This Makes Me Smile.....

....seeing this precious face....

.....hearing this silly giggle....

....smelling these....

....hearing these squeals....

....watching him grow....

....catching Lightening Bugs.....

.......watching their Daddy build shelves for the playhouse.....

...seeing the smile of this proud "helper"....

....hearing her sing "Jesus Wuvs Me".....

....Kissing these cheeks.....

...having her help me do dishes....

....watching a big sister that thoroughly adores her little brother......

....hearing her call, "Supper's Ready.....

That is why I smile! :)

Miss Amy...

I took this little Lady's pictures on her first birthday.  She is a cutie-pie and full of life.

I loved the violets that she was sitting in.

Okay, Lady, get me out of here!

Happy Birthday, Amy!!

Elise...

It was so nice to have Elise here for a very short visit.   We love it when she comes home!

Owen especially was thrilled to have her home because for some reason he has her tightly tied around his little finger and can seem to get her to do anything he wants. :)

These have nothing to do with Elise.  I just thought they were pretty. :)

We love you, Elise, and are SO proud of you!!!

The other day we were in a store and the clerk made a comment about how nice our children were and Kristyn said,  "Oh, I have an older sister, but she's 20 and she's in college."  She gave us some pretty "WOW"  looks...I didn't even try to explain. :)

Then and Now...

This was the boys last week:

These are the same boys that evening:

Ahhh, much better!

Look What's Bloomin'....

Fun with Family...

We had so much fun last weekend when Kyle and Mandy came to visit.  We went out to Michaels farm for the day and enjoyed the sunshine.

Catching Crawdads was definitely a favorite of the day.

And playing in the sand.

And "fishing" with a huge rope. :)

Megan trying to help Ava put her shoes on.

You can hop on over to Mandy's Blog to see more pictures.

Thank you for coming, Kyle and Mandy!  We thoroughly enjoyed you being here!!