Happy Fourth of July!!!

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! On the fourth Nana, D, the girls, William, KK, JC, and Kadence went to meet some new cousins. Daddy's nephew Mark has two daughters who each have had a new baby daughter a few months before Kadence. (He also has a son.) Krista's baby is Olivia Claire, and Shanna's baby is Emi Jane. Emi Jane was born twenty four or five weeks early. She weighed a pound and a few ounces. She was tiny. She now weighs 10 pounds and is doing well. Oliva Claire was born at the end of Feb., and our Kadence was born May 11th.

Lots of cousins!

L to R
Shanna and Emi Jane
Krista and Olivia Claire
KK and Kadence

Aunt Mary Jane, Uncle Wadelo (daddy's brother), Kadence, KK, and JC





Emi Jane, Olivia Claire, and Kadence

Later that day we went to our annual 4th of July Celebration at Ronny and Tami's hose.

Daddy, Norman, and Jay

Tami and Kadence

KK and my girls

Aunt Kathy, Micah, Adam, and Kadence

Kk and Gran Gran

Nana and Emma Klaire

Kadence swimming with her mommy and daddy. Do you see my little fish in the background?

Today Emma Klaire is going to spend some one on one time with Nana while Ella Kate and I go have a girls' day out! Old Venice and shopping!!!!!!!
So until next time..............I hope you find much Joy!!!

A Post At Last!

Summer is flying by, and we are enjoying our last few days of sleeping late, swimming, and doing as we please! It has really been an amazing summer. This week we have not done anything much. Exactly the way I wanted it. Elijah was here the first part of the week, and Elizabeth Grace came and swam awhile today. Otherwise we have just "hung out." Below are just some random pictures:

She just couldn't take it anymore...She is out!

?????....Loves her purses, dresses, and babies.....

I didn't realize this was so fuzzy, but this is Memaw's "slide"..aka ironing board.

The last Wednesday of June (wow...I am so behind) Nana, the girls, and I went to pick up William at the airport. The girls always love to go and watch the planes and pick up someone. They have learned that picking up someone at the airport is much more fun than taking someone to the airport!

We sure do miss Uncle William when he has to leave!

We got to have a good visit with him though.The girls got to spend a lot of good, quality time with him. He came to our house and swam that Friday. Saturday we awaited the arrival of KK, JC, and baby Kadence. Her first trip to Mississippi. They got to Nana's around 2:00 right after I dropped and broke a FULL bottle of hot pink nail polish on Nana's tile floor!!! Talk about a mess!!!!!! Anyway it was great to have everyone home. That Sunday everyone went to our church and then Monday we all went to Ronny and Tami's house to celebrate the Fourth of July.



As you can see, it takes a lot of people to give Kadence a bath.  Just kidding! We just all wanted to help. She is taking a bath in Emma Klaire's babies bathtub.



She is in love with her cousin!

D, Nana, and Kadence at her first trip to Aunt J.J.'s house.

William's first time to hold Kadence.

JC and my girls

Gran Gran's first time to hold Kadence.

Sweet Baby!

Going Swimming...........

I will pick back up with July 5 soon...

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

The Heat is On!!!!

WOW!!! IT IS SOOOOO HOT! I love summer, but the heat is rough. Thank goodness most days we can just play in the pool. One of the hardest parts of going back to school in August (besides having to get back on a schedule with an alarm clock) is the extreme heat. Enough about school for now............that will come soon enough!

Yesterday we just hung out at the pool and then went to vbs. Elizabeth Grace spent the night with Ella Kate tonight.

The last week of June Nana, the girls, and me went to spend the night with Aunt Kathy. Adam and Micah came and spent the night also. We always make such good memories there.

Emma Klaire packing!

Doing art at Aunt Kathy's

Look at those curls!!!

Aunt Kathy, Micah, Adam, Emma Klaire, Ella Kate, and Nana

Adam and Micah call Aunt Kathy... Nana, so we called them Nana K and Nana W while we visited. Ha!

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

VBS and Other Stuff :)

This week is VBS at our church. THE BIG APPLE ADVENTURE...the girls are having a blast. I am teaching the kindergarten class which is great. Yesterday we stayed at home and swam and cleaned until VBS time. Today we went to an orthodontic appointment and then to the mall.

I am still playing catch up........ Thursday June 23 the girls, Nana, and me went to Gran Gran's house and played. It was so good to get to go back to her house.

                                                         Pictures from Gran Gran's

That Friday we just hung out at home. (It is amazing how even though it is summer.......we stay so busy! I cherish our days of just staying at home.) Saturday and Sunday were just a regular weekend. Ella Kate had a Sunday School swimming party at Mrs. Michelle's that Saturday night. Sunday Elijah came to stay a few days at "Pepaw Camp."

Too much fun!!!

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

I will pick up with the last week of June :)

Watermelon and Playing Catch Up!

I can NOT believe how much time I have let go by. Each week of the summer so far (and the weeks to come) have been amazing and most of them have been busy!!! I have so much to blog about and of course so many pictures!!!!

Below are just some random pictures I have been wanting to post:

Sisters riding in the jeep....one of their favorite things to do!

Emma Klaire trying to drive.....

Emma Klaire working..Ha!

Ella Kate Chillin'.....:)

Ella Kate's cabbage that she grew (with Pepaw's help) from school!  WOW!!!



The cabbage head!




Emma Klaire had to help show it off.  LOL



Pepaw and his awesome garden!




Memaw and the awesome garden!

Emma Klaire and Ella Kate eating some yummy watermelon ..yum yum!

All of these pictures were taken by Pepaw...thanks for sharing...

I will post what we have been doing the past few weeks in the next couple of days..........................or at least that is my plan! Ha!!

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

...and yes I know I need help learning how to center and align these pictures and captions...HELP  blogger friends!!!!!