Trip to Murfreesboro

We had a great time visiting my parents. There is something comforting in knowing where the people you love are--being able to picture them in their house or around town. Visiting their church, their office and some of their favorite restaurants and grocery stores just gives a sense of peace, at least for me. My parents moved into their house the week before we got there, so there was plenty to do. We got a little unpacking done, got the garage rearranged, got some shopping in, and a lot of eating done. We also visited church with them, visited David's temporary office and did a little sightseeing. Of course there wasn't enough time, but there never will be. Here are some of my favorite pictures from our trip.

"It Died"

When we were at my parents, we went to a neat little village called "Cannonsburg." It gives the history of the town, has old log cabins and a little museum. It also has two pavillions of OLD tractors. We got to this one and Logan looks at me and says, "Mom, I think this tractor died." (Because it was just the "skeleton" to him.)

Elly Pulls Up

Well, Little Miss Sunshine decided on our trip to my parents that it was finally time to pull up. She also thought that it was time to "dive in" the box that she was pulling up on, but I couldn't get a picture of her feet in the air, so you'll have to settle for these.

Swim Lessons

Well, I have A LOT to blog about...we've been crazy over the past month--end of the year program, fun day, class parties, school actually getting out, leaving the next day to go to my parents for a fun visit and then ending that trip with my kiddos staying with Jarrod's dad and his wife and us being with our college friends for our annual "boat trip." Not to mention the milestones of Logan's half birthday and Elly turning 9 months...Its been fun, but we're grateful to be home and back to some degree of normal.

The latest adventure is our sweet Logan started swimming lessons on Monday. If you know Logan, you know that he will not in ANY way, shape or form put face or hair under water. He HATES it...well, on day three of swim lessons, I look over to see him hold his breath and go under--all the way under and come up with a HUGE grin on that precious little face. Today, day four, he was swimming halfway across the pool with his face in the water by himself and then "diving" (okay, really reaching down with his face under water) for rings. He loved it so much that when they got into the hot tub for "play time" he swam back and forth in the hot tub with his face in the water until it was time to get out. I can say--this was worth every penny just to see how happy and comfortable he now is in the water...and we still have a week left! Awesome...I was so sure that this was going to be a major battle!! Thank you God for such a great blessing. Here are a few pictures of his second day. (Being the great mom that I am, I forgot my camera the first day...)

Spring Pictures

Here are a few of my favorites from our spring photo session:

Country Critters

Last weekend, while our husbands went on the men's retreat for church, some of us gals got together and took the kiddos to Country Critters. We had the place to ourselves for a lot of the early afternoon and we all had a lot of fun.

Classic Elly smile!

Logan was not really in the mood to have pictures taken that day...can you tell???

The pony ride!

All kids L-O-V-E tractors, so of course this one was a hit for all of them

Brylie, Lawson, Logan, Elly and Payton...sweet Presley is in her stroller in the background...

Cheerios

I'm not sure why its taken me so long to post these pictures, but here is Elly's first experience with Cheerios...she was pretty proud of them, but not sure what to think of the taste at first. Now of course she loves them, but we've moved onto better things...like puffs and peas...