Day at the Lake

We had a great time today on the Lake! We did a little swimming off the dock and then some tubing on the lake and some attempts at water skiing!


All the kids ready for the water!

Jill and Chris have this really cool huge raft for the water. It is tied to the dock so the kids can bounce all over it and then slide into the water.

The boys up in front!

A rare family pic

Austin and Quinn ready to take off!

This tubing thing is hard work!

alright so the last time I tried to water ski I was in like 10th grade and I was not successful, so of course today I thought I would try again. I was a bit more successful this time but not really! I think I got up for about 1.2 seconds!! And then this......

somewhere beneath the water is me!

but Amy did really well!! Chuck and Jason also tried but the women were on kid duty back at the dock so that was not documented!!

First Bus and First day of Preschool!!

Well it is official, Austin is a big kid riding the school bus! To say the least he loves it!


waiting for the bus for the first time!

He is the 3rd kid on the bus each morning!

Like a crazy mom I followed the bus the first time, i just wanted to see where it went!

gettting off the bus, all smiles!

Today was Campbell's first day of preschool! She was so excited and she had a great day! I don't think she really wanted me to pick her up.

coming out to meet the moms!

lunch at mcdonalds, celebrating the first day of school!

Meet the teacher Day!

Campbell is starting preschool next Tuesday! Today we went and met her teacher, Mrs. launer! She is wonderfully nice and Cam is so excited to go to school! Both my babies in school, CRAZY!

already playing dress up!

just exploring the room!

First Day Cookies!!

I remember my friend Amy baking cookies for her son on his first day of school last year and I could not wait to do the same thing. So on Monday afternoon campbell and I made Austin his first day of school chocolate chip m&m cookies!!! The dough was a big hit with Cam!

picking Austin up his first day. He had a wonderful day and was very excited to go back today!

Thanks Amy! Great idea!!!

On a side note, this is what Cam and I did while we are all by ourselves!! Purple Nails!!!

First Day of School

Well we are off to Kindergarten! He is at a brand new school and his teacher is Mrs. Hale! He was very excited this morning and when we left him in his classroom he was sitting at his desk coloring away. He was also very excited because one of his T-ball teammates is also in his class, Ben and also a little girl that we go to church with, Ally. Since we moved schools the bus does not start picking him up until next week, so don't worry there will be more school bus pictures to come....

His friend Ben, they were so excited to be in class together!

Summer Storms

Just the effects from a pop up summer T-storm .

grill is suppose to be on the other side of the patio.

Gatlinburg Trip

We had a great time in Gatlinburg this past weekend with the family! It was Hot Hot Hot in the mountains but we made the best of it with lots of swimming! Here is the weekend in review!


our Cabin!


Kids helping grandma get breakfast!!

A little art time out on the back porch!

settin up for our picnic lunch by the river!

our river adventure! The kids (and adults) had a great time splashing in the river!

Sarah just sittig in the middle of the stream. We really did not come prepared with bathing suits!
The kids did not seem to mind. The boys kept on "falling" in the water!

back at the pool by the cabin! Jason launching Austin

Its so hard to get them all looking at once!!

Jason and uncle David did a great job at grilling!

Ahh Dollywood on a really hot day!

Slushy break!

towards the end of the day, waiting for the big kids to get off a ride!!!

Eating at the Old Mill, YUUUUUM. Good ole southern cooking!!1

Campbell in her dream world!!!

Eating ice cream in Gatlinburg!

My two loves!

Thank you Grandma and Granddad for a wonderful vacation filled with lots of great memories!!!