Furry Skurry 2010

We made it to the annual Furry Skurry to benefit SICSA. We definitely have a soft spot for animal rescue and take any opportunity to support animal charities!

This photo is for Aunt Beth! This is what her Buddy is going to look like soon!

Our little animal lover!

There were quite a few greyhounds representing the breed at the walk! We LOVE greyhounds!

Honey Bee Tea

Grammy has fun tea parties for the girls every once in a while and they love it! This time she had a "Honey Bee Tea". It was so cute and the girls had so much fun! Thank you, Grammy! We appreciate all the fun activities you take time to plan for Claire & Anna! Isn't this adorable?!?

She put so much time & thought into making this special for the girls!

The crafts the girls made with Grammy! The Bible verse that the girls learned (and can still recite) is Proverbs 16:24 - Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Anna sipping her "tea"!

Such a great Grammy!

Learning all about honey!

Trying to pour from the tea pot!

Welcome HOME!

Over the Memorial Day weekend, my Aunt Lois had a 'Welcome Home' party for my big brother, Shawn, and his family who have moved back to Ohio from Illinois! We are so excited to have them back home where they belong! We love you guys! Shawn, Kristen, Connor, Lauren & Jillian!

The girls got into Aunt Lois' bag of candy! She ALWAYS has candy for the kids (she knows the way to their heart!).

My family (some of them anyway!!).

This picture is more like it! Ha!!

Memorial Day '10

On Memorial Day we made another trip to Possum Creek! I feel like every other post is related to fishing, but that is one of our favorite things to do!

The highlight of the trip was the bait WORMS, yes... the worms!

Sweet girls!

All Claire wanted to do was play with the worms. She is holding a meal worm here. Ewwww!

Fishing fun!

Claire holding a night crawler!

Anna wasn't as eager to hold the worms, but she loved looking at them crawl around!

My little fisher girl!

They almost always hold hands when they're walking! Love it!

Feeding the baby goats!

Cubbies Award Ceremony

In May, Claire had her Cubbies award ceremony. This is the second year she's been involved with the AWANA program at church and the third year I've helped out with the Cubbies as a leader! We love AWANA! I also love hearing Claire recite her Bible verses. Nothing more important than hiding God's word in your heart!

Claire receiving her award for finishing her book this year!

Claire & Caroline showing off their stuffed Cubbie Bear (the little sisters also enjoyed tagging along with us this year!!).

CUTE cousins!

Beach Photoshoot

Our beach photoshoot!

Last Beach Visit

Thankfully, we had great weather and were able to make many trips to the beach! These photos are from our last time soaking up the rays and playing in the sand!

Heading to the beach one last time!

I loved watching my girls experience the sand and the ocean for the first time. It was truly a priceless time for all of us.

So many fun memories made during our time on Emerald Isle!

My favorite people!

"What do you mean we have to leave???".