July in pics

 

Cousins Rachel & Gavin came for a visit!

Trip to the zoo



Happy Fourth of July

Celebrating our 9th anniversary!

One of our favorite days of the year: Cow Appreciation Day!

Blake's team pictures!

For Father's Day, I gave Brent tickets to a Nationals game with Blake. Nats played the Braves and won 9-2! Blake had an absolute blast! If you ask him about it, you will hear everything about it!

Celebrating Anna's 5th birthday!

Doing a little fishin'

Daddy & Alli at the Tides game

Mommy & Blake at the Tides game.



Summer beach days!

We love summer!

Sweet girl!

Allison 18 months

Last Thursday on June 21st, Allison turned 18 months old. I cannot believe how fast our little girl is growing up. She weighs 25lbs and is 32 inches long. She is a great eater, good sleeper and quite the chatterbox these days. She will repeat anything and can say mama, mommy, daddy, blake, ball, doggy, cookie, please, thank you, uh oh, juice, milk and just the other day she even repeated "I love you." I melted into a puddle. We are so thankful for her sweet spirit and her spunk. She loves to cuddle with us one minute and make us laugh the next. She brings us so much joy as we watch her plow through life :-)

Trip to Roanoke

2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel with the kids and Mimi to Roanoke to visit Aunt Lori, Uncle Dusty, Rachel and Gavin. Unfortunately Brent was still working so he wasn't able to come with us. We went up on Thurs. night and stayed through Sunday. It was such a fun time getting to see Gavin again and let the kids play together. The played outside with the swing set, in the baby pool, had tea parties and literally chased each other around. Here are a few pics of our visit!

Gavin 4 months old

Blake & Alli loving on Gavin

Blake giving Rachel a lift

Mimi & Gavin

3 peas in a pod



Pool Fun!

Gavin chillin in the shade



Allison was very helpful in giving Gavin his paci

Blake loved making Gavin smile

Our happy little girl enjoying her ice cream!

4 Grandkids

Girls watching TV with Dusty

Rachel helping Gavin during tummy time!

Me & Gavin

Mimi and her treasures!



T-ball

Blake played his first t-ball game today. He had a blast and did a great job batting, fielding and following the coach's directions. The only thing we need to work on is explaining why we don't really keep score at this age :-)

 Getting ready

 Staying focused for the game

 First up to bat!

 Playing 1st base

In the huddle...on 3....Go Dodgers!

Blake's End of Preschool Performance

Here is Blake singing in his first school performance! He did such a great job and we are so proud of how well he did in preschool this year. We were blessed with an amazing teacher who cared so much for all the students. She really enjoyed Blake and said he was such a kind, smart boy who played well with everyone. Even though Blake keeps us on our toes, we are so thankful for his kindness and know God has big plans for him!

(sorry for the poor quality...I can't get the hi def video to load)

 Blake and his teacher, Mrs. Ryan

 Melts my heart!

 Blake with MawMaw, Bobble & G.G.

 Blake with Mimi & Poppy

Our family!

Allison's first ride

We went to Busch Gardens for the first time this season today. It was a great day and the kids had a blast. This was Alli's first time getting to ride any rides on her own and she LOVED the ladybug ride. She squealed happily the whole time. It was hysterical to watch her so I had to take some video so you could see and hear her too. Also the moment the ride would stop, she would burst into tears. Once she rode it all by herself with no other child on the ride. It is going to be such a fun summer with her!!!

 This is what happened when the ride stopped!

One more time! She doesn't care that no one else wants to ride :-)

May fun!

Here are some pics from our adventures this month :-)

 Watching Cousin Erin's softball game

 Monsters on the beach!

 Blake's favorite truck... the "alligator" one!!!

 Here they go!

 Blake had a blast watching all the trucks!

 My dirty little boy after a night of playing at the softball fields!

 Mother's Day dinner

 Could she be any cuter? I think not!

Blake's end of the year party at the park. His teacher monogrammed a beach towel for him!