Happy Birthday Sweet Girl

You were born a blessing to us!!!



We celebrated you one year ago.

You have blessed us so much for this past 2 years with your smile and charming personality. We love you sweet girl!!!! Happy Birthday!

I let facebook steal my time!!! Here are a few pics of the troops.

Happy Birthday America!!!!

Once again, we celebrated and had an amazing time with some amazing people that God has blessed us with. It was off to Goosepond Colony lodging, where families from church rented cabins for the weekend were. There was lots of food, fellowship, and fireworks. Then there was Alice entertaining everybody (as usual). This has become a regular thing.

Holly had tons of fun with her friends. Boating, swimming, being silly, and hanging out. Lots of laughter from this bunch!!!!

Trevor hung out with his buddies playing video games, tag, hide & seek, setting off fireworks, and just plain fun!!!!!

It was a great evening!!!!!

Blue Angels Airshow at Huntsville Airport

We met our dear friends, the Schmidts, in Huntsville this past weekend for the Airshow 2008. It was AWESOME. Patty Wagstaff, a champion aerobatic pilot, was one of our favorites before the Blue Angels. She is amazing!! The kids were all happy to see each other again, too. After the show, we left and went to CiCi's pizza, where we ate ridiculous amounts of pizza, salad, and dessert. Then back to the Hampton Inn off of Madison Blvd for swimming and hanging out.
Gotta say though, Alice was such a trooper. She sat in her stroller the whole time we were at the airport. It was dreadfully hot and dehydrating. There was a Blue Angels paramedic that saw our peril and let the kids sit in the air conditioned ambulance for a moment or two to cool off. He said several kids were just passing out. BLESS him!!!!!!
The only ridulous thing at the airshow were all these trucks set up with video games stations. So many kids were not interested in this fantastical airshow because of this. Can we ever get away from video games??? Oh well.
We had a fabulous time and look so forward to the up and coming July 4th festivities!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!! One of my very favorite times of year.

Getting Alice to look at the camera.....

Is a rarity. I shamefully have to bribe her, like, "cookie," or "drink." I love to capture her though!!!
Late in posting these, for some reason I have a hard time uploading pics to blogger. Anyway, she is adoreable!!!

A Daughter's First Love, A Son's First Hero.....

I saw this saying on a shirt somewhere and it always comes to mind when I see you giving your time to each one - Holly, Trevor, and Alice. This is what you truly are. You are the greatest daddy I know. Thank you for embracing the individuality of our 3 precious children. They adore you!!

Beach AND Birthday!!!!!

AHHHH!!! What a great vacation at the beach. Celebrating Trevor's birthday in Gulf Shores was the best ever. Our handsome young guy turned 9. What a gift he is. Celebrating and vacationing along side of us were our very good friends The Schmidt Family. We had theee best time ever. Holly, Trevor, Lake and Dawson surfed waves, swam, played video games and just all enjoyed great fun. Us adults just enjoyed each others company. Taking turns chasing Alice around was hectic at times but she is just a bundle of fun...!!!! The McKeigs were tons of fun, too. It was just great!!!! We stayed at Gulf Shores Plantation.
It is good to be home, no doubt. Until......