Father's Day

Each year we have family camp week at our church's camp grounds. It always begins on Father's Day which is pretty cool because the camp ground is the perfect place for Gracie and Caroline to remember their dad since he LOVED it there! The girls are standing beside the covered bridge that Josh helped build there. He never got to see it to completion but he would be so pleased with the way it turned out! The girls are standing beside a small monument built to dedicate the bridge to Josh, and there is a time capsule filled with lots of "Josh stuff" inside the concrete on it.

This year for Father's day the girls brought these purple flowers and placed them in front of the monument. They watered them and took care of them all week while we camped out. Sometimes it's hard to think of ways to help them remember and know who he was. Hopefully they will have that same love for the camp ground that he did!

He really graduated!

It happened! Finally! YAY! These are two proud parents.



...And here's one proud wife. :) Congrats, Jon!

Pics of my kids...

We had some professional pics taken of Andy and the girls today. I think this is the first time we have EVER taken them somewhere else to have pics done! The photographer took some great shots of the three of them, but she didn't take any of them by themselves, so we stopped on the way home and I snapped these: (not too shabby for an amateur like me..)

I will be sending out some copies of these soon, but I couldn't wait to share them!

Finally...a note from me

I'm caught up! I had no idea how many pictures I had taken, but it was a LOT! It feels good to have the blog updated!

We have had so much going on lately in our lives that I have become a "binge" blogger I guess. I hope to be doing better soon. Some of you may not know that Jon has been in college for several months - 18 or so. Well, he is graduating in two weeks!!! He won't be completely done with his school, but he will be able to finally work a full time job - which God blessed him with recently by the way. It has gone by so fast in some ways, but slow in others. We have been through so many transitions in just the past few months life has just been pulling us along. I'm so thankful that he will be finished with the 'heaviest" part of the college classes soon and that he has started working.

The down side to that of course is that I am now losing my Mr. Mom - the one who picked up the kids at school, cooked dinner (most of the time), did the laundry, etc, etc, etc. He has really been a lifesaver for me in those areas. I can't believe how easily he took on the jobs in the first place, but it sure was nice coming home to dinner almost ready and laundry even halfway done....

So, thanks for all you did Jon! I'm so glad you have had the opportunity to go back to college to do what you love! I Love you!

I also want to say thanks to our family for bearing with us as we have gone through these crazy times. You have been super helpful when we needed you and understanding when we haven't had time to be around like we were in the past. We are looking forward to getting to spend more time with you all as things calm down. We love you all!

Caroline's 7th Celebration

Caroline chose to celebrate her 7th birthday by taking her BFF Maddie (and sister - after a little arm bending) to Bath Junkie in Hendersonville. The chose their scents and made lotion and soap...

Love that scarf...

Running to Brixx Pizza for dinner.

Again, the tooth. We need to pull it but it's such a big deal to her - she won't let me near her mouth. I have offered several bribes with no luck. We are seeing Dr. Wendy (dentist) next week, so hopefully it will come out by then...or maybe while we're there ;)

A Little Shade please...

Caroline at Gracie's soccer game last weekend. She forgot her sunglasses, and borrowed Mr. Jon's. I think she would look cute in anything! Gotta love that crooked tooth in her mouth...

More Stella

I love this pic of these two dogs! They're sharing a stick here - Gracie took their picture...