Orange Beach, Alabama

We had a great time this past week in Orange Beach with Amy’s whole family. This has been an annual trip for us the past several years and we always enjoy spending time together. We were there Sunday through Thursday and the weather was perfect, the ocean was calm enough to float in, and the kids had a great time playing in the sand and swimming in the ocean and the pool (they came in exhausted every night). Thank you Tom and Linda for making the trip possible!

4th of July Weekend

What a wonderful 4th of July weekend we had celebrating with family! The girls and I first went to Rome, where we celebrated Cousin Luke's 2nd Birthday. Then on to Scottsboro where we spent several days visiting. We missed Cary, but he had to stay in Auburn to work. Here are some pictures of our fun times.

Tyler and Marlee

Happy Birthday Luke!

Laney and Jeri the cat

Marlee

Cousin Hope

Laney loves the water!

Aubrey and Marlee

Aubrey with a snap 'n pop

Uncle Jimmy and Hope

Jimdaddy

Watching fireworks

Na-Na and her granddaughters

I have a lot more pictures to share. I will try to put them in a slide show later this week.

Summer Fun

I'm sorry that I'm a couple of weeks late posting this, but here are the pictures from our fun-filled week in Rome with May-May and Paw-Paw. We had a great time! The girls really enjoyed Kangaroo Jakes, which is a huge place with lots of inflatables and jumpy things. We stayed for several hours and they were worn out afterwards! Another treat was being able to attend the Rome Braves game. Tom Glavine was pitching there on a re-hab assignment. Little did we know that the Braves would release him the very next day. And.... the girls favorite event of the week was going to Lake Winnie in Chattanooga. We met Na-Na, Jimdaddy, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Carisa, and Hope there. Uncle Joe, Aunt Stacy, and Avery also joined in the fun. Unfortunately, Paw-Paw was not able to go since he had a stomach bug that the girls and I passed to him. We were so sorry that he missed out on such an exciting day! After Lake Winnie, we went to Joe & Stacy's house where Joe grilled us some yummy hot dogs and we had cupcakes to celebrate Avery's birthday. Thank you May-May and Paw-Paw for an unforgettable week!

Marlee's Baptism

We are thrilled that Marlee recently asked Jesus into her heart. Last night, she was baptized. She was so excited and not nervous at all. Marlee has such a sweet spirit, and her love for Christ really shines through. We know that God has big plans for her life!

Here's a video clip of her baptism:

Busy Week

We have been very busy the past few days. We're enjoying Vacation Bible School at church, and yesterday we made a fast trip to Montgomery to re-order Aubrey's 1 year pics and take a few 15 month ones. A bird flew in the house and landed on Aubrey's 1 year picture that was hanging in the hall and pooped on it, therefore we had to talk to the sweet girl at JCP about getting us a deal on another one. I went ahead and bought the disc with the copyright just in case we have anymore unexpected accidents. Never a dull moment, that's for sure.

The girls have been saving up their money to make Build-a-Bears, so we did that while we were in Montgomery as well. Sorry the picture is a little blurry.

We had a fun time last week visiting with May-May and Paw-Paw in Rome. I'll be posting pictures of that soon.

15 Months

Aubrey turned 15 months old on the 22nd of May. I took her to the doctor on Friday for her check up and she weighs 23 lbs. 10 oz. She is still in about the 75th percentile in both height and weight. She is into everything, but she's just so cute and sweet, that it's hard to get mad at her. Climbing, messing with the computer, and pretending to talk on the phone are some of her favorite activities. She can say several words including hi, hey, daddy, mama, baby, and ball. She can also moo like a cow, and we're working on other animal sounds. She gives the sweetest hugs and kisses and is such a loving baby. Here are a few recent pictures that capture her personality:

It wasn't me!

Cool Shades

Look at those legs!

Dancing to Taylor Swift with Shelby

She loves the balls in front of Target.

Playing in the rain

Aubrey & Marlee

And finally, a video clip that Cary took of Aubrey "talking" on the phone.

Shelby's 5th Grade Graduation

Shelby graduated from Elementary School last week. It is so hard to believe that she will be in Middle School next year. It does not seem possible! The graduation ceremony was quite a production complete with a slide show, songs, and a balloon drop. We were glad that May-May and Paw-Paw were here to share in the excitement. We love you, Shelby, and are so proud of you!

I promise Shelby does own other outfits. You will probably recognize this dress from Easter and her piano recital. I bought her a cute dressy legging set to wear for graduation, but then all of her friends told her they were dressing really fancy, so we pulled this dress out for an encore.