PREEMIE FROGS

We have some drainage ditches over by our house that are pretty well filled with water. When you walk outside, especially right after it rains, there are a ton of these "preemie" frogs everywhere. Alyssa immediately wanted to catch them and hold them. Samara was a little more hesitant but when she saw Syssa do it she braved up and did it too.

Sleepy

After the sleepover Alyssa and Samara were very tired so they layed in the playroom and watched Lion King. Alyssa fell asleep and Mara almost did but not quite. Notice there is no thumb in Alyssa's mouth. She hasn't sucked her thumb very much since a couple days after her birthday.

As our friends were leaving today to go to there homes after a wonderful sleepover Nattie said Bye Bye and waved to them. She has waved before but this is the first time she's said bye bye. It sounded more like "bu bu" but it was pretty darn close to bye bye.

SLEEPOVER

So Micah and I wanted to start going on date nights so we asked some of our friends that have 4 girls of their own if they'd like to do a date night swap. Last week was my birthday so we got the chance to go out without the girls. Last night was our night to watch the beautiful 7 girls. Ages went 8 months, 9 months, 2 1/2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, and 7 years. What cuties.

Dragonfly and Nattie playing. Nattie likes to try to poke Dragonfly's eyes. She wants to touch them. Dragonfly doesn't move much whereas Nattie does so I have to be extra careful Nattie's not a bully to her. Nattie is the one in the green.


Our friend Dragonfly lounging.


6 of the cute girls. I think Nattie's taking a bath. She made a mess at dinner.


From left to right: Ladybug, Samara, Butterfly, Alyssa, Princess Flower, Nattie, and Dragonfly. Those aren't the real names of our friends' kids but that's what they go by. There they are, all 7 of them. What cute girls. 7 GIRLS!!! What would we do if they were all our own?

Birthday Party

Our friend ladybug had her 3rd birthday party! It was so much fun. It was a chocolate so all the kids had a blast eating tons and tons of chocolate. There was a chocolate fountain and painting with chocolate pudding. Thanks ladybug for the wonderful party.

Last day of school

Alyssa's last day of school was on June 2nd. Here's some pictures of her teacher and her teacher's assistant.

Our first pool trip

This is the first time we went to the pool this summer. We've already had a ton more pool trips. We plan on going a whole lot this summer too. This first time the girls got in except for Natalie and even the older two got out about 20 mins after being in. Nattie now does get in as well. They all love it. We're looking forward to many more trips to the pool to cool off. It's supposed to get up to 100 today not to mention the humidity. YUCK!!!

My Girls

I was standing in the bathroom putting makeup on when Alyssa runs in saying, "Mommy, Mommy I'm five years old now so I taught Mara how to pray. I taught her to say thank you for the bowls and spoons and cups and blinds and ....." the list kept going and going. She then said, "God made everything so I can pray all by myself and teach Mara how to pray all by herself to thank God for EVERYTHING since that's what He made." She was so excited. I just can't believe how awesome and smart my girls are.

Then to put sugar on top of everything this morning, Christian came this morning and wanted a poptart because the other girls had one. I discovered that there were none left. So Mara broke a piece off of hers and gave it to him. As you all can tell we're having a pretty good morning so far. Alyssa said that she didn't even need to pray for Jesus' help to be good today because she's doing it all by herself. I told her to keep praying that he helps you just in case you fell like doing something naughty. Just wanted to share my beautiful girls' thoughts with you this morning.

Family/Friends

I've been thinking quite a bit lately about my family and friends and how important they are to me. I don't know what life would be like without any of them. At times I want to be by myself but I think I'd go crazy if I was by myself all the time. I've realized recently how a good friend is that is pursuing Christ in the same manner as you are is. I've realized that my girls even though they drive me nuts sometimes are some of the greatest blessings that my life will ever hold. I hope that they remember that no matter how old they are I will always be here for them. They are the lights of my life and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Today driving home from my math class I called my hubby up and asked him if he remembered when we were in high school and every time we were apart for more than 10 minutes we'd be writing to each other or calling each other on the telephone saying that we missed each other. Now my math class is about 2 hours and it takes about half an hour to get there and back but between that time I missed my husband. I wanted to just sit with him and snuggle with him. I'm starting to see that if we want our marriage to be something great we've got to get back to the basics and just WANT to be with each other as much as we can. I just want all my family and friends to know that I appreciate all you do for me. I love you all!!!

