Sad news

On July 5th, Steve's mom past away. She was only 65 years old. We are all going to miss her very much. Abby was very close to her Nana. She took the news pretty hard. As a mother, it was hard to see my baby so heartbroken. Steve and I understand what is going on and can deal with the heartache, but it is hard to watch your baby have to go through it at such a tender age. It just broke my heart.

Abby loved to make art work with her. Nana loved to display Abby's artwork at her office on her "Abby art door". She was very special and we miss her a lot.

June

Though we have not gone out of town this summer, we have managed to stay pretty busy. Abby had gymnastics camp all last week. While she was doing that, Carter and I busied ourselves by going to the pool, the library, or the family free movie. Abby has also been in swim classes this summer with a one on one instructor. She really enjoys her swim class and loves her teacher. She has had about 4 classes now and already I can see improvement in her swimmming ability and confidence. I have included some of my favorite summer pics.

May

May was a very busy month for us. Carter had a gymnastics ceremony/performance. That did not go well. He did not want to participate or do hardly anything. I have included what little pictures and video we were able to get.

Abby got out of school a few days early because she had her tonsils and adenoids taken out. She could not do any physical activity or eat anything crunchy for 2 weeks. Today was the first day she could do any physical activity or eat anything crunchy. So, we went swimming with her buddy Brooklynn this afternoon. She was so excited to get to run and play. She handled this past 2 weeks like a pro though. I was so proud of her !

School is out for us all and summer is here. Thank goodness!

Mother Goose Party

The Friday before Spring break, Abby's grade put on a performance. Abby was assigned to be a horse. They worked on this performance for weeks. They did a great job! They really did. For Abby's part, she did a dance with 2 other girls in her class. Here are some pictures.

Beach Babes!

The weather was horrible over Spring Break. So, we packed up and headed to the beach. The weather wasn't great there either. It was cold there too. But at least we were at the beach. As you can see from our pictures, we made the most of it. We went with our best friends and had a great time despite the weather.

Here is a video of Carter Mama watching the waves coming in:

Happy Easter!

We had a fun Easter holiday. We went to church and had an Easter egg hunt. We also had a visit from the Easter bunny. It was a nice day outside. Thank goodness! Here are some pics and a video of Carter chasing the car the Easter bunny brought them.

Feb- March

OK. I know I am way overdue for a blog. So, here is an update on the rest of February and March. Abby went to fun fairy party where she got to dress up and have a tea party. The place was said to be "haunted " by a nice fairy that likes to play dress up. She steals the kids clothes while they have they tea party and hides them in the other room. She also steals their napkins and cookies while they eat. The girls thought that was so much fun. The fairy was said to live in the chandelier above the tea room and when she gets excited she dances. She also would turn the lights on & off to answer questions. The host also told them a few etiquette rules, like what to do when a prince walks in the room (see the 2nd picture).

We also went to Fernbank to take Carter to see the Dinosaur exhibit. He loves his Diners! RRRRRR!! On the same day, we went to the circus with Grandma and saw an elephant that paints. That was pretty neat. Abby also tried on circus clothes. Boy, was that a busy day!

In March, around St. Pat's Day, Abby got a new puppy. We call him Odie. He is a cute lil' guy. He and Lucky seem to get a long well together too.