Happy 4th!

We had a great 4th of July! We had a huge pitch in at our neighbor's home. It was very fun to hang out and chat with everyone - and teh food was spectacular - no joke . . . . Emily got to see her favorite dog, Maxx, who has been living in Greenwood now - so that was a sweet reunion - Jill and George came to be with us, too! After the cookout, we had a brief break at home, then we went to get in our spots for the fireworks. That was fun, too. Our friends Wes and Heather joined us, as did our neighbor group from the pitch in. It was hard to get the girls to go to sleep when we got home as they were scared of the fireworks still popping outside - ughhh - but they finally conked out of sheer exhaustion!
Brian, Emily and Maxx

George and Jill

Brian and Erma

Aunt Jill and Uncle George take the girls for a stroll while we wait for the fireworks.

Bubbly Bubble Bath

Saturday night the girls took a bubble bath in papaw's BIG spa tub. I ran the jets just enough to get the bubbles HUGE - the girls loved it! Here are some bubbly shots!

Time at the Lake

We had a great day Saturday at my dad's. Here were some of the highlights. . . Maddie and dad swimming.

Sweet Cheeks riding on the boat. This was the first time that Maddie enjoyed the boat.

This was the first time that Emily ever tubed - which was a big deal to Brian and I. She did great until Brian was explaining to her what to do if they fell off - and she freaked out and wanted off!

Maddie was striking the cutest poses on the boat.

Tam Lines

This girl gets sun SOOO quickly - it is AMAZING - had to share her stinking adorable tan lines.

Sisters

The girls LOVE to look at pictures on the computer - pics of them, silly emails, etc. Here they are doing it together.

Would you rather????

Brian and I have some fun question type books left from our youth ministry days. Emily has discovered them and loves to be asked the questions. Last night, I was doing some - and tried to include Maddie as well.

First I asked Emily - "Would you rather have no hair or no toes??"

She thought long and hard about this then answered - "I want both!!!!" (not completely understanding that the point is that these are difficult, tricky questions.

Next, I asked Madeline "Would you rather have straight hair or curly hair?"

To which she replied, "No TOES!!!"

We laughed and laughed!!!

Blessing Neighbors

The other day I found some pretty wild flowers near our home. Emily has often talked about "going to pick flowers", so I made a mental note to bring the girls there some day. So - this weekend - we have a really low key weekend. Brian is on call - so we have to stick close to home - and besides the baseball game Friday night, we have NO PLANS for the whole weekend!!!! It is so nice! So, today we took the girls and cut some flowers. The pretty pink ones have lots of thorns - ughh. We arranged them in vases and let the girls pick which neighbors they wanted to bring them to. We only had enough for 3 vases. Then the girls made pictures out of some of the spare petals. It was very fun walking to the neighbors houses and giving them the gifts! The girls enjoyed it! The only problem? There were LOTS of little bugs that travelled into our house by the flowers - and Maddie DID NOT welcome these little creepy visitors. She was FREAKING OUT everytime she would see on. A little traumatic - but worth it.

Emily decided this one was her little umbrella. . .

Arranging the flowers

posing with our gifts