Vacation Bible School 2012

ME attended their first week of VBS at our local church.  They were extremely lucky to have the company of their cousin Leela in their group and even more lucky to have Grandma Linda as their leader...so the transition of being dropped off/picked up by Mama really was not difficult at all.  Mama usually heard "you can leave now" as soon as we arrived...

 

Our first morning, wearing our VBS t-shirts...

Though we didn't interact much with other kids and usually chose not to share a lot about what we learned, the week brought obvious lessons surrounding the theme.  Then and still to this day, we can be heard belting out the songs and often request to listen to the music CD in the car (fairly close in popularity to Justin Bieber).  We also at times can be heard to randomly tell each other "it's okay, you can trust God" if having difficulty doing something, etc. which is really quite sweet.

Looks like we have a new annual event to kick-off our summers for awhile.  Thanks Grandma Linda for making the week so much fun!  Love, ME

(Note: get pics from Mom's camera)

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day brought us up to the cabin for some "okay" weather, but as always we still had plenty of fun going on 4-wheeler rides and playing in the sandbox (sorry, no pics of these fun times this round...next time).  Though the picture is missing a certain someone who was having some attitude at the moment, we guarantee you we love, love our Papa!

In fact much of the refusing to pose in a picture was because we were so very sad Papa had to leave...displaying our tears of love...

Another sad goodbye with tears of love...

Thanks Papa for being so special to all of us...we love, love, love you!! XOXOXO

We were able to spend a couple of extra days at the cabin with Mama and thank heavens one of those days allowed for some fun in the sun, complete with swimming and jet ski rides by all (compliments of Grandpa and Grandma's driving help, thank you, thank you).  Here are a few favorite pics from the day...

We are excited for more summer fun at the cabin!

Love, M, E and T

Happy 14-months to Teddy!

The biggest and best news of this month...I am now moving upright!  I hadn't walked more than 4-5 steps and out of the blue one night while playing in the living room after dinner with everyone present, I decided to strut my stuff.  I walked from one side of the room to the other and obviously was applauded, so kept on doing it over and over.  

I felt sharing a few video clips was the best way to display this accomplishment.  The first clip is the following day after my "Big Show" the night before, while at Oxbow Park for a picnic with my sisters and Mama...

The second clip is another fun pastime I have in the kitchen, reminiscent of what my sisters did but they usually needed each other to do this and didn't complete this alone...must be a girl thing...

This last clip is my favorite...it is me playing "Monster", which I love to do to anyone who will entertain my scariness...

Watch out world, here I come!
Love, Theodore