Friends and Family

Not sure the important things they were discussing... but this is priceless to me!

We had Ella over for the whole day last Thurs. and the girls had a lot of fun together... you'd never be able to tell though from this zoombie picture! This was after naps and they were both spacey, but they really did have fun together all morning!

Our friends Kira and Stephen came over to play last Tues. and we had fun rollar skating together and playing with balls on the lawn.


We celebrated my mom's 50th birthday here on Sunday. We had 12 adults in our living room for dinner and it was a blast! I can't believe God has blessed us with a home that can hold my entire family!! First we had fun walking to the lake and playing a big family game of volley ball. Mommom and Poppop watched Mackenzie for me and they started of taking a little walk down by the water... she ended up going in up to her neck fully clothed, but it was SO cute! I loved watching my grandmother play with my daughter while my Poppop took pictures! It was so wonderful to see them enjoying her AND I got to play a game of volley ball!!

My dad collected letters from 50 of my mom's friends and family and Angie, Amy, and I bound them all in a scrapbook for her! We had so much fun working on that surprise together and my mom (who LOVES encouragement notes!) was so blessed! Great idea, Dad!

We ended the evening with a yummy chocolate cake that is my mom's favorite! It was a wonderful celebration and she is still trying to take it all in she says!

Andy spent the night after the party and it was so much fun to stay up late with him and sit outside with our fire pit! I can't believe we get to live here!! I can't believe all of the extra blessings besides just having a roof over our heads! We have amazing neighbors, everyone is happy to live here! We have a yard that is fenced in! Enough storage for everything! A lake to walk to with a playground, swings, and a great volley ball court! And a house that is big enough for a party... that's my favorite part!!! We never could have seen something this amazing happening when we were walking through the trial of having no house... but God has blessed us more than we could have asked or imagined!