4th of July Weekend

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! We started it off with the parade on Saturday morning. My sister Lori lives in the neighborhood of the parade and it has been a tradition of ours since Kaylee was a baby. It was a little sad this year to not have Kaylee there. She was on vacation with her dad. Ruthie was much more into this year than last. We had a great time participating and the fellowship with friends and family afterwards in Lori's front yard.

Our float

Getting a little coke from Papa before the parade. She knows who to go to in order to get these type of things

Heading out to line up. She was so excited!!

Waving at the "paparazzi" in Lori's yard. There must have been 15 cameras flashing as we came by. She is one blessed little girl

She ate 5 suckers during the parade!

Can I get a "whoop whoop"? Her Aunt Lori taught her this new trick

After the parade, we headed to the cabin for some fun on the lake. Lori, Whitley and Steven came out and played with us.

Ruthie took a ride with them on the tube

Waving at us on the boat

They didn't get to ride full speed again after Ruthie got on with them, because she wasn't getting off until everyone else did

On Sunday we had even more fun on the water. Ruthie had too much fun swimming in the lake and had to catch a nap in her pool from last year. What a difference a year makes! She can't even fit in the thing anymore

Snoozing away

That afternoon we had a cabin full of friends and family. We cooked out, shot fireworks and had so much fun!

Ruthie got Papa in the pool with her

She LOVED the chicken wings that JoJo brought

It was a fabulous weekend spent with fabulous people!

VBS!!!

A few weeks ago we had VBS at our church. I took Ruthie every night even though there wasn't technically a class for her age. She loved watching all the children and participated in the crafts, music, and eating sessions. She wasn't much on sitting still for story time. The theme this year was "Road Trip" Each night they had a different theme to dress up in based upon where they were going that night. I, of course, only have pictures from one night. It was western night.

My little cowgirl

Carson offering his hat to Ruthie

She loved to dance along to the theme song

We are still performing this number. She is trying to do her hands to say Route 254. The basis of this year's theme was Psalms 2:54.

We had so much fun all week long and are very appreciative to all those that made it such a wonderful experience!

Father's Day Weekend

Dustin wanted to go to the cabin for Father's Day weekend, so that is exactly what we did. We have so much fun when we are there. Ruthie loves the water, being outside from sun up until sun down, and of course all the attention she gets. Dustin loves a lot of the same things about it plus he gets to grill almost every meal. I mean it is like heaven for him. That boy loves a grill and we love everything he prepares on it. We went out on Friday afternoon so that we could have all day Saturday to enjoy!

Ruthie taking a swing break

The picture below deserves a little explaining. We were all inside and I went out to check on Ruthie and Dustin and this is what I found. I asked him why he was in the pool and his answer was "she wanted me to get in" Ruthie definitely has her Daddy exactly where she wants him and he wouldn't have it any other way!

Aunt Lori and Kaylee stopped by for a little fun on the lake. Ruthie loves when we stop for swim breaks

Enjoying the water with Kaylee and Aunt Lori

Too much fun in the water equals a nap on sweet Kaylee

So relaxed!

For some reason, I have no pictures from Sunday. The day that we were there to celebrate. I am sad. Ruthie and I got up that morning and went to church at Mt Pisgah with my dad. We went back over to his house for a little while before heading back to the cabin. There was a photo shoot, but I had left my camera at the cabin. I will have to get copies. We had lunch with Dustin and Pop E before loading up and heading back home. It was a wonderful weekend in honor of a wonderful father!

Playing Catch Up

I am working on posts from the last month of our life. It has been super busy, so the blog has been neglected. I hope to have it all up to date within the next day or so