Happy 15th Birthday Danae!

Happy 15th Birthday to our precious, oldest girl. Danae, what a beautiful young woman you are growing into, inside and out. We are very proud of you and love you very much. We are so glad you are part of our family...you are a blessing to all of us! We had a family celebration on her actual birthday and this weekend, we are going away to her favorite hotel with friends and family to celebrate Danae style! We love you Danae!

Thanks for helping, Hopey.
Look at those cheeks! (Doesn't Anna looked thrilled?)

Andrew was loving every minute of it...

It's Fall!

We were able to get away and go to the mountains in Blue Ridge, GA last weekend to see the fall leaves before they all fell! It was beautiful! We had a great time as a family and enjoyed the cooler weather. The girls were so cute on Halloween night they set up candy shops in the different rooms and trick or treated to each other's rooms. It's amazing how creative they can be when they have to be. We enjoyed sitting outside by the fire at nights and shopping in downtown Blue Ridge. Andrew LOVED the train and maybe next time we'll get to ride it!

My two favorite boys.

This was the driveway to our cabin! So pretty!

Pumpkin Carvin and Cousin Time

Andrew and cousin Maddie having a blast together. Andrew looks a little controlling with his hand on her neck, but I promise, it was innocent! :)

Bathing Beauties!
Daddy and his little pumpkins...

Ew...yuck!

Our new brunette...Hope wanted to color her hair and here's the new do!

School Triathlon Day!

We had our annual school triathlon and Anna and Ashley did great! They worked so hard and we were so proud of them! Danae and Hope weren't here this year, they are up in Hilton Head with Noelle and her family and friends. We missed them! Here are some pictures of my super atheletes!

September Fun

We've had a fun and busy month. Here's a few pictures of us...I don't mean for this blog to be mostly about Andrew, but he's just so cute! haha Here's Andrew looking like Papa...

Family Fun Night slip n sliding in the dark!

Goofy boy at Publix with his sisters...

Brushing teeth in his cozy PJ's...just so handsome!

Got Milk?

Spikey hair do...

Andrew has been obssessed with car washes lately and this weekend he discovered doing a car wash at home. It probably wasn't the smartest idea for me to introduce this to him since now he's probably going to ask to do it every spare moment he has! Anna and Ashley were great teachers, though. They had fun being soapy, soapy, soapy!!

Muddin and Snake Handling

On Saturday, Jim, Danae, Hope and Andrew went muddin with the Larsens in their jeeps and here's what they looked like when they came home. Everyone came over to jump in the lake...even Andrew was muddy! He had a blast! Then the Larsens came over to watch football and one of the boys brought his corn snake and Anna overcame her greatest fear and held it! Hooray Anna! She's braver than her mama!

August

We've had a fun end of our summer and now it's back to life and school. Everyone has adjusted well this first week back. Here's a few pictures of our life...

Prince Andrew...Hope got him dressed this morning.

Andrew as a girl!
First morning on our way to school.

When we were in Blue Ridge, Andrew's favorite thing to do was throw rocks into the lake.

He also loved riding on the bow of the boat with the wind in his hair. :-)

On our vacation in Blue Ridge with three other families (20 people total in one cabin!)...this was Jim's birthday. We had a great time.