Cutie Pie

My sweet baby girl... LOVE her so!!

Happy Camper!

My big boy is at day camp this week! It's his first time to go and he has loved it! The pool and the waterfront are his favorite activities, but yesterday he rode the zip line on the ropes course. He said he loved that, too. We are so proud of him for going to camp and for trying new things! This is a picture from the camp website of Andrew climbing the 30' rock wall. Way to go, Buddy! We love you!

10 years!

Yesterday Wilson and I celebrated 10 years of marriage. It's been 10 years full of growth and love and blessings. I am so thankful to have a husband who loves the Lord and his family, who seeks to honor the Lord and serve his wife and children, who is honest and hard-working...and so much more! We are sinners and life isn't always easy, but we serve a most gracious, merciful God. We are so blessed... And I am thankful! I can't wait to see what the next 10 years bring!

I love you, dear!

A fun lunch!

Sarah Elizabeth and I met Wilson for lunch today. What a treat to enjoy lunch with my husband and baby girl!

A little summer fun...

I decided to try out the blogger phone app. I seem to sit at the computer less and less often these days, and I always have my phone with me. Plus, I take a good many pics with my phone. So it seems like this may be a good option for blogging for now. :). I am just hoping the pics I want to post are going to appear!

We had a great time playing in the water hose yesterday morning. We played with water balloons, built a "beaver dam", washed the car... Then we followed the fun with a popsicle. Sweet baby sister napped in the garage during the fun. We are loving summer!

a few from lately

Here are a few pictures of my favorite little kiddos!  

These 2 really love playing together - and dressing up is one of their favorite things to do.

She has become a wonderful little helper in the kitchen... actually they all are!

Andrew is being silly with his pretzels.

Swinging in this beautiful spring weather is always a favorite.

                        

They have been picking flowers and "getting married" - too cute!  And a little limbo!

Spring Fun!

Sibling Love!

 Funny face!

 Beautiful girl!

 2 of his favorites... Super hero and legos

 Camping out!

 Picnic Dinner

 Lost tooth #2

 S'mores!

 Sweet friends...

 Cute girls!

 Cuddle time with my babies...

 Close to welcoming baby #4!

Valentine's Day

Our Soccer Player

Andrew is playing soccer this season - I'm actually not sure whether it's called Winter or Spring Soccer... we missed the Fall season and joined the team for this one.  However, with all of the rain that has taken place lately, we have only had 2 Saturdays to play.   Andrew is having fun and that's what we had hoped for in signing him up!

"Hey!"

There he is, #21, getting into the action!

A smile for his momma :)

Kicking!

Here are a few of the players gathered for a little coaching moment with Wilson.  When Wilson called to make sure Andrew had been placed on the team, they informed him that the coach had to step down.  They had been looking for someone to take his place, so Wilson volunteered.  

Andrew loves it when family comes to see him play.  Bubby and/or May May have made it to all the games, and Izzy and UncDawg made it to one last weekend!

Ann Evelyn would run out on the field to play with them if she could!  She just may be a little athlete herself!  She made friends with a little girl who had this pink soccer ball, and they played the entire time.

Love this picture!  We are making some fun memories!

Ephesians 2:8-9

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast."

I wanted to share this short video of Forrest and Andrew reciting Ephesians 2:8-9.

I am a proud mama... to see and hear these boys hiding God's word in their heart.

And I am a thankful wife... to have a husband who loves and disciples his children.  The boys have been working on this verse during their ride to preschool with Wilson in the mornings.  They surprised me with it a couple of nights ago. :)  I love seeing how the Lord is working in the lives of my children - and in our family!  Thank you, Lord!

Love them!

They bring a smile to my face!  We are so blessed!

May our true joy come from the LORD!

My big boy! (and a few more pics)

He lost his first tooth!

I am a little sad about my first born growing up, but if you could see my sweet boy's excitement over his first lost tooth then you'd understand how I'm smiling, too!

I love this little boy so much!

He first realized it was loose about 2 weeks ago at Wednesday night church. Over the past few days it has been getting "looser and looser". He has been moving it around with his tongue and wiggling it, and this morning it was barely hanging in there. Wilson mentioned that he just give it a little tug. He did and out it came! He was so proud!

I took this picture of Andrew Monday morning before school, because I knew it wasn't going to be long 'til that tooth had come out.

And here's one of all 3 kiddos that same day - Andrew ready for school and Ann Evelyn & Forrest still in pjs.

This sweetie is growing up, too. It might not be completely official quite yet, but we are almost potty-trained! She has been doing really well this week with just a couple of accidents. We are so proud! She requested "two ponytails" for church Sunday, and I thought it was so cute. :)

And very long overdue...

our first picture on the blog of sweet baby #4. We had a sonogram today, and of course, we loved getting a glimpse of this little one. I just love this precious profile picture! We are getting very excited about meeting this new member of our family in just a couple of months.