Bryden and Mommy Time

In the chaos of daily life, sometimes it is just nice to be able to slow down and spend time with just one daughter at a time, for their sake as much as my own, and today it got to be Bryden. It doesn't happen often enough, and I find such...peace I think is the word I am looking for...when I get to take advantage of that. When we were up in Maine this past June, Bryden adn I gathered a bunch of nice big rocks to paint sometime. Well, that sometime was this weekend, we went and got some fun paint colors and went to town in the garage. For about an hour, we hung out, talked, and painted, and it was so nice to have no distractions and just enjoying each other and our painting! Bryden painted over the same rock about 5 times and finally got it to her liking, and she painted quite a few others! Now we have some beautifully painted rocks from a place that means so much to our family and were made while have some special bonding time...does it get any better than that??? Enjoy!

End of Summer

Here are some cute pics of summer winding down! Long summer days are gone and we are back to a structured day. Enjoy the fun pics!

Our Beauties

I took the girls to get their annual photos at Portrait Innovations. They do a wonderful job there, and even though Emmy wanted nothing to do with taking pics that day, they managed to get some great shots. Bryden was totally working the camera and loved posing, and she took some AMAZING photos. Both of their personalities came shining through on their pics, Bryden, who loves attention and being on display, and Emmy who loves to be goofy! Enjoy the pics!

Beach Day

Jim and Emmy flew up to Maine for a few days, so Bryden and I got some awesome big girls bonding time! We went to Water Country and rode ALL the big rides like 3 times, we went to Va Beach with Chandra all day, and met up with our neighbors down there, so Bryden got to play with Alex, we had a slumber party at Chandra and Murat's, Bryden made fresh orange juice and homemade chocolate chip cookies, we went to Busch Gardens for the Emily Osment ("Lilly" from Hannah Montana) concert and rode some rides, and finally spent the night at Nanne and Grampa's house and visited with Aunt Babe and Uncle Len who were in town. Phew! We are finally back home and really looking forward to Emmy and Daddy returning tomorrow! Enjoy!