The Latest

We've been on the go so much lately I don't even remember half of the things we've been up to. I mentioned that my parents were here last week and that was sooooo great having them here. I'm really going to miss those visits (and us going to their house) when we move next year. We've been so blessed to have been stationed near family both times so far! But anyway....my brother, Bryan and his girlfriend, Kim came for the weekend last week too! We love having them visit (wish we saw them more often...hint, hint). Our plan was to spend Saturday on the lake but it rained ALL day! They got their pics taken by my friend that night. She was so great to just be open to take them whenever the rain stopped! We also got Allie's 3 year pictures taken. They ALL turned out AWESOME! You can check them out on Nicole's photography blog.

Oh, I almost forgot......another perk with being close to my Mom and Dad...they love to spend time with their granddaughters and I'm pretty sure they would rather have that one on one time with them so Derek and I almost always take advantage somehow and leave the girls with them and go out and do something ourselves. Well, this time we took our jet ski's out. We don't get them out very often, first time this summer in fact. It was a lot of fun. We've decided we're going to sell them though.....just because they are so impractical with little ones and we still have the boat. So, if anyone knows of someone that might be interested let me know!!

Sunday was our niece Kaiya's 1st birthday so we spent the afternoon over at their place celebrating the special occasion! Again, so great to be CLOSE to family!
Tuesday, we had a "girls day" shopping without the kids at the Gap Clearance Center (twice in one week for me!) Can't get enough of 25 cent swimsuits and $1 pj's though. Derek was a brave soul and watched all 5 girls while we were out!!

Last night we went camping with friends. We set up tents and stuff and then headed out to the lake about an hour or so before sunset. Just enough time to get some wakeboarding and tubing in. Then headed back to camp and ate a late dinner and s'mores. This was Av's first time camping and she was great. Allie acquired a battle wound while running around in the dark. It looks really nasty! Every time we camp at this place, Caesar's Creek, there are always tons of raccoons around. They were fearless little buggers last night! The girls and I were all getting a little scared and the boys were having a blast going after them. It was a good trip, although camping is always so exhausting and a lot of work for one night. I would love doing a 2 or 3 night camping trip sometime!! Anyway, that's the latest..........