Fun Friday

A couple weeks ago, Bryden had her first sleep over at a friends house. It went really well, so tonight we invited her friend Rachael to have a sleep over at our house. They had tons of fun playing endless dress up (the neighbor brought over some hand me down dress up clothes later in the evening...on to round 12 at that point!), running through the sprinklers, playing on the swing set, and then Jim finished the night off with a fireworks show...which the girls loved. Here are some cute pics of them enjoying their time together, and of Emmy just hanging out outside this afternoon (Soooooo funny!!!).






Check out my awesome photography skills...I was trying forever to get this shot, and finally got my settings right, it looks like a waterfall!

Cashed in for the night!

Maine

We went to Maine for a week and a half to visit with Jim's friends and family, and we had a great time. Apparently, we brought the nice weather as well...we had gorgeous, cool days with no humidity, it was awesome! We had a really nice time with Memere and Pepere and all of Jim's family, as well as the Collard family...thanks everyone, we wish we could have stayed longer! We also got to visit with my Dad's family a bit in Pennsylvania, they are our pit stop since they are about half way to Maine, we stop and visit and crash there for the night to rejuvenate for the rest of the trip...and it was needed! We decided to take the Johnny Napp Party Bus (aka, a medium sized camper) this trip. There are pros and cons to taking it, but it sure made the trip longer! We are glad to be home, and sleeping in our own beds, but had a blast as well! Click on the pics in the Smilebox to enlarge them, and there are a couple pics below the Smilebox as well! Enjoy!

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Bryden, Emerson and Jonathan (cousin) - our PA folk!











Aunt Malinda and Emmy













We had to make a pit stop for Bryden, but there was no where to park the camper, so we went to the back of a deserted parking lot and made use of the grass space...this is me dying of laughter while trying to hold Bryden so she could go!

Yeah, so, in my family, if we ride in a camper, there is always some sort of malfunction, and the party bus didn't disappoint! Luckily, it was nothing major, but several minor problems to contend with along the way...here are some pics of Bryden helping Daddy solve one of those problems!

Independence Day

Happy July 4th...and thanks to all our military, in past and present, who serve our country and allow us the freedom's we enjoy each day! We went up to Wintergreen with Nanne and Grampa for the weekend and had a great time! The weather was perfect Friday and Saturday and they had a lot of cool stuff going on, especially for kids! Bryden and I got to do some trampoline jumping (B did a flip!!!), Daddy rode the mechanical bull (we are both paying for our endeavors today!), Bryden played in the jump arounds and got to make ice cream, we all enjoyed the craft fair, and of course, an AWESOME fireworks show. We will definitely go up there again for the fourth! Enjoy the pics, there are definitely some precious ones (click on the pictures to zoom in and get a better look)! I will get some video up sometime...

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Cute Pictures

We have produce!!! Yea, we have had quite a few cucumbers come to fruition lately, here are a couple cute pics of Bryden shaving our most recent cucumber to nibble on! And here are also some cute pics of Emerson having belly time...all with her hand in her mouth! Enjoy!




















"Enough already, it is just a dang cucumber Mom!" (That is what I read in her eyes anyway)












Cute Emmy
Flirty Emmy

Shy Emmy

Virginia Beach

Bryden and I dropped Emerson off to spend the day with Nanne, while we went down to spend the day with Aunt Chandra. We were going to go to the beach, but the water was a little to cool still to really enjoy it, so we decided to stay at Chandra's and swim in her pool. Uncle Murat has a sweet underwater camera that we used to get still shots of Bryden diving under water and some videos too. Bryden did such an awesome job diving under water for her whirly birds...several times she was under water for like 7 seconds! Sprinter in the making with that hypoxic capacity :o) I also wanted to go to the beach to get some pics for Bryden's book we are making to help her learn to read, and in the mean time, we got some great shots of us in the dunes! P.S. The ugly yellow shoes that Bryden is wearing, yeah, they were what she picked out for reading 5 words. We went to Wal-Mart and she saw them and I told her she could get them if she could learn to read 5 words (that is my personal goal this summer to help her learn how to read. She can sound out the alphabet, now it is just putting them together!). So, yesterday she learned to read pit, cat, mitt, hop and kit! Yay Bryden, boo for ugly yellow shoes! Enjoy!

Check out this cute video!

"H" is for Horse

Bryden is starting to learn how to read a bit, so we are in the process of making a word book of our own. I thought it would better for her to read words and look at pictures that we took ourselves, and things that Bryden can relate to. So, we went driving around town the other day, and we went to a horse farm that we used to visit quite often near where she went to day care. The horses were so friendly (in the past them haven't ever really paid much attention to us) and two came right over...we didn't bring any carrots or apples, but we fed them grass and I got some great photos...H for Horse...and just some cute pics of Bryden in the moment. Enjoy!