The past few days

We are always up to something.  This past weekend & week was no different.  On Sat. was the 50th annual Mt. Laurel Festival.  It is always the weekend of my birthday so it is something that I have always gone to.  We went to the parade that morning.  The kids' last parade was at Disney World, so they thought we were going to see the characters then ride rides.  I hope they were not too disappointed.  

Eating muffins waiting on the parade

Charlotte waving to the beauty queens in the cars

Picking up candy

All of his candy

 Monday was my birthday.  We grilled out with my parents and had cake.  If you can't see the numbers on the cake it should say 36, but the 6 was turned backward!

Singing to mommy

Tonight was the last night of Puggles.  I don't think they have realized it yet, but when they do they will be really upset.  They LOVE Puggles.  As soon as they get up for their naps on Wednesdays they are raring to go.  They have learned Genesis 1:1, John 3:16 and the first 5 books in the Bible.  They have so much fun with their class and love their teachers.  

 Everyone in the class got an award based on their personality

Evan got the Barnabas award because he  was an encouragement to his class.

Charlotte got Most Creative because she loves to draw & color.

Ellie got the Sunshine award for her fun loving attitude.  

We can't wait for the long holiday weekend.  We have so much fun with these three.

Happy Mother's Day 2012

This is the Mom of the Year and today is her day.  As you can see her award was a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a hand crafted card. 

The crazy hat Jennifer is wearing is actually three crowns that the kids made at church.

They were good all day today.  They all woke up in great moods and got ready for church.  After church we went to eat lunch at the Attic.  It is a nice restaurant and not a place we would typically go, but that's what Jennifer wanted.  They were perfect little angels.  They were quite. They ate.  They were patient.  They really showed how much they loved their Mommy.   

Here's the gang ending the night hanging out on the couch.  

From Ellie, Evan, and Charlotte - WE LOVE YOU MOMMY!

Fishing & Camping

Last Friday we went and saw daddy at his company's fishing tournament on Lake Oconee.  He went down on Thursday and camped and we met him at weigh-in/lunch on Friday.  They were so excited to see the water.  

 Watching the fish get weighed.  Evan and Ellie liked to watch.  Charlotte stayed in my lap.  

 Ellie loves playing in dirt.  

 Helping daddy give out door prizes.

 Evan with his door prize hat.  

 Then we went camping for the weekend.  

 They also love playing in the rocks.  

 Even Miss Priss

 Roasting marshmallow for smores.  

 Sharing with mommy!

 As Ellie would say "Delicious"

 On Saturday it was time to celebrate this TEENAGER, yes Michelle turned 13!  

 After cake and ice cream they went swimming.  

 We had lots of fun with the family then came back to the camper to play some more.  

 We played with play-doh

 Evan had a cow.  

Before we left we played at the edge of the lake for a few minutes.  

These kids love camping!

Swimming Time

We really enjoyed the pool while in Gatlinburg.  Ellie loves to swim and Evan got a little braver this time too.  

 There was a kids slide and a big slide and Ellie went down both.  

 Charlotte stills likes to just play in the shallow end and pose.  

 This is her new pose.

 On the way home we had a little picnic and took some pictures on the big rocks.  

Love these little ones!