It's nice to just sit back and enjoy each other. :)
As soon as school ended, we hopped into a van with my wonderful in-laws and we headed over to Tennessee & Kentucky to visit our other family members. We spent a week there & I left my camera at home. I don't have any great pictures to share, that show you just how much fun we had. But even without the photos, we really had a wonderful visit. I always love going back to that area, and I'm so thankful for any chance we get to let the girls visit my parents, brothers, and Jared's grandparents.
One of my favorite moments from the week is watching Isabelle cook breakfast with Mrs. Susan and Grandma Bilbrey. She made her own biscuit and a cup of gravy. The gravy was only flour and milk, but it looked delicious. :) I absolutely loved seeing them together in the kitchen! I am very blessed to have married into such a wonderful family. I love them as my own.
Once we returned home, we jumped right into our summer activities. We went on a play date with some of our favorite friends. We always love spending time with them & we are so very thankful for them.
Then we went swimming. :)
Both girls love swimming at Grandma & Papa's house! They both practiced going under water and blowing bubbles in the water. Madeline loves being in the water. She keeps her eyes open when she goes under and it is so funny! The water was pretty cold, but once we got in for a few minutes, we were fine. It was a great way to spend our day :)
And then, we went to our first visit to the dentist. It went a lot smoother than expected. She wouldn't let any of the machines in her mouth. They had to brush & count her teeth manually. And she didn't want to lay all the way back. So we had some issues but she got through it and got a goody bag. :) Hopefully next time will be a little better!
We went to a cookout with some good friends of ours, the Nays. They have beautiful horses! The girls loved getting up close to them and Isabelle even hopped on one :)
At this point in my post, I'm realizing we've done a lot more things in just these few weeks than I thought. I'm tempted to make a Part 2 post.... But I'm already here. And I have been slacking on my postings so I'm just going to keep on rolling :)
Last week, we were blessed with being asked to join our friends on a trip to Nags Head. (On a side note, I'm so thankful for all of our friends! Our kind-hearted, sweet, caring, honest as they come, friends. It is so nice to be surrounded by a great group of Christian friends.) Anyways, our friends, Doug & Laura, spent the week in Nags Head on a family vacation. I was so excited when they asked us to join them for a couple of days! The girls had so much fun, the weather was perfect and No One got burned!!
There are a ton of photos from that trip, so I'll write a seperate post about that :)
This week, we went on a shopping trip to Target and found a treasure! A Dora water sprinkler for $4!! We bought it and came straight home. Best $4 ever spent :)
Today, we went on our first trip to the library! I've been so excited to do this with our girls. We had a big talk in the car about our "library manners" and "quiet voices." I was so proud of them for their good behavior! They were so great!! We went with some of our friends, the Brewers. Tosha & I had 5 kids in there, y'all!! It could have been a disaster! But they were all so well-behaved and we were definitely proud mommas! They were so well that we decided to take them to Chick-fil-a :)
I signed Isabelle up for a summer reading program and she is so excited about it! She doesn't know how to read, but they have tons of beginner books and if we work through them with her, they still count. We read through one of her books today and I was so impressed to see how many letter sounds she remembered! Sometimes, I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall when we are working through some of her workbooks. It's nice to see things paying off :)
Today, we worked on the word "See" and the name "Otto" and she read them every time we saw those words. SOOO proud of her!!
Madeline is not ready for reading yet, but she loves to be read too! And she absolutely loves Elmo. She spotted this book from across the room and there was no way she was putting it down!
We were very excited to see a puzzle table. These girls love some puzzles!
We've had a great start to our summer! We're enjoying each other and thankful for the time we have together. I hope I find time to post a little more!
