Farewell to Summer '09!

It seems as if summer is officially over now! What fun we've had, though, making lots of memories! The girls are at such a fun age...everything is so exciting to them, and it's so special to see those looks of excitement on their little faces!

Matching swimsuits from Mommy...SO CUTE!!!!

They absolutely loved the Dora slip-n-slide! It was a birthday gift for Kyleigh from her friend Noah. (It made me wish I was young and had no arthritis...I always loved slip-n-slides too!)


Anything with water = FUN!!!! Thanks to Aunt Shelly for the new wigglin' water sprinkler for Kyleigh's birthday too!


The girls had their 1st sleepover...with their cousin Drake. He spent the night after his baby sister Ella was born. Of course, we had to go all out, too! Michael set up the tent for us to sleep outside. Drake was out probably 30 seconds after we laid down. The girls, on the other hand, were still bouncing around 1 1/2 hrs later!!!!



Parties, Parties, and More Parties! The following pictures were just of 4th of July celebrations we had. We're always running, running, running, but if we weren't, we'd probably miss it. It's nice to have lots of family and friends to celebrate life with!

Here are the kids playing water balloons at our church's cookout!


Here we are in Lee Creek (Natural Dam) enjoying the water. We had a picnic in Kerry's cabin and played in the water all day!


We enjoyed a fish fry prepared by my friend JaQuita and her mom and then fireworks afterwards. Here are the girls with friends Allie and David after the cookout.


Michael had to work on the 4th of July (one pitfall of working in retail), but at least he got off in time to meet us for the fireworks show in Charleston. The girls and I went early and enjoyed eating and playing at the park with our friends, the Jones'. My girls think so much of Katie; she's just like a big sis to them!


The girls got sparklers when we did our own mini-fireworks show at MaeMae and PawPaw's house the day after Independence Day. I was a nervous wreck with Kyleigh. She has no fear of anything! Billie is a little more careful and cautious.

Next...one more batch of pics from summer '09 (told ya we were busy people). Stay tuned!