what are these kids looking at???

I snapped this series of photos at the first soccer game last saturday- silly kids... :) this was just as they were about to kick off for the second half and they just stood there like this :)

On the first day of First Grade Preschool

Kyley has been so excited for literally YEARS to start school... This fall she is now old enough to go to preschool/K4/pre-K whatever you want to call it!

Here are my babies on the front porch before we left!!



Before heading to school we went to Chick Fil A for FREE breakfast! How cool is that? Free breakfast AND a picture with the cow on your very first day of school?


These are my monkey's waiting outside before school.


And here is Kyley walking up to the school.


While Kyley partied at school- this is what her daddy and bubba were doing... LOL



And when I went to pick her up I took a picture of her at her "seat" with her nametag.




She had such a great time! She's loving it everyday and is so excited about it! I can't believe my baby is so grown up!

Dance, Dance, Dance

I had a small photo shoot this weekend with Emily, Kristen, and Kyley at the Shakespeare Festival Gardens and they turned out so cute! Here is a small preview:

A collage of Emily and Kristen




and a picture of Kyley



They had a blast and I'm so glad we got to hang out for the morning!

Sunny Patch

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New Fall Schedule:

so ... this fall we're starting a whole new era of our lives....

School.

Tonight we take Kyley to orientation to meet her teacher for K4.

Adding to the list of a busy fall schedule yesterday my "little lady" as she so affectionately likes to be called started her second year of dance.

and she loved it :)



which is no surprise!

And in 2 weeks she begins fall soccer.
And the week after that will actually start K4.

My sweet little lady is growing up way too fast!

so... I battled with a school bus....

and...

the school bus






most certainly






won!

SIX

ok so I'm publishing it a few hours early because well, I dont wanna wait! :)






SIX: is the number of years ago I walked down the aisle, holding my daddy's arm and he gave me away to be with my best friend for the rest of this earthly life.








FIVE: Is the number of times I most likely told you I wasn't ready for a relationship and that you were more like a brother :)






FOUR: Is the number of places we've lived since we got married six wonderful years ago.

(ok so this is a view of ONE of those four haha)



THREE: Is the number of years we've spent working together in ministry at CRY with some amazing kids whom we love like our very own.




TWO: Is the number of kids we ACTUALLY call our own. Our lives have been blessed beyond measure.





ONE: Is our beautiful family united as one.





Thank you to my amazing husband who's put up with me through good and bad for the past six years. I love you beyond all comprehension of the word.

Happy Anniversary baby!

and timeeeeeeee goes by... .so slowly....

Ok so maybe this post is just exactly the opposite of it's title...

Has anyone seen this sweet little angel?



I can't find her anywhere??? Instead I keep finding this big girl :





I cannot believe that in a few short weeks my baby will be starting Pre-K... where did all the time go?

Not so Wordless Wednesday!

Wow, it's been a CRAZY week!!! VBS started Sunday night- so alll day Saturday we spent at the church setting up, and also all day sunday after church! VBS has been a BLAST!! I hope to get a few of my fave pics up here soon but I haven't had time to do it yet.

My aunt Jenny's funeral was Monday- it was a beautiful service full of family and friends. My heart is breaking for the family- while I'll miss her I realize that she is in no more pain, but oh how I wish I could take the pain away from her poor grandbabies and her kids and her siblings that all loved her so much and miss her terribly. I always hate to watch kids cry over lost loved ones and this time was no exception. Those poor munchkins I just wanted so badly to take their pain from them so they wouldn't have to feel that :(

Thank you to a few special blessings this week, you know who you are, who have helped make me being able to show up at my aunt's funeral possible.

So tonight is the last night of VBS and things are going so well, everyone is having a blast and learning a lot!

The first night- it started raining a bit as VBS began...I looked out the doorway and all I could see was sunlight though, so I turned to Paul who happened to be standing there with me and was like, um... I'll be back I'm going outside for a few... He asked me, 'You're going to walk in the rain?'... Yes sir I was! So off in the rain I went for a few minutes at the beginning of VBS and this is what I came back with...



and with that, all I can do is sing....


All Your promises won't let go of me!!!!!

Updates, Updates, and MORE updates!!!

First of all, Please keep my family in your prayers. My aunt Jenny is at home on hospice and they are not sure how much longer she will live. This is a very difficult time for our family as you can imagine. Just keep everyone lifted up in prayer please!

On to other things... Elijah had his 15 month appt this week!
He is 25 lbs now! My chunky monkey! He says a LOT of words randomly. He can say Yuck, ball, kyky, "issy" (sissy), choo choo, duck, quack quack, please, thank you, yes, no, mama, daddy, pap, pawpaw, and a few others I can't remember right now. He climbs on everything and is such a happy kid. He loves to make you laugh :) I can't believe he's almost 16 months old!

VBS starts next week, and we are so excited about that- we look forward to this week every summer because it is tons of fun!!! I'm sure I'll be updating with LOTS of pics after VBS! :) I know you are all just dying to see the silly stuff we do!

Anddddddd, Yesterday, we signed Kyley up for PRESCHOOL! :) I cannot believe my baby is going to school *tear* Where did all the time go? She is soooo excited and is already talking about picking out a backpack (but she already has one go figure) and she wants a lunch box even though she won't be eating lunch AT school haha silly girl :) She's over the moon excited though!

Anyways, that seems to be all for now! Hoping to get a few new posts up in the next few days I've been working on!

Wordless Wednesday (maybe I'll have an ACTUAL post soon!)

Wordless Wednsday! aka Marshmallow boy!

Wow!

Busy is not even a word I can use to describe what the past few weeks have been like. So a quick overview- I've been spending a lot of time preparing for a wedding shoot I had this weekend (my first!) and our mini vacation we took while we were there. Last week, daddy got put in the hospital, and Saturday was the wedding, and we stayed at the beach until Monday evening.
That's the shortened version. We are dealing with getting everything unpacked and squared away from some things that happened while we were gone and I promise a few blog posts with pictures VERY soon!!! :)

Betty Lou's Elijah's got a new pair of shoes!

I love black and white....

Here are a few of my most favoritest black and white photos from the past few weeks...

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14 months...

In 14 months- our lives have changed so much.

My once a little peanut- is now a big boy- who can WALK and is starting to TALK and can follow short one word commands. He loves to imitate what we are doing and adores his big sissy. He LOVES to climb on EVERYTHING. His appetite knows no end, and there is no picky about him. He loves to talk on the phone and he loves to blow raspberries.

My little man is growing up before my eyes...