More Horse Riding Lessons!!!!

Mia tightening the saddle
Abbey working on keeping her hands and the reigns lifted off of the saddle!!
Abbey practicing her circles with Rocky!
Mia loving on Ruby before she puts the reigns on her!
Abbey getting ready to put the bit in Rocky's mouth!
Mia riding Ruby beautifully!! We were so proud of her! Sayer (her teacher) said Ruby is a pretty stubborn horse and Mia took charge wonderfully!!!
Abbey doing a wonderful job as well!!! She did great with Rocky!!!
And Rocky did great for her!!!!!

Good Times with Grandma's

Our last stop while in Tyler was to Longview to see Nanny!!! We had fun looking at old pictures of Nonnie when she was little!!!

Cute Things My Girls Say

I love how my kids express themselves. I love that Mia trys to add new vocabulary words into her conversations where they totally do not fit! The other day she was talking to a neighbor and said they would have to "plan it by year" instead of play-it-by-ear!!!!

Yesterday, Abbey was having a rough day. I was talking to her about changing her attitude and she said..."wipe my dirty(diwty) attitude away (while motioning it at the same time).

I Sure Love You Two!!!

Sweet time ... Sweet friend

The girls loving on Julie and the baby!
Me loving on Julie and the baby!

Julie looks more beautiful than I have ever seen her. She truly is the epitome of a gentle quite spirit that is pleasing to the Lord! I am so blessed by her friendship and so thankful we got to visit so much more than I expected! (she was in town from Panama) I am thankful for her encouraging listening ear! She knows the worst and best of me and still loves me so dearly!

"The Lord God has given me a tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple. The Lord God has opened my ear."

Isaiah 50:4
Thank you for serving me by listening to me and encouraging me...I love you and miss you already!!!

Hangin with Julie

The girls loved getting to see Max and Annabelle! They had a ton of fun playing even though it was just for a couple of hours!!! They loved every minute of it!

The Boy is Growing

I cannot believe how much he has grown in just one month. He is so big and still loves his momma so much which is so sweet. He says da da, beep, Bebe (which is Blair's mom),he signs please wherever he wants and is too cute for words. He loved on Poppie a lot and gave Nonnie an unsolicited kiss which was precious! I think he looks just like his momma in the first pic!

More slip-n-slide fun

Won't be long before he is chasing them down the slide!!

Off to Tyler

Aunt Gigi bought this cool sprinkler that shoots the balls up and out! The girls loved it, although Caden had some reservations at first, he joined in on the fun!


The mosquitos were after these girls but it was not stopping them from having fun on the slip-n-slide!

Baby Joshua

Off we went to meet our new nephew. Wes' sister had a baby while we were moving so this was the first time for us to see him. He was so sweet! He slept most of the time which was wonderful for Aunt Mitzi! Holding sleeping babies is one of my all time favorite thing to do.

The girls loved playing with their new cousin of course, but had a blast with Jonathan and Miranda! Late nights with Uncle D and fireworks, helping out with the goats and chickens and stories with Bammy! Life just does not get much better than this!!!

He is still so tiny only weighing about 10 pounds!!!!

Kelly and I spent the day shopping at the health food store, thrift store, Ross and Target. We had so much fun and Joshua was just wonderful for us!!! I love spending time with Kelly because she has such a knowledge base for homeopathic remedies and now herbs. Thanks Kelly love you!

CUTE Frani

I swung by our old pastors house heading out of town hoping to get a pic of their entire fam but Doug just got through with a run! So here we are...I love this lady...she is precious and would love to have had more time with her but we ABSOLUTELY loved the time we got!! She loves to read her Bible!!! I love that about her!!!

Saying Goodbye...to our wonderful neighbors

We got to give Mrs. Betty one more hug!!( With tears)She is precious! Betty and Mr. Dan would have done anything for us, they loved the girls and always had time for visits and hugs...the girls liked their candy dish!!!
The girls said goodbye to their pink room and our home one more time!

Lauren and Julie met me to give me one more hug or so we thought!!!

Our PRECIOUS neighbors who we totally loved just moved here as we were moving away. We wish we had longer together but we so enjoyed the time we had!
And sweet Kylee, the girls just adore her and I think will always miss her!!!

Dinner with Uncle Tim and Kelli

or should I say Boomer and Allie!! The girls had a blast with their wonderful dogs who just got married as well! Wes and I loved seeing their new home and only wish we had more time with them. Thanks you guys for a wonderful dinner and great visit!

A Place to Stay

Chrys and Mike were kind enough to offer us a place to stay b/c Abbey and Wes are allergic to cats (my sister has a new kitty)! We were thankful to have a bed and turns out it was good timing b/c Chrys got put on bedrest. So we were able to help out a little while we were in town!

Chrys and I were not very good at taking pics all week but we got some good visit time in the morning! Friday, Michele and her cuties came over to help Chrys, so we got to give them hugs before heading out of town to see the in laws! Michele made us some YUMMY bread to take with us!! Thanks Michele!!!The girls had so much fun with Oliver all week. Every morning his first words were ABBEY.... MIA!!!

The Butterfly

We went to Dallas and our first stop was hanging out with the cousins! We were thankful for the sunshine!!!

Nothing like jumping in the pool for the 50th time!!!!!!!!!!!
The Wash-N-Machine....Steph and I had to demonstrate this to the girls first ... of course!!! Do you guys remember this??? These are Mia's feet as she is flipping over Kennah!!They were so proud they finally figured it out!

By far my favorite memory was Aunt Steph pulling out the old swim team championship....the Butterfly...wish I had a pic for ya!

Must be Hereditary

Today it is rainy so I decided to bring some happiness to the cloudy room by baking some brownies! About 15 minutes into cooking them in the oven, Abbey begins sniffing!! What is that smell mommy? What smell? I smell chocolate!!!!! I love that my girls have got a thing for chocolate!!!!

Mia did the same thing around Abbey's age. One night while tucking her in to bed, I kissed her she was like I smell ..chocolate and ...peanut butter. There is just absolutely no fooling or sneaking around these noses!!

Drip Drops...

Sunday at church we were taking the Lord's Supper. Abbey asked why I was drinking it again and I shared. She asked why I was not happy because Jesus died on the cross for my sins? I said I was and asked what made her think I was not happy... she replied with " sometimes their are drip drops" (while she ran her finger down my cheek)!!!

My little swimmers

Yea Abbey!!! With much thanks to Houston and another little girl we met at the pool, Abbey is swimming without her life jacket!!! She is so excited!!!

Mia practicing her handstand, counting how long she can hold it. She can do this all day long!!!!