Spring Break

We had a wonderful Spring Break at the beach! We spent a few days and nights at the beach with some of our dear friends, Jay and Susan Hembree and their two cuties, Jake and Grayson. We had fun surfing, boogie boarding, swimming and eating!

Here's Hopey catchin a wave...

Daddy and his boy...

Lots of chicken fights in the pool...

Jim's favorite spot...shade!

Danae surfing! (thankyou Jay for all the lessons!)

Hopey surfing! (almost)

All my girls...

Danae was having some fun with her camera on these next few shots...

Grayson the mermaid...

Danae and Jake...two peas in a pod... (notice the ornery look on Jake's face)

Holly and Susan...

Holly and her baby boy!

Happy 9th Birthday Anna!

Happy Birthday to Anna! Wow, what a blessing it is to celebrate another birthday with our precious Anna. God has done so much for this little girl and we can not express how grateful we are to Him for allowing her to celebrate yet another year of good health! Anna, we love you with all our hearts. Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter who opens her heart to everyone she knows and loves them with all of her heart. We love you!

Anna began her birthday by having her very special friend, Stephanie Melcher spend the night. Then after church, Anna wanted to have all our family who could (Nana and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Matt, Aunt Kelly, Maddie and Biddy, Uncle George, Nene and Brynn) over for her favorite lunch, roast and mac-n-cheese and we had a great afternoon!The Birthday Girl

Here she is all ready for church after opening a couple of her presents.
Lighting her own candles...
Daddy and his birthday princess...
A fun game of softball in the backyard with family...

Farmer Jim

...and his little farmette, Hopey! Jim and Hope spent an entire Saturday planting a garden in the sunny spots of our backyard. They worked so hard, can't wait to reap the harvest!

Anna and Ashley wanted in on the action, as well.

Meanwhile, Andrew plays with his new bubble gun. He loves it!

One more thing...(sorry buddy, but mama has to brag) Andrew has been pee-ing on the potty each time he gets out of the hot tub. He's up to about 10 times now! That's a start!

LOTS and Locks of Love!!

Hopey has been growing her hair out to donate it to Locks of Love (for the 2nd time) and this past weekend, she cut her hair! She looks adorable and we know that a little girl somewhere will enjoy her new wig made out of Hope's hair!

Two of my beautiful girls...

Our week with Debi and Seth

Cousin Deb and her baby boy, Seth, came to visit for a week. We had such a great time just hanging out with family, going to Disney and playing in the backyard. Here are a few pictures of our time together. Thanks for coming Debi!

Deb and the boys riding the train at Disney
Debi treated us to lunch at the Crystal Palace where we got to meet some of the Pooh characters. It was great!

Hanging out on the couch...
Hot tubin!

Snuggle time...

The boys playing together.

Mr. Jim reading books with Seth.

Close, closer, closest!

Happy Valentines Day!

Anna and Andrew having a little Valentines snuggle on the couch...

Ashley's before and after haircut pictures, such a cutie pie!

Snow day in Florida...

It was another cold morning out this morning and I gave my girls the option of staying home and Anna and Ashley took me up on it. Danae and Hope wanted to go to school, such nerds. haha, just kidding. They're so diligent, I was proud of them! Anna, Ashley and Andrew and I stayed home and baked cookies together and did some make-up school work. It was a wonderful morning.

Andrew's favorite thing in the world...helping daddy.


Hopey and her friend Michaela were coneheads. They won't tell their secret of how they did that!

Papa came by to visit the other day and Andrew climbed right up on the couch to snuggle with him. Such buddies.