down by the bay...

Summer

 We had several beach days...no, not the ocean...Lakes! :)

 This was pretty cool, we found a new friend up by lake ontario and she made Adia into a mermaid! thus beginning the new mermaid obsession!!

 Face painting at the local Lima Days!

 oh Livie!!

Hikes in the woods with friends! 

cuteness

march madness

 here's a video i took of brighten, what a cutie....

we celebrated ember's 9th birthday! whaaaat?

9 years?!?

crazy. 

please stop growing.

please.

finally friday!

 i love this picture of Ivory and Olivia!!

These two get along very well and play so nicely.

this photo does no justice to what i saw, but i'll post it anyways. i really loved the deep pink color by the sun. :)

Winter Activities

 one of my favorite rainbows done by Adia (age 6)

 We visited oswego this past weekend, and jenn made delicious lasagna! kids love eating the left over noodles...those noodle-monsters!

 spring wants to be here so badly!!

so do we :)

This is my favorite part of this season. Brighten has a new friend- Everett!! It is so much fun to watch these boys get along!  

What a blessing a friend is. I'm truly blessed as well by the momma of this cute little boy...new friends is a definite theme and we are blessed indeed!

Wordless Wednesday!

from fall to winter!

Happy Fall-Winter!

It definitely feels more wintry up here in NY!

it's so different from south carolina...

 This pic is taken at one of Brighten's favorite spots in Lima,

"His Castle"

can anyone local guess where this is?

Can you see how cold it is???

And this is the beloved, not-seen-more-than-60-days, winter Sun!

i had to take a pic,

i missed it so!

smile!

happy tuesday!

  Here's my happy boy! i had him try to pose for these pictures...

he's so silly.

 Say Cheese!

 Ivory is getting really good at gymnastics! she is not afraid of falling or getting hurt! 

she is pretty amazing.

new york

a little photo update on the kids while we live here in NY!

 Brighten is obsessed with spider man. 

it's a long day when he can't wear his spidey suit.

 Olivia got her first hair cut--bangs!

 Grandpa takes the kids walking, who knows where they will go?

out to ice cream of course!

Here's the girls waiting for the school bus! 

They love riding the bus!

summer!

 it's summer time!!

and we are moving out of our house!

yes, lots of packing and craziness going on here lately.

please pray for grace in the midst of this whirlwind.

i'm actually really excited to go north to visit friends and family!

the trip is overshadowing the fact that we don't have a house to move into yet!

so please pray for that! :)

thanks!

 big cheeks!!

olivia gets excited to see the geese and ducks!

pics!

kids!

 Happy spring!!

we are really enjoying the weather here these days,

before it gets too hot.

we've been going on walks,

ember is constantly picking flowers!!

 The girls are OBSESSED with dogs.

they just want a pet to love and hug and squeeze and eat.

seriously.

so i let them love on others dogs/cats/pets.

what a cutie!!