My Incredibly Clean House

Sorry to brag ladies', but I have the most awesome husband in the world. I came home to not only a very clean house, but Nathan fixed about a dozen things that needed fixing, I have never seen my shower this clean since we moved here, painted my guest bathroom and fixed my Oreck sweeper. (Not to mention my unbelievably clean house :)

11 Months Old

In just one month my baby girl will be 1 Year Old. It has gone way too fast, but I have enjoyed every single moment of it!

Kids Fest in Murphy, N.C.

We went to a cool little kids Fest one day and the kids had a really good time. They even got to sit inside a real police helicopter.

Even the babies had some fun things to do!

 

The whole gang

A Day at Snowbird

Grandpa and Grandma Mabry work at  a Christian Wilderness Camp called Snowbird. There are lots of things for the kids to do there. Here they are playing in a foam pit. This was by far their favorite thing at the camp. I wish I had this at my house.

 

Nicole, Annie and I went on the 3 man swing. It was very intense. Annie didn't have as much fun as I thought she would, but that little daredevil will try anything. I was so proud of her because even I was terrified!

Fun at Grandmas

We had such a nice, relaxing time at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Annie's favorite part was holding her foster puppies. She played with them for hours on end. Next year, she will probably stay with grandma for a week or so all by herself. She was such a good girl this week.

Josiah's favorite part was wrestling with Uncle Zach.

 

Josie just loved crawling around and getting into everything. She also acquired new tastes this week : dog food and dead bugs. Long Story :)

My Brown Eyed Girl

Josie was so much fun this week. She is so funny and happy and she charms everyone around her. God truly blessed us with this brown eyed girl.

Trip to Cherokee, N.C.

We had an incredible vacation! Me, my kids and my sis-in-law and her 2 little ones went to visit my in laws in North Carolina. We stopped in Cherokee, N.C. for a couple of days and had a great time!

We went to Santa's Land, which is a small amusement park in Cherokee. Here is the whole group on Santa's sleigh.

Grandpa and Grandma made this trip so wonderful for us. We love you guys so much!

 

Santa visits Cherokee earlier or so I hear.

It took Josiah and Logan a while to warm up to good old Santa Claus. I am not sure they could get much farther away.

This is the first time Josiah has ever sat on Santa's lap. I am so proud of my little guy.

 

We got to see them feed 9 month old bear cubs. They drink fruit punch out of a bottle in about 1 minute. Adorable!

They had lots of cute kid rides. The kids had a great time!

 

This picture is priceless!

Annie got to hold a dove after the magic show. She just loves animals.

Water Fun

Nathan concocted a very cool water play toy for the kids. It is our "redneck" version of a slip and slide. The kids slide down the slide through the kid wash and onto this:

Oh What Fun!

Summer Wind Storm

What a day we had on Sunday! We came home from church to a terrible wind storm. Things were blowing all over the place and most of my neighbors lost a lot of their shingles. We were quite lucky and had no damage at all.

One of the casualties of the storm.

What a Night!

We had another wonderful date night! We went to dinner at Newport on the Levee at Claudaugh's Irish Pub. Then we walked around Newport and walked across the Purple People Bridge. We ended the night with a HUGE ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery. (Peanut Butter Cup and Sweet Cream Ice Cream in a chcolate dip waffle cone = sinful) Great Night!

Crazy Sock Day

Annie had Crazy Sock Day at her school. We looked and looked for sock crazy socks and had no luck, so we decided to make our own. I think they turned out great!

Josephine and Josephine

I wanted you to  see the exceptional lady for whom Josie was named after: My grandma, Josephine Jones.