Last summer

Last summer we went to this spring fed lake with our friends.  It was awesome.  So here is a picture of me and the kids hanging out in the lake.

It's that time of year again!

 County fair pics from last year.  We are so excited to go to the fair this year.  Join us if you can.  We LOVE it!

 

 

Scootah

Annie learned how to scooter and how to ride a two-wheeler (with training wheels) while we were in Florida.  I love her cheesy grin.  Oh, how I love it.

Hair

Got static.  Unfortunately the lighting was a bit off.  But you get the picture.

Baseball

 

So last year we went to a Frederick Keys game.  The kids got free tickets for completing the summer reading program.  We invited Grandma to come and the kids had a blast.  It was a bit of a late night for Annie, but as usual she had to be right in on the action.  Both CJ and Emily got game balls.  We are sitting right behind the visiting team's bench (it cost $8 to upgrade all the tickets, totally worth it).  We cheered for them since they were a Virginia team.  We have already signed up for this year's summer reading program and are super excited to go again.  I'll have to get you the dates of the games Grandma.

Headed our way?

What a fun time in Florida.  Grandma and Grandpa bought these bikes at yard sales and had enough for everyone.  They even bought a tiny bike for Annie, but I just pulled her along in the trailer when we went for rides.  If you look closely you can see her on her "scootah".  We tried to ride bikes everyday.  There was a nice pirate park almost two miles away that we would ride to.  There is a really nice bike path so we didn't have to worry about crossing the street or traffic or kids falling into the street or anything.  They also had three more grown up bikes for me and my two sisters.

Cousins

Sometimes I think they think they are siblings.  They did live together for a few years and super close by (3 houses) for a year.  What a nice Mother's Day picture.

Amen

When she was just "learning" about keeping her eyes closed during a prayer she would yell, "eyes, eyes" repeatedly during the prayer.  But she was very determined to keep them closed.

time flies

A little flashback post.  I can't believe we had lived here for two years already!  These pictures were taken as we were planning/planting/starting our garden in 2011.  Look at how little CJ is.  I am so excited for our garden this year.  I've been looking over seed catalogs and dreaming of nice weather...