Blanket time

A friend of mine posted on her blog about giving her kids blanket time. My first thought was,"This would NEVER work for MY kids!" Well, I figured I'd give it a try. They loved it and have been asking for more blanket time. It was great!! They all sat on their blankets and read for 30 minutes. James did have a few discipline's but he is learning very quickly that it is wise to stay on the blanket!! I even got to read quietly with them. Thanks Praise for the great idea!!

Benners is getting to be a great swimmer. He started jumping in today and doing flips!! He also say the neighbor girl swimming underwater without her floaty and he decided it was time for him to do the same!! He is doing so good!

It was cow appreciation day at Chick-Fil-A last Friday so the kids and Aaron and I all dressed up and got free food! The Stewart's came along too. It was a great memory making night!(And a humbling one too!!) Left to Right: Jordan, Ben, James, Mea, Cecelia, Charlie and Savanna!
Jimmy turned two on July 14Th! I can't believe my baby is already two. I love each day with him. He is sweet and God's grace is being poured out on his life. Happy Birthday James. I love you to the moon and back! Each birthday morning daddy goes out and gets donuts for the kids. They love this tradition!

Aaron's mom wanted Jimmy to have a sand box for his birthday. So she sent Aaron the money and he built Jimmy a great sand box. He did such a great job and jimmy absolutely loves it! Thank you Gramma Dee-Dee! Since the John's are staying with us for several weeks this will come in very handy! They are already putting it to much use.

We celebrated with some cupcakes and ice cream. Jimmy loved blowing out his own candles.
Since the Johns are here there are 8 kids nine and under! Seven boys and only one girl!

After the party we headed off to Aaron's game. The kids had fun running around the empty fields. Daddy didn't have so much fun...they lost 19-9!

And finally big brother Charlie making sure Jimmy is safe walking through the parking lot! (actually I made them hold hands!)

Family Night

The kids loved family night last week. I used a friends chocolate fountain and the leftovers from a party and we had a little party of our own. Jimmy loved dipping his fruit in the chocolate. (We found several pieces that he dropped in on accident!) We also rented a cute movie and made a bed downstairs to cuddle while watching the movie! We are so blessed by our four little kiddos!

Pool fun in Sanibel

Here is some of the fun moments in Sanibel. Enjoy!

June

Aaron was trying to teach the kids what it means to repent and turn from our sins to God. He used the blue cup as God and the pink cup as Sin. The kids loved it. He used the little people boy to represent Charlie and Ben and the little people girl to represent Mea. It was fun.

Father's day craft with daddy!Mea and Charlie just finished vacation bible school. They loved daddy taking them each day.



Our Neighbor gave Jimmy a golf club from her garage sale...as you can see he absolutely loves it and won't go to bed without it!!

We have been loving the summer. Pool days and beach days have been so relaxing and fun. We are loving meeting friends at our pool and going to theirs as well. The kids are doing a great job swimming and Benners is of course crazy!! Jimmy plays on the steps and I've only had to make about 3 rescues so far - doin' good!!


We gave the boys their summer hair cuts! Before we finished Charlie's we left a Mohawk, as you can see he did not like it until Ben told him he had a stegosaurus hair cut then he loved it!


Cecelia and Ben
Jordan and James
Our neighbor Riley and Mea are becoming good friends.