some dinner. They thought it was so cool to eat in such a pretty place!

Here we are starting out on our (1/2) family night! On our way downtown...

They sat to pose for a pic in the restaraunt.
Daddy and Tay got to sit next to each other. They loved their food!
Mommy and Alex. We, of course, enjoyed our food as well.
At the game...

Ok, so we had to buy the girls just ONE treat. So, they picked cotton candy. Yum!

We snapped a few shots of the players. We were so close to the field, we could see them very well!

Yes, Aaron was posing for this one... :)
What a fun night we had! Glad you had so much fun, girls. We love you!

cUTe KiD quOtE

Brianna tried to get in her chair this morning to eat her bagel. On her way up, she fell and hit her elbow on the booster.

"Owie!" says Nan.

"What did you hurt?" asked Mom.

"My t-bone!" she said.

Tay Tay's first tooth!

Taylor lost her first tooth! She was so excited and was such a tough little girl! I don't think she even cried when Daddy pulled it out! Good job, Tay!

Catching up... Again.

Ok, I know it's been forever since I've posted pictures. Here are some catch up photos to keep you updated on the fam. :)

To start us off...

Aaron went on another trip to China. Bethany came for half the time. What a blessing! She brought her second son, Zac with her this time. It was so good to see him again!

What a cutie!
Brianna talking to Daddy. She really missed him. Can you tell?
Bethany is so thankful that I got this shot of her eating her breakfast. :)

Aaron brought back some gifts for us. He brought the girls some beautiful silk scarves. They wear them around their heads and around their waists as belts. Pretty!

Just a pic of Keaton while Daddy was gone.

He brought me back a coach purse. It's pink! Yay!
Our girlies

Our little drummer boy. :)

Really getting into it here!

Alex and Taylor on a day during school. They are such hard workers!

Keaton and Brianna are good about playing together during school hours. They are such buds!
Sometimes, Keaton does this, too, during school! :)
Who ever thought it would happen. My first baby girl is growing up! She asked one day if she could just go outside by herself and read a book. I caught her up on the trampoline reading away. I was struck at how time is going so fast with our kids. What a blessing they are.

This is our first Science project for school this year. We will be studying Astronomy in depth all year! I think I am more excited than the girls!

We made our solar system. Can you guess all the planets?

The girls have been asking to sleep in their tent for a night. We said "no" to school nights, so we let them on a weekend night.

They had such a good time! Who knows if it was really all that comfy... :)

Daddy and Keaton kinda matched one day. We thought it was cute, so we snapped a shot.
I think Keats was really happy here! Sweetheart!