January was a fun month. We spent alot of time at home which is what I love to do on cold days.
Angelica is the newest member of our family and she had a birthday!
WE celebrated this sweet girls 21st birthday with lots of friends and lots of love.
During this time we squeezed in a BIG celebration of this sweet girl turning 5!!
I blinked and she is all grown up. We had a "sorta sleepover" where her friends sorta slept over but were picked up at 9. We did all things you would do during a sleepover in three short hours.
We had pillow fights in our jammies
we had a slipper swap
made head bands,
adopted a new sleeping friend
ate teddy bear pancakes
hit a pinata, and ended with cake and presents.
It was a fun celebration.
March was a month of catching up and rejuvenation. Micah and I took our first trip away from the girls to the beach. We spent alot of time on the beach tanning and reading. We also ate lots of yummy fun and we actually had conversation while we ate:) We missed our girls but my how we enjoyed quality time getting away together. We hope it will be something we can do every year. I am still regretting that I didn't take my camera so we have no pics to look back at.
I did however have my camera handy for the annual tulips and cherry tree pics at the Botanic Garden.
Here are a few:
We started April off by celebrating two years of blessing and exhaustion all bundled up in this little body.
We had warm weather early so we celebrated Anna Claire turning two with a water slide and moon bounce party. She loved every minute of it!!
Anna Claire had lots of sweet friends and family come to celebrate.
In May Micah took us to our MOST FAVORITE place to vacation EVER and I watched my girls do what they love to do at the beach..play!!
Lucy is now able to walk to the second sand bar without the water measuring over her head and Anna Claire would have been content to be held and playing in the ocean for the entire day.
Micah also did what he loves most which was play with both girls doing what ever they commanded. (Have I mentioned that he truly is THE BEST DADDY??). A few examples of what his vacation looked like were "battling" the waves with Lucy, watching for fish and even a baby shark, building sand castles, playing silly games made up while in the ocean, dancing like a prince with his two princesses, riding the bike for miles and miles to get yummy treats, etc.
building a perfect sandcastle
playing on the Alys Beach playground
taking a walk on the beach
This was the first year that we let Lucy ride her bike along 30A and she loved every minute of it.
Anna Claire had so much fun doing all the same things but as I was uploading my pics I noticed I captured alot of these moments:
not sure about the slide
stop with the pics mom
a trip in the sand
mischief
no more pictures!
Can you tell that this girl has personality??
With AC being so busy and keeping me on my toes all day I feel like I lose sight of the fact that they are both growing up so quickly. And in a little over seven weeks Lucy will be starting kindergarten!! How did that happen? I'm not sure but what I am sure of is I want to savor every. single. moment.
June has been fun so far with lots of swimming in our pool
with our newest and favorite friends from the Neighborhood School
and our cousins
learning to float
lots of popsicles outside, vacation bible school at our church
a visit to see our favorite Dyersburg friends, Red Birds games
playing in the sprinkler
Lucy's new best friend Callie joined in on the fun
and then the mundane things that comes with life.
working on our tan
and then the mundane things that comes with life.
Whew, so thats the highlights of our year so far and hopefully I will do better in the future. These guys are truly a gift from the Lord and I want to take captive every moment and recognize that every day, every minute I get to be apart of their lives is truly a blessing.