August

So many little things have happened this summer, and I haven't posted since July, so prepare for a TON of pictures!

Little Bethy at her kidney ultrasound.

The Mercer's had a belated birthday cake for Charis!

Classic Jimmy Story expression. (..."and Vannah never, ever, ate too much candy again. And she always, always listened to her Pop from then on..."

Snaggle tooth!  She couldn't read in school without both of us cracking up at her wiggly tooth blowing in the breeze every time she read a word involving any airflow! It was a great relief when the little floppy tooth finally came out.

We are so refined.

Found the BEST donut shop in Mechanicsville!

Making cuneiform in their playdough while we learn about Ancient Egypt.

Love this pic of Figgy & Pop babysitting Sus and John.

There's that gap!

 We've enjoyed lots of splashing around here.

Road trip!

More cooling off with the hose.

Snuggle loves

Nathanael's introduction to Pop's fishing room

Precious

We spent a few days in Hburg with Fig & Pop while Daddy was busy with teen camp at church. The kids had a great time getting out and having lots of different activities.

Chik fila date with Aunt Sarah

The girls love their Auntie

Trying to put on those goofy bandanas

There's one!

Bubby's first time climbing to the top and sliding down the Chik Chik slide!

Aunt Sarah bought the girls their first make-up compact. So glam!

Park play time

The Hburg children's museum

Putting on a show

Little Princess

Froyo with Figgy

They had the BEST time at Pump It Up! We were worried when we first went into the stuffy, hot, kid-stinky room with a million other kids, but it was magical...

Yes, they got colds. Yes, they can't wait to go back.

Enormous ice cream breakfast from Figgy at the Dayton Farmer's Market

Cute, son.

Soft pretzels, too!

Tasting lemons after reading our book-of-the-week, Lentil.

Ew.

Sour!

Than's first time on roller skates!

Hannah did great on her roller blades!

Mowing together

No more cribs at our house, sniff sniff... He loves his big boy bed. (And he still hasn't figured out that he can get into and out of it at will. SSHHHH! Don't tell him!)

I wondered why she was wearing a bib from my baby days. We've since learned that this is her nursing cover.

Thirsty

Picking Aunt Sally's wild flowers on our play day in Franklin!

Baby John is toddling all over the place!

Silly girls

These girls have a blast playing together

Really? Can you really read like this?