Family Fun Day!

Brian's work had a family fun day today! We had lots of fun and the best part - he won the big prize - a T.V.!!!

Swim Time!

Both of the girls are swimming this year for the Dolphins!  They've been practicing since mid-May and we've had two swim meets so far.

 Anna getting into the team spirit with a little tongue dyeing candy!

 Holly's very first race!  She got 2nd in freestyle!

 Anna got 3rd in her first fly heat and she got 1st last week at our home meet in her fly heat!

 Holly got 1st in her breast stroke heat!

It's so much fun to watch them and even though they were hesitant to start swimming this year, they are loving it!

Women of Joy

Friday I left with some ladies from Nina's church and Lis to attend the Women of Joy conference in Sevierville, TN! We had a great weekend and got to hear Anita Renfro speak and Chris Tomlin and Christy Nockels led the worship Saturday night!!! I had taken my older camera so I could take few zoomed pictures, but it ended up not working after a few frames. It actually was nice to enjoy the services without snapping pictures! As you know I love taking photos, but sometimes I feel like I miss out on things because my camera is always attached to my eye! I did manage a few iPhone pics though. :)

Our Valentine's Day

We've had a pretty good Valentine's Day! It's been busy, but a big blessing! :)

We started out our morning by journeying to Jackson Co. to have our taxes done.

And on our way there our van's mileage rolled over to 100,000! It's been a great traveling van and we just hope it'll last us for a while longer. :) Especially since we paid it off this past fall!

Brian got his sweet valentine's a little something from us and he even got me a little something too!

:D (We usually don't go all out for V-day:)

The girls made us all cards!

To: Mommy

From: Holly

To: Daddy

From: Holly

To: Daddy

From: Anna

To: Anna

From: Holly

To: Holly

From: Anna

To: Mommy

From: Anna

After getting our taxes finished we made a quick trip to Lowe's so Brian could pick up some lumber for his man cave.

Then he treated us to lunch at Frisch's so we could see Nana and take her a little valentine. She is the asst. manager there. :)

Next up - working on the man cave!

The girls joined us so that they could write on a few boards.

Oh look - they already wrote on this one for Brian.... :o) Hehehe!

Anna drew each of our family members ^^that's Brian in his toboggan!

This is me! :)

Anna

And Holly!

We've had this stain glass light for YEARS and Brian hung it up for extra light in his garage and I thought this section on it looked like a heart! So fitting for the day!

We rounded out our day with a little dessert!

1 John 4:10
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

#291, #292, & #293 - The Past Few Days

We've had a busy, but non-eventful past few days. :)

Anna got a belated, but great birthday gift from her aunt that lives in Louisville. :o) Aunt Tracy gets all of the fun stuff the girls always LOVE! I've been wanting to buy a puzzle for a while and last night after church when we went to Wally World - I got one! We started out with a 500 piece and may eventually work up to a larger number. The four of us started on it this afternoon and after the girls and I went to get our hair trimmed we came back and finished it! Bring on the 1000 piece....maybe! We've also been switching out Holly's summer/winter clothes. Anna had already finished her closet a few nights ago. Everytime we do this I get sad, because it shows how quickly our girls are growing. There used to be about 8-10 totes of hand me down stuff of Anna's we'd save for Holly and now we are down to less than 3 totes. They are almost wearing some of the same stuff. Time, please slow down!!!

Psalm 40:8
"I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”

#290 - Another Round of Golf

After our homeschool co-op this afternoon we went to the Par 3 course and this time I got to join in on the fun!

We were able to warm up on a putting green before we played. I snapped a few pictures here because I didn't want to pack my camera around the course. Brian has been teaching the girls all kinds of tricks. :) Holly looks like a pro! Hehe!

We played on teams - Anna/Me and Holly/Brian. Holly and Brian beat us by 4 strokes. :) Anna and I were actually up for 2 holes, but we couldn't hold on for the win!!! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go back again!

Psalm 27:14
"Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!"