Happy Father's Day to the Best!!! and Other Things

This week we have been kind of busy. Sunday was Father's Day!
I am so thankful for my husband who is an amazing daddy to his girls. They are so blessed!

Norman and his girls

We are also very thankful for Pepaw and D! Y'all are the best!

Pepaw and his girls

Norman and his daddy

D and his girls

On Father's Day we went to church and then ate lunch at Memaw's. After lunch Norman, me, the girls and Pepaw swam. Thanks to the "pool boy" the water was beautiful.

Later in the afternoon, D and Nana came to eat supper and swim with us. We had a wonderful Father's Day!

Nana and Emma Klaire

Nana and Ella Kate

Too Cool!!!!

Ok...now to try some video...............ha! Well I can't figure it out. I am going to go ahead and post this, and then I will get Norman to help me sometime.

Monday we stayed around the house, swam, and napped, etc. Tuesday Ella Kate had an orthodontic appointment (yes....braces this summer!), so we went and had lunch at Chick-fil-a....her favorite. Today I took Emma Klaire to her "school" to play for a bit. She actually got up and was very excited to see her friends.......which makes me a happy mama. It is so nice not to have to worry about her! She has moved up (that makes me kind of sad :(   though). She is now in the four year old room with Ms Annie....whom we adore! Anyway she had a great day!

Pepaw, Ella Kate, and I went to see Mr. Popper's Penguin. It was a really cute movie, and we had a great time. We have church tonight, so I got to get supper ready.

So until next time.............I hope you find much JOY!

Children's Camp 2011

Last week Ella Kate and I went to children's camp at Lake Dorah. We left Thursday morning and got back Saturday morning. We had a great time. Our youth always do an awesome job. It was a jammed pack few days!

Off to camp...Sara, Ella Kate, and Allie

Haley and Ella Kate

Playing games...can you find Ella Kate?

The camp crew!

Just Hanging Out and Blogging For a Year!

The past few days or so we have just been hanging out! We sleep late, swim, swim, play, and stay up late. I love my time with the girls!
I have now been blogging for a year now. I hope to find out how to make it into a book. I would like to make a book once a year. I am so glad that I started my blog.............I so wish I had done it earlier. Anyway it is a great, quick way to record memories!

Below are some pictures of our yard and of course the girls:

These are for you...Aunt Jancie!

This color is my favorite of all my lilies.

Below Emma Klaire is brushing her teeth. I just love the stool, and I know one day in the near future she won't need it :(

This is Ella Kate trying out her daddy's new coffee maker. Who knew? They make hot chocolate K-cups. Yummy!

Playing in the sprinkler after the pool....

So until next time.............I hope you find much JOY!

 Our lilies are really showing out this year.

Cookout and Friends Swimming

Ella Kate got to go to her teacher's house for a cookout the first Saturday in June. Mrs. Patterson rewarded them for all their hard work on the MCT2. Ella Kate had a blast!
Ella Kate, Anna Crane, and Maclaine

 Mrs. Patterson, Sol, and Ella Kate

Today Ella Kate had Anna Crane and Elizabeth Grace over to swim and play. They have had a ball and should sleep reallly well tonight! I didn't get a picture .........................I need to start taking pictures again. I have really slacked on that part.

So until next time.............I hope you have much JOY!

A Wonderful Husband and Daddy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Tuesday, May 31st, Norman had a birthday!!!

I could not find a recent picture......except this one...:) Thanks Norman for being a wonderful, loving, coffee-drinking husband and daddy. You are the best. We had just gotten home from Texas at 3:30 in the morning the day of his birthday. But I found the energy to go get groceries and have birthday supper...yummy! We had grilled chicken, homemade mac and cheese, homemade ice cream, etc. We bought a cake so that Ella Kate could put a Pac Man on top. He likes to reminisce about his Pac Man days. Ha! He got a Keurig Coffee Maker for his birthday, Father's Day, etc. He is enjoying it...........I must say.

Once again is an amazing husband and daddy, and I am very thankful for him.

So Until Next time..............I hope you find much JOY!

Can You Find Kadence?

Emma Klaire loves to play "nap time" with her babies, so at KK's we played "nap time" with Kadence. Ha!

Norman and Jonathan went to a Rangers game while we were in Texas. Norman ( and JC) had a blast! Norman has told the story how the Rangers hit back to back to back home runs!! Obviously it was something to see!!!! While the guys were there, us girls took Kadence on her first trip to Target....Go Girls!!!!!!!!!

Norman being Norman :)

                                                         More sweet snapshots!!!

Emma Klaire was helping put lotion on Kadence after her first bath............awwwww

This week we have been enduring this HEAT by swimming, swimming, and swimming :)
So until next time.............I hope you find much JOY!!

Our Texas Trip to See Our Texas Baby...

.... and of course her wonderful mama and daddy!

JC, KK, and Kadence!

My last day of school was last Wednesday, May 25th. We packed and headed out when Norman got home from work Thursday.

We drove to Bryant, Arkansas and spent the night. The girls thought that was cool. Especially Emma Klaire............she just couldn't believe there was a bed, and we were staying there! Ha!

At our hotel

We got up Friday morning and finished our trip. We got to KK's house around 2:00. We couldn't wait to get our hands on that precious baby. I gave her many kisses! We pretty much just stayed around their house and took turns holding Kadence. (If you can spoil one that young......I think we took care of it! Ha!)

The girls :)

Emma Klaire and Kadence Rae

Ella Kate and Kadence ;)

They were both so good with her.

So sweet

                                                              

                                  Lots of kisses for Kadence!

Norman and I holding Kadence :) See we did let Norman have a short turn!  hee hee

Kadence had her first trip to Target and her first bath while we were there. I have several more (actually many more HA!) pictures to share. I just really wanted to get at least one post posted.




***On a different note....since we have been home we have swam, swam, and swam some more. If you look back at some of my post last year there are some pictures of where Emma Klaire started swimming some. Well this afternoon she started again. Really swimming.....like several feet.....so sweet. I remember well when Ella Kate started swimming. I love watching them learn and feeling so proud. I will try to post pictures of both of them swimming soon.                                                

One more snapshot of Kadence before I go...............

Don't these pictures just make you want to hold her and shower her with kisses!

So until next time....................I hope you find much JOY!