Peyton and Caleb's 14th Birthday Party!

Peyton and Caleb have been friends since they were one year old! We decided to celebrate their 14th birthdays with a joint birthday party! They both really enjoy air soft so they had a party at a local air soft place. The boys had lots of fun! I can't believe these two are turning 14!

The whole crew!

Some of the boys ready for battle

 

Peyton waiting to strike.

Allen hanging out watching the action.

Peyton headed out!

Looking for some action.

Lunch break!

Discussing more battle plans.

The birthday cookie cake!Yum!

Being sung to by the crew.

Peyton blow out all the candles! Poor Caleb! : )

Peyton and Connor resting up!

 

The sisters came to get some cake! Can you tell they enjoyed it?

 

July 4th at the Lake!

We took a quick day trip to the lake for July 4th with the Kinards. It was a quick  but lots of fun for everyone!

Peyton and the Kinard girls riding the tube.

Headed out for tubing behind the jet ski.

 

Madison and Daniel having fun with the kiddie pool.

The girls chilling in the pool.

Trying our hand at some hillbilly catfishing. We didn't catch one! 

Silly Madison!

Allen, Mary and Peyton enjoying the tube.

My peeps!

Lake Trip #1

We took a weekend trip to the lake with our great friends the Kinards. We had a wonderful time hanging out on the lake. The kids loved jet skiing, riding the tube and playing together. It was a wonderful weekend away!

Allen taking the M and  M's for a ride! 

The kids, ready to ride!

Allen manning the jet ski!

We had fun on our own beach!

Peyton and the big kids!

Allen giving the tube a try!

Peyton and the big kids!

Madison swimming with daddy!

Night ride to end the day!

The lake can wear a girl out!

What Have We Been Up To?

A Little of this...

Teamkid in June

Some of that....
 

 Playdates with friends!

Storytime fun!

A good bit of this.... 

Hanging with friends at the lake!

Chillin with some besties!

 A lot of this....

Someone has found the joy of sleeping late! : )

 And one of us was lucky enough to do this...

Youth beach trip!

 Overall, we are enjoying a relaxing summer that is going by way too fast! We have spent a lot of time with friends and finding fun things to do to beat the heat!

Dancing in The Rain

Life isn't about waiting
 

 

for the storm to pass....
  

 

It's about learning to
 

 

dance in the rain. -Vivian Greene

 

Cutest Little Baker

We have discovered that Madison likes to help cook in the kitchen. She and I made pink lemonade cupcakes and she was a big help!

So excited!

Helping add the water!

She didn't want to work the mixer!

Watching over me to make sure I do it right!

 

Putting them on the tray to ice!

Looking yummy!

She only ate all the icing off the top!