Visit With the Bolins!!

Last week we took a trip to visit my sister and her family...the "Bolin balls"!! We had a wonderful time!! We went to the pool and did some shopping but mostly we just hung out and let the kids play! Jay, Caroline, and Ava had the best time playing together!! I really wish we lived closer to them but we always make sure to make our time together special! Here's some pictures from our fun weekend...

Caroline loved dressing Ava up!David playing "robber" with Jay and Caroline...

Ava joined in on the fun...

Ava and her uncle Jason putting together puzzles...

Ava and Jay playing the Wii...Ava used the remote control as her controller :)

We love you, Bolin balls!! :)

Father's Day...delay!!

I am way behind on this post but...Happy Father's Day! :) I am so thankful for all the wonderful father's in my life. My amazing husband who is an even more amazing (if that's possible) daddy and to my daddy who is my hero! I hope you all had a wonderful father's day!!

Welcome Home!!

Our dear, dear friends Pam and Gray have finally moved back home to NC!!! We are so thrilled to have them back and last week got to go out to dinner with them and have them over for dessert. Ava loves helping me in the kitchen....

Everytime I'm cooking she drags her chair up to the counter to help. She is a great taste tester and is very honest when something is yucky! :)

Judah is getting so big!! He is the sweetest little boy and I know Ava and Judah will be life long friends...

Father-Daughter Beach Trip!

David and Ava had a beach date this weekend! Our friends Joy and Jonathan and their little boy, Seth, were down at the beach last week and were gracious enough to invite them to spend the night. David and Ava drove down Friday afternoon and from what I hear they had a GREAT time!! Here's some pictures David took on his phone...Ava loved playing with Seth and David said she wasn't scared at all by the big ocean!! I was sad I missed it due to working but I am so glad that Ava and David got to have a fun date! :)

Summer Days!

Yesterday was one of those days I dream about all year! The weather was perfect...80's, sunny, a little breezy, just perfect!! Ava and I took full advantage of the day and went to the pool with some of our friends from church. Ava is now tall enough to touch the bottom in the baby pool! I remember the past two summers my sister telling me how big of a difference I was going to notice when Ava was two. We were visiting them 2 summers ago and decided to walk to their neighborhood pool. It probably took me an hour getting everything prepared to leave the house and Ava and I stayed all of 10 minutes once we got there! It was more trouble than it was worth! But Sarah was right (as she always is!) and this year at the pool is wonderful!! Ava wore a life jacket some of the time and water wings the other part and she absolutley loved it!! There was a daycare there at the same time we were (not crazy about that at first) but Ava loved playing with and talking to the "kids"as she always says. After the pool and a long nap, we headed outside for a drippy, messy, delicious ice cream cone! Can't beat days like this!!

Mess #500

I am going to have to think of another way to title these posts...mess just doesn't even do it justice. Sunday mornings at our house are nothing less than crazy!! This morning David and Ava let me sleep late. (Who am I kidding, David lets me sleep until at least 8 every morning. That's why I married him!) Ava had a bath late yesterday afternoon so we knew that was one less thing on the agenda. We ate breakfast together and it was actually looking like we were going to be on time for church. Then this happened...

Somehow Ava got into a bottle of my lotion and smeared it in her hair and all over her face. Thankfully she still had her pajamas on because then she decided to wash it off by pouring water from the bathtub everywhere! I knew something was up when I heard her squealing with delight while in the bathroom alone! We threw in the shower and let her hair air dry on the way to church. Luckily we go to church at our Greenville campus so it had plenty of time to dry! And..we made it on time! Thank you, Jesus!!

Birthday Fun

Tuesday was my 28th birthday! I felt really old and then God blessed me by having two of my patients ask me this week when I was graduating high school! (I could've kissed them for that!) Anyway, I had a great time celebrating my special day starting last weekend with a shopping day in Raleigh and then a yummy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory...

On Monday we celebrated at my parent's house with a pool party! Ava picked out a cake for me...

"A SINOSAUR CAKE"

We had a great time swimming and eating yummy food!!

I woke up on my actual birthday to my little two year old walking in my room holding a piece of cake with 6 lit candles. Very scary sight!! I thought she was going to dump them right on my head! :) She was so sweet and sang "happy birthday mommy" all day! Then during nap time these were delivered to my door...

Oh my were they delicious!!!

Thank you to all my sweet friends and family who made my birthday so special!