Oh, how we'll miss these Florida friends!

The past few weeks have been busy with play-dates galore as we try to cram in as much time as we can with some of the kids' favorite people.

Thank goodness Play-dough (below) and BeyBlades (above) are fun for so many different age groups!

"Fierce-some" Four:

This last picture & story is about a new (rather than favorite) friend.  We were waiting for Parker to finish cub scouts and hanging out in the church nursery.  This cute little gal came in and began quietly playing with Lincoln.  After several minutes, she said, "What's your name?"  He answered, "Lincoln."  Then she asked, "Want to be my friend?"

His reaction was so adorable.  He looked around with an embarrassed look on his face - as though she had asked him to be her boyfriend and he was checking to see if anybody had heard.  Finally he shrugged his shoulders (I think they nearly touched his ears!) and whispered, "Sure."  I guess nobody had ever really asked him that before!

Amazing Warrior

My heart goes out to my dear friend, Kelli, today as she recovers from yet another surgery in her battle with ovarian cancer.  She is a close friend of my family and I think of her as a sister.  Some pics from our last visit with her:

Hugging Parker:

Pics from last summer that show how long her beautiful hair was before chemo:

Our love and prayers are with you, Kelli.  We know the Lord will help you through this season of illness.  You are so strong and faithful.  Keep your chin up!

Lincoln's Goofy Faces

5 kids for a week

My sister's two youngest kids spent a week with us while she and her husband and their two oldest vacationed at DisneyWorld.  Kate (2) and Bruce (6 months) began to feel like part of the family!

 

 

 

 

 

a little catch-up

Here are a few fun times from March that I wanted to go back and include on the blog. First, we have some pics of swimming at a friend's birthday party:


Sometimes Anndra is really shy, but other times she wants to be right in the middle of things... like how she had to sit between Parker and his friend while they ate:


Right after she jumped to me from the steps:


Happy Daddy:


Parker doing a flip:



A peaceful sleeper:



Jumping on the trampoline in the rain:




Art time with Brooke:




Ice cream drips:

Spring Break Beach Day

Friday was the first day of Spring Break for Parker, so we celebrated by taking 2 friends with us to the beach!


We couldn't have asked for a better day. The weather was perfect.


The water was not too chilly, so Parker and his pal were out in the waves almost the entire time.




The kids didn't even complain too much that I made them re-apply sunscreen 5 times. I love a beach day when no one comes home sunburned!



Anndra mostly just wanted to throw sand all day:




But she wasn't the only one enjoying the lovely white powder:


The 3 youngest wanted to be buried over and over:


Everyone had so much fun that, even after 5 exhausting hours, they were begging me to let them stay longer.


I'll finish the post with my 2 favorite pics of Anndra.

She's definitely got that 2-year-old strut going:

She takes my breath away!