Beach Trip, TK & Luke with Mommy & Daddy! (Part 2)

Quality.Family.Time.

It's so important... especially when it happens at the water's edge!

Here we are chillin with Daddy!

And with Mommy! It was so much fun, look at Luke's smile!

I got some girl time with Mommy!

And just when we were getting to the important girl stuff? You guessed it, Luke came back to talk about boy stuff.

Can I share a big secret? They are really good parents.

We love them a little bit. :-)

BEACH TRIP 2010! (Part 1)

It's not often that I, Sh Sh, take over the blog to narrate myself but I really needed to do the first posting about our family trip to the beach. It was the first time TK and Luke had seen the ocean... and they loved it!

They played and posed and played and posed.

Luke buried TK and then TK chased Luke.

They played in the kiddie pool -

Luke dumped water on TK's head and then TK gave him an "I forgive you hug".

And they posed for a beach picture together... but by then Luke was exhausted from all the playing and posing!

These children are certainly blessings to our family and we thank God for them!

Please check back over the next few days - they both have more pics to share! :-)

Your Visitor's Guide to Stone Mountain!

Buckle in, Friends! We went to Stone Mountain and there's so much to show you, we're including the most pictures EVER in a single blog posting... I know, I'm ambitious!

Allow me to give you a visual tour of Stone Mountain? My capable assistants for this assignment were, of course, my little brother, Luke (we go most everywhere together) and our good friends, Thomas and Addie. You remember Thomas, right? You know, the boy I'm going to marry...

First, you take a gondola ride up to the top of the mountain. Not much to do at the bottom unless it's July 4th and you want to watch the fireworks... Hey, wait a minute... Mom! It's July 2nd!!!

Let me jump back... before that, you have to stand in line to get on the gondola -

You always want to smile pretty for pictures on the way up -


At the top, you immediately start climbing on the rails... Right foot...

Climbing on the rails is what you do right up until the moment your Mommy says, "Picture Please" and you immediately sit down on the nearest bench and pose like this -

Isn't Thomas handsome? And don't we look great together? Uh Oh. Daddy just told me to cut it out with these "jokes", that I'm not 30 yet so I can't even go out on a date yet... Ok, Daddy.

(Sh... Did you see what I did there? I just included a picture of me, Thomas and Addie from the lake a few weeks ago that I forgot to show you. Don't worry, Daddy won't notice).

Here's the real bench picture... Of course, Luke is in this one! We're the 4 muskateers!

Then we get to play! AT THE TOP OF STONE MOUNTAIN!! Don't worry, it's completely safe.

There's even some water up there. I was trying my best to entice Thomas and Addie into jumping the rocks with me... but they decided to rest for a little bit. (See, he's smart too!)

And you know that Lukey had to throw rocks in the water -

On the way back to the gondola, Luke decided to hitch a ride. Fun and pretty ride, right?

The problem with the ride? Luke had a little wardrobe malfunction (Hehe) -

And last but not least before heading back down the mountain? One more picture, of course!

We know that makes you want to go to Stone Mountain... You should go in 2 days, I hear there's quite the fireworks show!

Happy Independence Day everyone!

Taylor Kate at the Lake

She's stylish, she's cute, she's funny... She's my sissy, Taylor Kate!

(and Sh-Sh says that I have to show you how I say her name - it's more like "Ta-lor Kaiiiite")

Friends, I have some shocking news... we've been going to the lake a little bit this summer! What? Do we like going to the lake? Um... yes, we do!

Daddy and TK go swimming...

Mommy and TK go swimming...

TK eats snacks with Granddaddy...

Mommy throws TK up in the air...

It's quite simply a very good time! And chances are... there might be more lake pictures to come!

Luke's Lake Fun!

I LOVE THE LAKE!!

I love jumping off of the dock into the water!


I love it when my Daddy throws me up in the air and I fall in the water!

I don't love it when my shorts come down as he throws me up in the air.

I love fishing with my Granddad!

I love fishing with my Scooby Doo fishing pole!

AND I LOVE IT WHEN I CATCH A FISH!! (See the fish in front of Daddy's leg?)

And I love it when my sissy gives me a congratulations hug after I catch a fish!

Did I mention that I love going to the lake? Happy Summer!

My Wedding!

I have exciting news to share with all of my family and friends! I got married during our Lake Party weekend! (It was, of course, the best time since our families were already together!)

Please allow me to caption our wedding and honeymoon (Hawaii, people!) snapshots!

Thomas: Oh, ok, I guess I do.

TK: Of course, you do! We're made for each other and our families already get along so well. Don't I look pretty in my veil... and my Belle pajamas?

Thomas: You are the most beautiful Princess Bride!

Luke: I wore my best tux! C'mon, Addie, it's time to dance!

Addie: I hope they play "At Last" for their first dance. (Cause you know, they are 4 yrs. old)

Thomas: Um... I'm supposed to lead.

TK: (singing) Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

TK: We've arrived at the Four Seasons Maui (aka Grandmother and Granddaddy's driveway) and are headed for the pool.

Thomas: Glad we brought our hats. Please tell me you remembered the 100 spf sunscreen.

TK: Of course, I did, silly. That's one of the reasons you married me.

TK: This was at the steak house at our first married dinner.

Thomas: Steak was yummy!

Thomas: Aloha from the Luau!

TK: We can't wait to celebrate our first anniversary. We're coming back to Hawaii again, right honey?

Thomas: Yes, my bride!

(Isn't pretending the MOST fun?!!!)

Lake Party!!

So last weekend? We had a LAKE PARTY!! Our friends from church came with us to Grandmother and Granddaddy's house and we... let's just say that it was a weekend to remember!

We had so much fun that I think I'll have to do at least 4 or 5 blog posts about it - we don't want to overwhelm you with all the excitement!

Here's Daddy and Momma and the Daddy of the family, Pat. (He's going to be very important in tomorrow's post!).

And here's Mr. Pat's family (and my friends!) Thomas and Addie, with their Mommy, Tammi -

We love our friends!

Daddy let me drive the boat!!

And then Daddy helped Lukey with the right bait for fishing! (Yes, folks, he caught a fish. Picture coming later in the week!)

Then Thomas started fishing -

But before long we had to get ready for more boat riding!!

Of course, there was loads of actual swimming time!

I know you'll agree that one of God's greatest blessings to us is spending time with family and friends!

Wait til you see what I have to show you tomorrow!!

God's Gifts

Father God, thank you for all of your many blessings, especially for these 2 precious gifts.

The recital gift that keeps on giving!

Not only did I get my pretty yellow recital outfit - my recital present was ANOTHER pretty outfit.

AND BITTY BABY GOT A MATCHING ONE!!

Thursday was a little overwhelming, folks. I needed the weekend to relax... in my ballet outfits, of course!