Precious

Annie was praying before bed tonight and she said these words...

"Dear Jesus, thank you for mommy and daddy and

 for grammo and grampo and..... Jesus, thank you for being the BEST Jesus ever! Amen"

Amen!!

Family FIGHT

We had our first official family fight today.
All 3 of us were in on it.
No one was holding back.

Ok... it was a pillow fight. And it was fun. Annie especially enjoyed it. There was a lot of laughing and swinging and bonking and jumping on the bed.

Don was holding a cup of ice water during the pillow fight. Thank goodness it didn't spill since he was on my side of the bed. When we were done Annie announced "I am so glad that we like to fight!"

We also went to Paul Molitor park yesterday. Henley found a friend and so did Annie. The weather was so beautiful yesterday and today. Here are some highlights.

Flower Park

Fun day today!!
We had some of the cousins over and they got to go to the park at Westside school with us. We also enjoyed a yummy lunch together and had fun splashing in Annie's pool. We are going to miss them when they move in a few weeks.  (I don't want to think about that, yet). They are all so special and we had a fantastic day!

A few more parks...

Dear Summer,
PLEASE SLOW DOWN A LITTLE!!!
Sincerely,
Carlena

We have a few more parks we can cross off our list. I forgot to bring my camera to Playmore park in East Troy so we will have to go back and do that one again. We had a great time last week at Sunset Park and a few weeks ago at Reed Park in Fontana.  That was very special because a few of Annie's cousins got to join us. Here are a few pictures to highlight our fun.

I hope you all enjoy every moment of these sunshiny days!!

Summertime!!

I really am a serious fan of SUMMER! 

We just celebrated the 4th of July and I enjoyed being with family and seeing fireworks and BBQs and swimming.... That is my idea of a good time! Annie loved everything about the fireworks this year. Last year they were still a little too "BOOMY" for her. But, I think she would go see them everyday if she could. (I think she likes staying up late, too!)

Here are a few pictures from last night's firework party!

We missed you, Sophie. I hope you had fun at camp.

I often mentioned how blessed I am as I express myself with this blog.... I am blessed because my family is so special and I am blessed to live in America. I enjoyed explaining to Annie a little bit about how our country began and how wonderful it is to have the freedoms we have.  After listening to me talk for a few minutes she asked me if she was "free" to go outside and ride her bike?! I'm sure she was listening to everything I mentioned about the constitution and our founding fathers!