July 4th weekend was PACKED with activities! My little brother came in town, and it was SO much fun!
We had a huge fireworks show at church that was truly spectacular, and I thank everyone who put it together. It was a BLAST (haha)!
We spent the evening with friends, celebrating our great nation! This is my sweet friend, Dominique that I’m always talking about…like here and here and here.
This is her precious baby girl, Caroline, who is just 3 months older than AnnaLeigh. They LOVE each other. Reminds me of the movie Twins.
Pinky watched the fireworks from the security of Mimi’s arms.
LK watched with Nana…
Then she moved onto the ground with her new BFF, Emily (aka, “The Big Girl) and she literally described every.single.firework with great dramatic interpretation. She was cracking us up, and talking “the big girl’s” ears off!
Preston sat with the Jordan and Tunell boys. The boys were all yelling out what color they thought the firework would be. Oh, boys are so different!
Brad and I sat with our sweet friends, Amy and Caleb and their precious boys. This picture looks kind of crazy…sorry, Amy. :)
Saturday the ragamuffins made a cake with me.
Then we hung out with Uncle Taylor that night at my parent’s house. I have no pictures from that evening. I was feeling like poop. :(
Monday we all went to the lake together…thanks to the Rosemans! It was HOT but so much fun!
AnnaLeigh wasn’t too sure about the boat. She endured it for a minute…
But then she wanted Uncle Taylor to rescue her…and, of course, he did. :)
Preston had his first experience out on the water. He was not at all sure about tubing, but we assured him he wouldn’t die. He let his 2 year old cousin, Truett, show him how it was done…then he tried it with daddy! I was proud of him for trying something new!
Lilly Katherine LOVED playing in the lake. She just wanted to play in the mud and the shallow water all day. That didn’t surprise me at all. She’s my little mud-puppy!
Preston’s most favorite part was fishing! I love this picture because it’s of the most special men in my life, my baby, my hubby, my brother, and my diddy.
(Big Papa, you would have made this picture complete!)
And then there’s this cute little thing…I could just squeeze her forever!
Monday night we watched fireworks with the wonderful Roseman family! Thank y’all! I wish I had pictures, but for some reason I don’t have a single one. I know I carried my camera around all night. ?!?
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This week we had dinner with some life-long friends, and I’ll post those pics tomorrow with a recipe. Until then, Claire’s birthday party concludes this very long post!
Friday we celebrated Claire’s 14th birthday!
Claire is my sweet niece, and my big girl’s hero! Lilly Katherine loves Claire, and they’re so much alike. They even look alike. Look at this comparison that my sister-in-law, Kara, found of the two girls.
I just hope that my sweet big girl will be the kind of woman that her beautiful 14-year old role model has become! Claire, you are a precious example to my girls of a Godly woman, and I love you! Happy Birthday!!!
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At Claire’s birthday party, the kids swam in the lake, the boys fished, and then Preston and my nephew, Garrett, found this little injured hummingbird. He was flying around the ceiling fans and got a little too close to one of them, and he ended up with a little cut on his throat.
It stayed on the ground for a long time as we all admired it.
After about 30 minutes, it finally regained the strength to fly. It ran into a trashcan, then a tree, but finally made it in the air. It was a rough day for the little guy.
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Whew! That’s all for now! I promised myself I would be in bed by midnight, and it’s 11:58! That gives me 2 minutes to get ready for bed.
Goodnight world!
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