Destin, FL July 2011

Ok, sorry, I have been really bad with the blog this summer! I will try to catch you up if anyone is still listening =) Last month, we took a family trip to SanDestin to hang at the beach for a few days and had so much fun! 

Some friends from Hendersonville, the Prestages and the Valentines, overlapped a little with our trip so it was super fun to have friends to hang out with! Thank goodness for Granddaddies with beach houses!

we did a lot of hanging out and playing outside

feeding ducks

swimming at the pool

 

and hanging out on the beach

At the end of our trip we got to hang out with another family of friends, the Baders! Jess, Brad, and Kaitlyn were dear friends of ours in Ann Arbor, and we haven't gotten to see them since we both moved away 2 years ago. We hadn't gotten to meet their newest addition, Brayden, and they had never met Lucy. We had so much fun catching up, and I wasn't surprised a bit that our friendships picked right back up where they left off. If you've been with me here for a while, you remember them (click here for their last photo shoot)

Our dinner out at Louis Louis- so yummy!

and tried to get some pictures on the beach

Great trip!

Toby & the 4th of July

Last week, Avery spent a few days in Hickman, then Lucy & I went to pick her up on the weekend. The girls have so much fun at Mimi's house, especially exploring the yard, garden, & blackberry bushes, and having adventures with Aunt Katie's dog, Toby. Here is Avery with her buddy. 

anticipation

apprehension

woah!

love =)

Here are some pics of the girls on 4th of July weekend

kisses

elephants

my sister is hilarious!

not so in the mood for pictures on the actual 4th

ooh my favorite show

Mom, I can't see the TV, move! =)

Sprinkler Time

Here are Dave and his little ladies on our Father's Day hike at Percy Warner Park

here are the girls playing in the sprinkler

LOVE that Lucy is giving Avery a spanking in this picture =)

What's an elephant say?

Here are some recent pictures of the girls. Avery started a new preschool last week (The Goddard School) and I wanted to take her picture before her first day. Lucy NEVER will sit still for a picture but of course the one time I didn't want her in it, she went and stood perfectly beside Avery just like it was her first day at school too. 

my big girl =) She is doing alright with the new school so far... we haven't fallen in love with it yet but will keep ya posted.

Here is me trying to get a picture of them before heading to the pool. Amusing but unsuccessful!

 Ha!

It has been so ridiculously hot that we have been going swimming almost every day. Lucy LOVES the water and piddles in the baby pool with her buddies. Avery has started taking swim lessons and is doing really great! We've just had 2 lessons so far and she is already jumping in and swimming to her teacher over & under the water. She told me that she thinks "my body is a swim body".

Here are a few pictures of my sweethearts before church yesterday. They are getting along great these days, even playing together quite a bit. Avery is very patient even though Lucy is a bit of a stinker, always coloring on whatever she is coloring on or sitting right in the middle of whatever activity she is trying to do. Lucy is starting to imitate EVERYTHING Avery does, and I just love hearing their little giggles when they are together.

 I asked, "What does an elephant say?!"

So blessed =)