St Michaels

A couple old houses in St Michaels. This town is a really historic town and has a lot of stuff from the war of 1812. It's really neat to look at all the old houses. If you look closely they have a plaque on the outside that says who used to live there and all that.


This was a weird sign I thought. It says "Food and drink, strollers, and four legged friends more than welcome!" Just odd because normally it's the other way around.

Our Anniversary

This was one of the historic sites when we went on a 90 minute cruise on the Miles River which is part of hte Chesapeake Bay Estuary.

This is another historic house that has a Widow's Walk. It's where wives of sailors would pace back and forth watching for their husband to come home from sea. I knew that before but I forgot about them.

A picture of us to prove that we were really on the boat. ;-) It was fun but quite windy.

Our Anniversary

This is outside the Maritime Museum that we didn't have enough time for.

Eating crabs at the Crab Claw. This restaurant was a ton better than the one we went to the night before. Look at the smile on my face. :-)

Micah taking a picture of himself.

Us together!!! Wow we're a good looking couple.

Our Anniversary

Getting ready for a wonderful evening at the Crab and Steak House.



Micah and Kim at the Crab and Steak House thinking that it's going to be great food.


The restaurant wasn't good at all. Micah ordered a Tuna steak and it was purple all the way through. I ordered a beef steak medium and I got it and it was purple and cold just brown on the outside. I had them take it back and cook it more and it wasn't very flavorful when I got it back. It was quite expensive so I was really disappointed.


We went to Tilghman Island which is farther down. We saw a boat that said Miss Kim on it so we had to take a picture.



In Tilghman Island we saw what I thought were a couple teenage girls that were driving a golf cart down the middle of the road with their dog running along side of them. It was funny.

Our Anniversary

We went to St Michaels for our anniversary this last weekend since our anniversary was on the 18th of May. It was cool. We stayed at an inn right on the water on a peninsula type thing. It was so windy when we came up that the waves were huge in the bay.

This is the volleyball court right outside our hotel room.


This is the hotel room and our van.


The beautiful water.

Bathtime

Micah decided to give Nattie a bath in the sink. She was filthy and the other two were in the shower. It was cute and she loved it.

There's a Frog in the House!!!

I was sitting at the computer on a rainy day when all of a sudden Alyssa shrieks, "There's a frog in the house". I quickly run over to the table where she was sitting eating her breakfast and sure enough there was a frog in my dining room. I caught it but before I put it outside Alyssa wanted to see it and pet it. Samara was scared until I put it outside and then she said I want to pet it so I went back outside and caught it and took it to her and she got scared and said no Mommy no put it back outside. It was funny.

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day Mommy and Daddy stayed in the nursery with the girls. We had to take a picture of the three of them with their Mommy. They all look unhappy because Mommy made them come over and get their picture taken and they didn't want to, they wanted to play. Oh well, at least I got a picture with me and them together on Mother's Day.

Holding Nattie

Now that Nattie's getting too big for Alyssa and Samara to hold they want to hold her. She kept squirming and trying to get away. Mara kept saying hurry mommy take a picture, quick. She's so funny.

Alyssa's Birthday

So I know it's a bit late but here's some pictures of Alyssa at her birthday party at the park. She got home that day and said "I was a princess today!!" She was so excited to be a princess at her birthday.




Blowing out 5 birthday candles. WOW she's getting to be such a big girl.


Say CHEESE!!

Cuties

Alyssa and Samara eating pizza on one of our hot days.


Nattie sitting in the chair that Grandma and Grandpa got from the yard sale for Alyssa a long time ago.


If you look closely you can see her pearly whites on the bottom of her mouth.

Love at First Sight

On two separate days Nattie found herself in my stand up mirror and got so excited. She started giving herself kisses both days. One of the days she had her passi in her mouth so she kept clanking the mirror with it. It was so cute.