Favorite July Pictures...

July was such a fun month! Here is some of my favorite pictures:

My sis-in-law, Anne, came over with the kids to my parents house to swim and pick yummy blueberries (my parents have around 20+ bushes and this is an absolute favorite thing for the summer). Anne and I picked a little under a gallon each before a nice thunderstorm blew in - and in the meantime my alarm company had left a message to say my fire alarm had gone off - yikes! - Andrew was at the store and also received a call from the alarm company, we raced home to see what was left of our house - so scary. Luckily it appeared to be a close lightning strike that did no damage that set off the alarm - whew! I love my cute nieces, Cydney, Savannah, and Kaitlyn - they were so much fun and Tanner is so much fun - he loves to ham it up for me in front of the camera!

Savannah

Katelyn

Tanner

Who's missing in this picture? CYDNEY - now a too cool teenager to be caught with a camera!

At our church's July breakfast to celebrate our history, both with the country and our pioneer & local heritage. We had tons of yummy food and I convinced some of the kids to take Madeleine around in their wagon which she LOVED! She was also so happy to hold the red balloon (I was watching it with an eagle eye - kids and balloons scare the ba-jeebees out of me!).

This picture makes her eyes look like blueberries (probably because she ate almost a gallon by herself!).

At Nana and Papa's house...

Madeleine and Dylan got to spend some quality cousin time together. They are only 3 months apart, but Dylan seems to dwarf Madeleine!

Dylan and Papa playing pattycake...

Madeleine with her glow worm.

Talking to her other cousin Katelyn, who now lives in New Mexico - she gets so animated when she talks to her on the phone!

We had some visitors from out of town stay with us long enough to build their own nest and settle their family, they were too cute to watch - even if Andrew was a little annoyed they did it on his gutter!

4th of July (a shameless catchup post)

This year's 4th was a lot of fun, my Uncle A and Aunt Abi came with their kids and my Uncle Ken and Aunt Martha and my cousin Krista and her new hubby Michael were also able to make it up again. I always have so much fun whenever we are able to get together. I'm thankful that I live close to family to allow for these opportunities.

We spent a lot of time outside at my parents' pool swimming - I was having fun getting action shots of my cousins, Fischer and Hannah, and the bigger kids, Uncle A and Andrew.

Grrrr baby!

Madeleine was all dressed in her 4th of July festivities as was Dylan - but man! it is so hard to catch the two of them together!

After we swam and stuffed ourselves with our summer Thanksgiving feast, we went outside to do sparklers and watch some fireworks that Uncle A brought.

Fischer

Papa and Dylan

Nicholas

Mollie

Andrew and I left early to catch the Gwinnett County fireworks display - we were a little late in finding a great spot, but we were still able to see them okay. We love fireworks and Madeleine was just mesmerized by them!

Nicole's Baby

My friend Nicole and I met when we were like six years old. I have been so happy to see her get married to a great guy and just recently welcome her first child into this world. Here are some of the pictures I took a week after this precious boy was born...