A New Place to Lay Our Heads.......

Beckett and Helen have new beds! We have some good friends who gave us these wonderful bunk beds! What an incredible gift! We decided to put them in Beckett's room and put his twin bed in Helen's room. She was still sleeping in the "crib turned toddler bed" (which was fine with me!) She looks too big now that she is sleeping in a twin bed! Anyway, we put the bunk beds together tonight and they wanted to sleep together, so Beckett is sleeping on top and Helen is sleeping on bottom! I've also posted a picture of Helen in her new bed. She napped in it today and will sleep there tomorrow night. I need to purchase one of those side bed rails to make sure she doesn't fall out! The new bed is much higher than she is used to! She is so proud of her big bed and her pretty comforter! (I'm proud of it too, since I got a good deal on it at TJ Maxx!) It will take a while for me to update her room from the ladybug bedding and decorations that she has had for 3 and a half years, but it will get there! Thanks again Jeff, Stephanie and JT for the bunk beds! We love them!

Happy Father's Day!

We just want to say Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! Beckett wants everyone to know that his dad is awesome because he says "yes" all the time. Beckett also says that his dad is the best dad he has ever seen and he loves his dad! Helen wants everyone to know that her daddy always protects her and he calls her princess. I want everyone to know that Sean is a wonderful father and husband! He puts his family first before anything else and bases his decisons on what is best for our family! We are very blessed to have him lead our family and he is doing a great job! We think every day should be Father's Day!

Father's Day wishes also go out to Granbob (my father) and Papa (Sean's father)! We think they are pretty special, too!

Road Trip to Spring Hill for Emma's Birthday Party!

Our friends the Phillips moved to Spring Hill a few months ago and we have really missed them. We went to church together and they were in our growth group. Helen has especially missed Emma. Emma invited Helen to her 4th birthday party and we decided to take a road trip to attend the celebration! Helen and I left LC on Saturday morning and drove to my mom and dad's house in Brentwood and spent some time with them before we headed down to Spring Hill. We had a great time at the party. Emma had a butterfly theme and they released butterflies at the end of the party! It was a lot of fun and great to see Channing, Meesha, Emma and baby Olivia!

Each of the kids at the party had their own butterfly wings and antennae sticking out of their party hats! Too cute!

Emma is opening her present from Helen while her daddy and Olivia watch! Below you will see pictures of Helen with her wings and antennae party hat, baby Olivia, and pictures of the kids as Meesha released the butterflies! It was a lot of fun!

Hangin' With Ty

We all enjoyed having Ty spend a day and night with us! He is such a great kid and he made us all laugh quite a bit! We had all kinds of fun and can't wait till we see him again soon!

We went to Sonic and Ty really enjoyed his vanilla ice cream!
Helen loved her milkshake!

Ty and Helen woke up first and then went in to wake up Beckett!

We went to Sweetwater to swim with Jill and Lillie on Friday morning. (Connor was on his way home from 4-H Camp.) Ty spent Friday night with them! We had a blast in the pool!

Beckett is ALL about swimming this summer! He loves it!

And here he is in action! This one's for you, Grankaki!

Ty is Here!

Just wanted to post a video to let Kathy and Josh see Ty. This was fifteen minutes after you left! :) We are having a great time with our cousin Ty. He is staying with us while his mom and dad go to see Jimmy Buffett tonight in Atlanta! (Ty is definitely dressed for the concert even though he won't be attending!) Sorry they aren't dancing to a Buffett song....all we could find on the KIDZ Music channel was MC Hammer! :) Enjoy!

Fun in the Sun!

We had a great day swimming and hanging out with friends today! Thanks to the Pridmores for inviting us to swim with them in their neighborhood pool! Just a few pictures from our day.......

Lunch Break!

Another Day at Dollywood!

On Friday we took our good friend Marilyn to Dollywood! We had a great day! It was also a wet day! Not because it rained, but because we rode several "wet" rides. Fortunately, I had Beckett and Helen prepared by dressing them in their swim suits, but Marilyn and I were a bit uncomfortable after the "River Rampage" totally soaked us! Thanks, Marilyn for going with us and for hanging out with Helen when she wasn't tall enough to ride some of the rides!

Helen looking cool in her shades as she rides the tram through the parking lot!
Beckett and Helen after he rode the new River Battle ride and got soaking wet! Helen and I got to shoot the boat with water from land while Beckett and Marilyn rode in the boat and shot water at us! What fun!
Playing in the kid's water area! The water randomly shoots up from the holes in the ground!