Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Family Reunion 2012

Check out our oh-so-fun family reunion in East Texas! We had some much-needed time with sweet cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandma!



Audrey, Reagan, Cayden, Layton, Brenna, Jackson
Hailey, Cooper, Avery

The chefs/pool boys--Josh and Ryan

Amber, Albany, Brandy






Sisters Jerrilynn and Gwen with Avery
 Reagan--Belly flops every time!

 Awpa and Nana

 4 Generations
 Nanny's Great-Grandkids
Can't wait for next year!!

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Joined at the heart and hip...

Watching these sisters be sisters is one of the greatest things in my life.
They really are joined at the heart and the hip, doing everything together from playing to sleeping. They are really never apart and only fuss occasionally. 

Brenna doesn't understand when Audrey is old enough to do something that she can't yet. At church a few weeks ago, Audrey got up to go to Children's Church and Brenna started to follow her. I told her she still had to stay with us, and we watched Audrey walk the aisle and go out the door with the group. I looked down to find Brenna's little eyes full of tears as she watched her go without her...

Audrey has really helped Brenna learn alot about pretend play. They will be happily gone in their rooms playing princess or puzzles or horses or dogs for long periods of time...giving me some great down time or chore time! 

They even share clothes already :) Notice the switch in the next picture.


"Brennaudrey"
I hope they are always the best of friends.
"A sister for you,
a sister for me,
How very blessed 
we must be!"

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Blasts from the Past

We have had several great friends visit this summer that have been in our lives for many special years now...

The Bauman boys came to play a couple of days! We met these guys when they were 3 and 6 months old, and I kept Trey for a whole year at my house. They have really grown up, and Trey has lots of hair now as opposed to his first 2 years :)
Here were the Three Musketeers the first year I kept kids--2008: Trey, Audrey, and Caden early one morning :)
And a few months later when they could all finally walk--2009...and our house under construction :/
Caden has probably been Audrey's friend for the longest besides Layton, and we have gotten to spend great time with him and Danica this summer, too!

Can you believe they used to both fit in my lap :)
Caden stayed with us from age 1-4, minus summers and maternity! He is entering Kindergarten this year!
Then, I think Kinsey was Audrey's first girl-friend. She started staying here right after she turned 2, and we have another year with this sweet girl!
Sweet friends from day 1!

Spring 2011
End of May 2012--friends reunited in the sand box, with a little less room after a year :)
Summer 2011--Lots of little hineys have perched on this step through the past 4 years :)

Summer 2012
Then another friend we were so excited to spend a few hours with was Baby Faith...who is not a baby anymore! She and her parents Chris and Laura moved from Comanche a couple of weeks before Brenna was born and we have missed them ever since :( We are thrilled to get to spend some more time with them soon!
Fall 2009--Audrey doing tricks for "Lala" and "Baby Faith, Brenna in my tummy!
All these kids...Wow! They have all been a blast!

Friday, July 13, 2012

What will you make today?

Whether its making funny faces, 


making human pyramids,

making new friends,

making someone smile, 
making a masterpiece,
making a mess,

or making memories, 

just always try to make the world a better place!