We are back from vacation

We spent a week in Tennessee visiting Joe's family and we made a day trip to Alabama to see members of my father's family. Joe and I also were able to attend his 20 year high school reunion. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Lily, Rachel, Johnny and Elise
The girls had a great time getting to visit with their family. It is fun to see how much they idolize their cousins. None of us are use to the humidity. At one point Lily said it was too wet and buggy. It was their grandfather's 71st birthday so they had fun at his party. Here are some more pictures from our visit. My father-in-law is doing battle with a deer right now. The deer is eating all the tomatos out of his garden as soon as they turn red. Then we pulled up to the house from the airport there it was just hanging out in the garden.

Elise and Lily hanging out in the hall

Elise in a dress-up outfit she got for her birthday.


Lily watering the ponderosa pine that she planted with her sister and dad. It did not survive.

Happy July. It has been a long time since we posted anything so I thought I would share some pictures. We don't have a good excuse for not posting.

Let's see what is going on. The girls are very excited about an upcoming visit with their grandma and grandpa. They don't get to see them very often and it is a special treat.

They are growing up so quickly. Lily is about to start kindergarten. Almost everyday she comes home from Pre-K with books she has written. She has nice handwriting, something I lack. She spells things out phonetically and you can understand what she is writing. She came home today with "The Rokit Book" She had drawn a really good rocket on it.

Elise just got here first haircut. She still has the curls.