Good times, sunshine and summertime...

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Are we already in JULY???
June was a flurry of playdates, swimming, camp, visits from Grammie and Poppy, and VBS.



While Jason and I were at camp, my parents were on the homefront taking care of four sweet kiddos! They learned rather quickly how crazy life can be for this mama!!
But they kept the kids busy...going swimming, to the park, to the toy store, and the Charlotte Nature Museum!


Of course...these are the "cutest-bugs" around!!


I would never squash this bug!!


My dad also drove the kids up to camp for a day to visit us.
They had so much fun hanging out with the big kids and running around with Mommy and Daddy!


Amy had so much fun...she didn't want to go home!


Right after camp...we headed straight into VBS!!


Thankfully...I didn't do too bad with my "moves" for music...and I had a super fun time with the preschoolers! I'm even thinking of going on tour...and taking them as back up dancers!
Ha...just kidding!!! :-)


Jason spent the entire week trying to drum up money for the boys' offering so as to avoid a pie in the face. He had many tactics...the shirt slogan was his most effective! :-)

And it worked!
He was spared the whip cream...while our poor Children's Ministry Director got a pie in the face...rather forcefully!!!

All the kids had a BLAST at VBS this year. They loved the music, the drama, the games...and of course they had fabulous teachers! So blessed to be a part of such a dynamic body of Christ!!!

The day after VBS ended...we all trekked down to Georgia to see my family!
I have two sets of uncles that live down in Toccoa...and my cousin, Cheri, and her three kids flew in from Washington for the week.


Sweet little Amanda was there for Hailey whenever she made even a peep! Needless to say, this baby got spoiled!!!
We had fun celebrating some summer birthdays...

eating yummy food...


and LOTS of swimming!!!


Then we headed to Toccoa Falls Bible College...where my Uncle Fred is a professor.
The falls are actually on the college campus and are absolutely BREATHTAKING!!


But of course...the kids just wanted to climb on all the rocks!
(And give their poor mama a heart attack!!!)


Trying to keep Jackson off the rocks was impossible!


Amanda and Caitlyn...


Tyler and Amy had a super fun time playing with their "new" cousin Ian!
(He's only new because they had actually never met him before!!! :-)


When we got back from Georgia...it was time for FOURTH OF JULY!!!
We searched our closets for anything close to red, white, and blue...then headed to meet some friends for the parade!
Once we found our shady spot...the kids got the signs ready and waited for the first float to roll by. (I think they might have been a little more excited about the candy that was thrown from the floats as they rolled by!! :-)

God Bless the USA!!!


Our friend, Miss Jenny, provided the signs...and made sure it was in the right order!

Jackson just tried to look "cool"...hoping it would garner extra candy!

And now we are half-way through our summer...


We have yet to sign up for the summer reading program at the library...gasp!
And we definitely have not touched our summer folders that I so laboriously put together for "down-time"!
But we are enjoying good times, sunshine and summertime!!!

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