Happy 3rd Birthday Hank

Hank you are the most beautiful boy inside and out. I have never in my life known a heart like yours. As age 3 you love with every ounce in your body. You love God and are outspoken about it, you love Dad and I and tell us all the time, you LOVE your sisters without a doubt and are pretty certain they hung the moon. You love all of your family, your friends and anyone you come in contact with. You are sweet, caring and so funny. You make yourself laugh which makes us laugh even more. You are matter a fact about most everything and you are so very talkative. You wish you were a race car and since your not you just like to talk about them all the time. You are well balanced you love all things boy and when you talk about boy things you change your voice so it sounds more like dad, deep and rough...it is hysterical but you have no problem at all painting your toe nails, rocking baby dolls or snuggling with any of us. You are so loving and I love that the most about you. You love to play with your race cars, you love watching videos on things you can do with play doh, you love to run fast, kick the soccer ball, you love the color blue and the only color shirt you like to wear is blue. You are obsessed with your "good shorts" which are mesh basketball shorts and typically throw a fit or negotiate with me when you have to wear "fancy clothes" which means cargo shorts, and a collard shirt. You love books about trucks, especially garbage trucks and look forward to Mondays when it is trash pick up day. You love waking up and having eggs first thing in the morning, you don't eat a lot of big meals but you love to snack all day long. You love your running shoes but hate wearing socks with them. You love having me sing you to sleep and I love it so much too! Hank you have so much to offer this world and I can't wait to see how The Lord will use you. I know it will be great! Thank you for loving all of us so much, for making us feel special and for completing our family. You are such a gift to us and I thank The Lord each and every day for your sweet smiling face! 

Birthday fun! Cars book from the Milams....we opened it and realized it was in spanish (Brooke didn't know) so funny...we should know spanish but we don't!

 This guy loved opening his gifts!

 Connor and Hank...two little heart breakers!

 Enjoying Brookes amazingly delicious cookies! - Photo bomb - Michael Milam!

 Up close look at her masterpiece!

 Open and play!

 Hank wanted a blue cake, with blue icing and a blue race car...easy guy to please!

 Perfect party!!!! Playing at the pool with the Milams...what more could we ask for?

 Dig in Hank!

 Fun swimming after cake!

We love Visitors

It is such an honor when people chose to come and visit us on their vacation. A lot has to take place in order for vacations to happen, rearrange schedules, ask for time off, drive, fly, spend money and so on. So that is why it is a great honor when we have people come see us! We try and pack as much as we can into the time that we have and spend time just hanging out with the people we love!!! Our recent visitors include: The Milams, The Marchals and my aunt Jan!

One of the many group shots where nobody is really looking

 Love our time with Brooke and Milam. Easy to be around, carefree and I am laughing the entree time!

 A visit to the Hot Rods!

 Love this picture of these two! A special lake day celebrating Brooke's birthday! What fun that she decided to come visit us on her special day!

 Family time on the lake....nothing better...oh wait yes, the best part there was no cell phone service!!! Hooray!

These cuties all smushed in their life jackets! 

 The dads playing around!!!

 Feet up...don't want the fish to nibble on toes! 

 This little cutie enjoyed watching from the side much better then getting in!

 The girls!

 I love this sweet picture!

 Tube time! I was so impressed! All the kids tubed and did a fantastic job!

 We didn't go too long without silly face pictures!

 Best Buddies since birth!

 Brooke helped me make cookies for Hanks birthday! She is full of talent, and does everything so well!!! It was so much fun making cookies with her, she makes it seem so easy!

 Parents night out!!!

 Hunks!

 Birthday girl!

Next was a visit from my sister...as she was pulling into town she walked into a big July 3rd celebration we were having at our house! HEre is Lucy with her new school friends! 

 Poor boys are out numbered...can you tell these girls love each other!!!

 and so do their mamas!

 Cousin love!!! The girls picked out their own 4th of July outfits...forget the cute ones Jennie and I bought!

 Our 6 hanging out and having fun!

 Always ready to pose!

 We went to the club for a 4th of July party and it turned into a dance party!

 Jennie giving strict direction about fireworks...look at Gannon saluting her!

 5/6 kids were freaked out!

 More dancing with my man Hank!

 My sweet niece and nephews!!! I love them....look at these precious faces

 Lucy loving the fireworks

 A trip to the peach orchard is much more than peaches!

 Adam took time off to hank with us and joined in on the fun!

 Ella burying herself

 joined at the hip!

 Growing up too fast!

 My main squeeze!

 Pretending on the farm

 Jennie and I kept trying to get a picture together and someone kept sneaking in...one of my favorite pictures. Look at Hanks face!

 Besties!

 I can only imagine this conversation! Two 4 year olds solving the worlds problems

 Next visitor my moms sister Jan! First day she came she had the kids help her make us dinner! It was awesome!

 WE had such a great time at the orchard we took Jan back! She of course joined in on the slide fun!

 The family that owns the farm found baby bunnies and let the kids hold them. Hank wanted nothing to do with them but the girls were obsessed!

 The Milams were so kind and sent us a thank  you gift and it was an ice cream machine. It didn't take us long to make ice cream! It was a fun afternoon activity

 Vanilla with every sort of topping you could imagine

 We went to 2/3 games while Janny was in town! Her heart is baseball and she loved every minute!

 While Jan came to visit she also went to serve at curbside with us and I snapped this precious picture. 

 Off to the pool!

 Jan being a good sport and letting the girls do her hair!

A tradition when people come to visit...a stop at Mellow Mushroom