Wakeboarding on the Lake

Riley on the wakeboard!

Skylar's turn

Skylar got a wakeboard for her birthday and we have been trying it out on the lake. It is amazing how quickly the girls caught on! Skylar just popped right up and after a few tries Riley is a pro too!! Jasye has gotten up a few times and will master it I am sure the next time we go out!

Skylar's in class awards

Skylar gets the award for runner up for most pages read with over 3 thousand pages read. Mrs. Rutherford also awarded her with the Wisdom award. We are so proud of you Skylar!

Riley's end of the year in class awards

Riley's end of year in class awards she is voted "most friendliest girl" and her art teacher gave her the best art student in the class award. Great job Riley!!!! What a great 1st grade year. Mrs. Mescher is the best!!!

Jayse's Preschool Graduation

Faith Baptist Pre school graduation

Jayse and Luke at Graduation 2011. They are bust buddies!!!!

Riley's end of the school year party

Riley's end of the year party at jelly beans! Fun rollar skating!!! Can't believe the year is over!!

Riley and her buddy Sarah take a break from skating!

Skylar's end of the school year party

The girls get ready for a water game! Not duck duck goose but drip, drip, splash!!

Skylar bracing for the water balloon toss

Best buddies Skylar and Brooke win the water balloon toss. They are both so athletic and competitive!! Great job girls!

Our Trip to Va..

We got to hang with the Nicole, Ami, and Theresa's family. Nicole's dad Joe Joe was the "hired" chef and was so gracious to grill the food for us while we all got to catch up. The boy's give Joe Joe a thumbs up on the burgers!

The beautiful girls give a smile while eating the yummy food! Riley and Maya had a great time exploring the neighborhood for lady bugs, Skylar beat the dad's at corn hole and the rest of the kids had sooooo much fun on the trampolene.

We also got to hang with our cousins and got to see them play a soccer game! The kids love getting to see their cousins. We can't wait for our newest edition to come in the fall!!

Jayse's end of year party at the park

My big boy is finishing pre school! Off to Kindergarten we go!!

Happy Birthday Skylar

Our baby is now double digits!!!!!! Happy 10th b-day Skylar!!! We had cupcakes at school, went to the rollar skating rink for a party and then had pizza at home with the family! Skylar got a cool wakeboard and we already tried it out and she is AWESOME!!!!! Even Riley got up. She gave us a great laugh!!!

Riley has a good time skating with daddy!

Riley's Robot

Riley had a project to make a Robot and she decided to make a Robot representing her favorite character in Naria: Lucy. She has her special potion, compass and knife to fight the White Witch!

Spring Piano recital

5th time is a charm!!!

Tee Ball pictures!

The cutest player on the team!!!

Jayse is ready to hit!

Megan shows her best smile before taking the plate!

Indian Princess weekend retreat at Camp Seagull

Riley gets ready to ride the zip line!

Daddy and Riley had so much fun!! They had a zip cord, lake, canoes, slides, camp fire stories, smores, fireworks and more.... A real camping experience: Riley got to stay up late and didn't shower all weekend!

Spring Break at Holden Beach

Riley loves to fish!!

Jayse and Skylar skim boarding! We went to see the movie "Soul Surfer" while at the beach and the kids found a new love for surfing and skimming! What an inspiring story of determination, and faith. Great flick!

Skylar awarded Student of the month for March

Skylar gets awarded the Character trait for the month of March for "Responsibility". Boy does she deserve this! She is my very disciplined child who wakes up every morning by her alarm clock, makes her own bed, gets ready for school and then at 6:45 am she practices piano. Wow! She is more responsible than some adults I know!!!! We are so proud of you and we know that God has great plans in store for your life!

Skylar's field trip back to colonial times

Music can be fun!!

Typical dress for women back in colonial times.

Chetola 2011

We did some great hiking! So beautiful!!

The girls were so excited to spend some quality time with their cousin Elizabeth. They went swimming, hiking, watched movies, played Wii, went shopping and had lot's of great food!!

We got to celebrate Cindy and Eddies big news!!! They are getting married!!!! Yey!!!

Skylar's Christmas Production

Christmas play 2010 "Race to Win". Skylar had a solo and nailed it!!

Riley wins the monthly character award

Riley Wins the Feb. Character trait of "Orderliness". She got to have lunch in the student life center and got a special certificate to remember this special award. We are so proud of you Riley!!!!!