This weekend

What a great weekend so far!

Mark had ball practice yesterday. Jim is coaching his team for the fall. It will be an interesting season since I think the only kid who has played before is Mark. It will be good practice if nothing else. After practice, lily practiced pitching in the backyard for a while then we were off to a sounds game. AAA team for the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a lot of fun!

Today is church and practice for Lily. We heard from her coach yesterday so and learned that she was accepted on a team. This should be a fun and busy fall!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Oh yes and PS for those who don't know...we picked up Lily's first pair of glasses on Friday :)

Busy weekend!

We had 2 birthday parties and 2 different friends came from out of town and I was able to spend some time with them. It was a great time!

Here are some pictures - 2 of which i took from Laurie :)

 Ashlyn's birthday party

 Picture below are my kids and Lindsey's kids...Madison who Lily basically grew up with is on the end by Lily. So great to see them!

Then this is a video of Ella skating on real roller skates at Ashlyn's party. She's amazing. Mark made it around once, but gave up pretty quickly and needed my assistance. Ella didn't even want my help to get up. 

It was a great weekend! I'm so glad to see my friends, especially ones I haven't seen in a few months. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Great trip!

Our Holiday World trip was so much fun! Grandma Judy & Aunt Jill joined us for our two day venture to Santa Claus, Indiana. We went the camping route and rented a trailer. It was exhausting but we still managed to close the park down on Thursday. It was such a great time and we can't wait for our next trip!

End of Day 1

Holiday World

Just shy of 5 hours left in the first day at holiday world. So much fun has been had!

July has been one busy month!

I apologize I've been so terrible - once again - posting to the board. I've tried to get better about facebook because I know a lot of followers are on there, but haven't taken into account that some may not have a facebook account. This month has been really busy, but I will do my best to recap.

Lily was away for most of the month of July. She spent the first weekend with Dave & Cindy camping and had a great time! Camila left for Brazil that following Tuesday. We miss her so much already! Then Lily left for two weeks to Carl's. She's back now and we are so excited for our upcoming trip to Holiday World! I will post later on that.

Ella had a 2 week dance camp and she absolutely loved it! She can't wait to start again! She's her normal bossy self, but she learns the moves and pays attention.

Before Lily left me for almost the entire month of July, I took her to see one of my favorite musicals of ALL time - Into the Woods. It was a fun time!

The day before the 4th of July, I rescued a 3 week old baby kitten that lost its mother shortly before. He was in the bushes in the back lot at my work. He staggered out into the wide lot and I didn't have the heart to leave it. So I took it home and we've been bottle feeding this little guy. He's finally eating semi-solid food and using the litter box. Now its time to decide if we keep him or find a home for him. We haven't named him, but the kids are attached.

A week and a half ago, Jim and Mark got into an accident that totaled Jim's truck. Thank god they are both doing fine! Mark was the only one to sustain any type of injury and he has fully recovered since. We are so grateful! The next week he asked me if we could go walk the pups at PAWS. I have taken Lily to this non-kill shelter to walk the dogs or give them a bath.

We are in the last week of July and tomorrow we are taking off for Santa Claus, Indiana for some Holiday World fun! I hope to post while i'm out and about, but you know how that goes with my empty promises haha I will try though!

I hope everyone has a fantastic week and Happy *almost* August!

Cheers

Painting at Sarah's

It's Saturday and today Ella and I went over to our friend Sarah's house to paint birdhouses while Mark and Daddy went to get their hair cut. We had a lot of fun!

4th of July

It's been really hot and dry, so our city along with many surrounding cities banned the use of fireworks. Because of this and the 4th happening mid week, we decided to stay home and have everyone over to cook out and swim. It was a fun day!

Here are some shots of the kids playing with their ELEVEN DOLLAR sparklers

 Camila writes Ella's name....

 A few with the flash on so you can see the kids faces

Elizabeth swims!

Saturday at Burgess Falls

It's the 75th anniversary of TN state parks and today is also a butterfly exhibit. So far here are some pictures Lily took and I took of Lily :)