Wednesday, July 21, 2010

a sweet kiss......

as i looked through the 90 pics from today's ordinary hero post, these were 87, 88, and 89....
there are no words for the tears as they fell when i saw these pics. just the sweet kiss i needed to help me this week. she is a mystery to me, but not to clay and dana anymore. i can't wait to hear about her. God is so good, ALL THE TIME!







Tuesday, July 20, 2010

still no computer

so i stole a few.......
Dana serving bread in the Korah dump with the happiest of hearts! love you friend!

Clay being His hands and feet!

holiday world fun!

mom is helping hold me up these days!


the waterpark crew







so i borrowed some pics just to remember what was really going on in july! enjoy!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

FYI

so my computer is currently getting checked out which means NO PICS! so until then i will just have to give you the details of our crazy life!

last sunday, the 4th was my 30th birthday. it was great! i started off the week before by heading down to atl. for a quick shopping trip with my mom! she and nate handed over some cash and i hit h and m until it hurt. thanks guys!

then on friday night we did a very "surprise" dinner with some sweet friends. so fun!

sunday was great with church, the fam and just hanging out. very simple and low-key, just my style.

by monday, cy had officially decided mom's birthday was lasting too long and we needed to be done.

little did he know that on thursday we would head out once again to celebrate. the only request that i had for my 30th was that we went to a water park. well, off we went to splashin safari. it was GREAT! thanks to my parents, my brother and the walkers for helping me celebrate that day.

the week, give or take a few days, was great and i am so thankful for all that the Lord has blessed me with in my first 30 years!!

oh and yeah, bristol comes home tomorrow night. i can't wait to see her big brown eyes and very overwhelmed face. i mean b/c who doesn't sometimes get overwhelmed by this crew.

the pics of all of this will come!

Monday, June 21, 2010

man i am going to miss them.....

so maybe i have 3 more months, or maybe i don't. it really doesn't matter that much. i am going to miss them. they swim with us, eat lunch with us, catch creatures with us, attend ALL family functions with us, they are a part of us!!!! yes i will miss court more than i even let myself think about. and joey with that "i am going, whose coming with me NOW," personality, that makes me smile. it will be weird. but these 3 kiddos are some of my groups very best friends.

briley always lets the little guys tag along, and challenges us all to not be afraid of any creatures. brax loves with all his heart, and also makes my little guys feel big! barron is 4 and a half months older than Colby and 15 months younger than Cy. he is every ones "buddy!" if Cy gets caught up with the big kids, Barron and Colby play like best buds. and when Cy is ready the 3 of them play amazingly well.

summertime is all about this crew, it will be rough! but God will prepare all our hearts for this change and i have faith we will be fine.







this post was totally brought on by the pic at the bottom. i cannot stand to think of how much i will miss her. she will only be here for a few short months, not nearly long enough for us all to hold her and play with her. she won't really know us and selfishly that stinks. however, she will come home with them and the time she is gone is really just a blink. so forgive my rambling and this heart pouring session. i just really am going to miss them!!!





Sunday, June 20, 2010

all about dad

of course today is all about dad at our house. we showered him with "nate" appropriate gifts, (a large composter and composting mix). we swam with him at poppi's pool and now he is right where he wants to be... in his garden. so this post is really about the things that make us love our special dad today, like his awesome garden. not only does nate treat us like we are the greatest things in his life, he also treats his baby veggies and fruits like they are the best as well. what a great nurturing dad we have!! thanks nate for being the best for us, we could not ask for anything better! we love you!









not only do we have an amazing dad, but we are very blessed to have an awesome pepe and fabulous poppi! we love them all!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

No rain in the forecast!?!?

So if that was the forecast then WHY did it start raining at 2:01 for an outside indian creek party that began at 2:00 today? B/c that is just the way it was supposed to be and no one seemed to mind!! We had a very fun family bday today and it was everything an indian party should have been. Rain dance, tepee, body paint, beads, a raft, warriors and indian princesses!

We could not have done it without Nate's hard work! Thank you Dad!!
Our good buddy Will was getting ready for the indian party earlier in the week and tried to practice walking on hot coals. It did not go as well, so he came by early since his feet were not up for partying today! Thanks buddy!
Chief Cy's awesome tepee


Mom's makeshift indian themed party table (thanks grandmo and pep for helping set up today!)



the paint was going to be used for the tepee, but hey body paint is sooo cool!


one of the few indian princesses



Colby and one of the indian princesses


even Non got into the body paint action!


Pop trying his hand at raft dancing?



Grandmo and a tribe of WILD indians!












Happy 4th Cy!!

Today we spent the entire day celebrating the new 4 year old at our house! It was so fun this year to count down the days, b/c Cy actually understood what we were talking about. Despite the 5 a.m. massive nose bleed the day was a total success. He was so happy about each gift that he received and there were enough that Colby was able to play with them as well.

Here is my handsome man early this morning!

Blowing out our first candle of the morning, yummy cinnamon roll!

The official candle blowout of the day. All 4 candles were nothing for this indian chief.


We finished the day with a yummy dinner out and one last candle in our ice cream sundae!

Happy birthday, sweet Cy!!!