Welcome, Summer!

Oh, summer, how wonderful it is to see you this year!  Winter was rough.  And cold.  We have been enjoying the warmer weather so much.  The kids are officially out of 'school.'  I love having them all to myself every Tuesday and Thursday.  They did two weeks of swimming lessons right at the beginning of the summer...they have turned into three little fishies who just love being at the pool or the lake.  We've been spending lots of time at both places!

These first couple photos are from our church's Leadership Appreciation Night at Steed's Dairy Farm.  Fun time!

Not exactly how you play corn hole...

Jumping pillow!

We will be back to see you in the Fall, Steed's Dairy!  Always such a fun time!

Mother's Day:

Special ladies

Fun times at the lake:

Bobby and Margaret's sailboat in the background

First swim of the summer:

We met Greer and Mary Harper there :)

Memorial Day Weekend:

We ran into Bobby and Margaret on the water

Tubing w/ the McMurray's 

Love these sweet friends

Other summer fun:

Kate and sweet Hadley playing dress up 

Sweet Maggie's birthday pool party...a special guest showed up ;)

Swimming lessons with Ms. Teresa...the boys did not love this...

...as evidenced by this face.  But they all still managed to "graduate" ;)

Grandaddy's 86th Birthday

After how many years of being together?? Joe and I finally attended a Widespread Panic show together.  I told him this was my second and final Panic show.  I really really love him.  lol  We actually did have a really fun night with great friends.  

Sunset on the water...aaaaahhhhhhh

A little quality sister time...kid-free evening on the water.  Yes, please ;)

Kids Spring Photos...by Mommy

I was a little tardy in trying to book our photographer for our usual spring photos this year, which resulted in the photos being done by none other than yours truly...as if it isn't obvious enough!  I am an extreme novice photographer....if I can even call myself a 'photographer' at all.  However, I have quite an interest in it.  Would love to take a class but haven't looked into it just yet, and not exactly sure where and how that would fit in to life these days.  Oh well!  Maybe one day :)

Watching planes...

There was an air show going on nearby in town that day...Matthew could not get enough of those planes!

Typical 4 yr old stuff ;)