Home at last!

We literally just walked in the door about a half an hour ago! More pics coming soon. . .sorry we weren't able to update every day :-( We have so many pictures (hundreds) I didn't know where to start!

Friday & Saturday, on the way to Disney World!

Sorry I haven't updated the blog since we've been at Disney but boy have we been busy!!!

We left Friday afternoon after Jody got off work, drove halfway and stayed the night in Savannah, Georgia. We woke up early, made the other half of the trip and arrived at our Hotel, The Wilderness Lodge, Saturday afternoon. The trip here was good! Here are some of the pictures we took on the way down and as we entered Florida!!

The girls in their Disney World shirts! They were so excited to get there!

Lizzy went to the doctor Thursday for her 1 year check-up! She weighed 18lbs 15oz (10th %)! Her length was 28 in (25%) and her head circumference was 50%! She's stayed on the same growth curve and the doctors are happy! She's not walking yet but can say "Ma", "DaDa" and can wave bye-bye!

Lizzy Maye had a great 1st Birthday! She woke up early. . .she must not have realized she could sleep in?? Jody and I put her birthday hat on, fed her breakfast and spent just a few minutes with her before her sisters' woke up and Jody had to leave for church! She was all but thrilled to have the hat on! We went to church where Lizzy was labled as the "grumpy birthday girl", and let me tell you she was definately the grumpiest one year old we've had yet?? After church we spent the rest of the afternoon with grumpy Lizzy (who would not take a nap) decorating and cleaning the house for her party that evening! We ended up not having service at church so it worked out great! The girls and I decorated by putting up balloons and streamers on the mailbox, front porch and all over inside the house. We put up signs directing the party traffic where to go for the 1st Birthday Party! And to top it all off we put up our big 3ft blow-up Happy Birthday Lion! In my family Birthdays are a huge deal and being 1 is the biggest! Lizzy received so many presents she didn't know what to do??!! I made her birthday cake trying to fashion it after one I saw on TV, let's just say it probably wouldn't win an award for best in show. . .but the girls really enjoyed it!

We wish everyone was able to come and celebrate with us. . .enjoy the pictures!

Here comes AWANA!

Friday August 17th we had our big AWANA kick-off!

We invited children of all ages (our AWANA program starts at age 3 and goes through highschool) to our new Family Life Center (FLC) for our Wild West Round-Up!

We had booths set-up for the children to walk through and get tickets to redeem at the trading post! We had panning for gold, a spoon & egg walk, lasoing, pony rides, hay rides, watermelon eating contest, horseshoes, craft table and much more!

We all had a blast dressing up in our western wear and introducing children to our AWANA program!

We're excited about the upcoming year!!