Happy birthday clara anne! she's here!

A lot of firsts yesterday despite being our 5th baby! My water broke at home, she was very early, very tiny and a cute little peanut with dark hair. We are so thankful for our fast acting friends who took kids ASAP. Praising God for a healthy baby. I'm having a slower recovery but relaxed.

Happy Birthday Sam (early)!

It is hard when your birthday is on the baby's due date.  So we made up for it by having a birthday pool party very spontaneously for Sammy.  My mom is still with my grandma in Cape Cod after my grandpa's passing so we just kept it simple and had it at my dad's pool.  Sam didn't care at ALL how simple it was and just loved every second.  He said, "I loved the candles the most."

June Summer Fun...

Despite the heat, the storms, and pregnancy, the kids and I have stayed busy with a full calendar!  Here are some highlights.

Free Smoothie Day before the pool!

 Hula Day at the Library... although she didn't hula too much 

 Nature program at the Nature Center... they didn't feed the animals all week so they were starving to eat when the kids came in.  This was really fun because we saw snakes eat mice and turtles eat worms.  The kids could get really close up to the animals.  

 Neighborhood party with face painting... 

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Vol 31

See a theme...

A new turquoise couch.

New turquoise bowls from my sister in law.

Antique toy gun for Sam.

New baby??

Birthday at the Hampton Inn

Nate's parents took the older three for a week to Michigan.  I am so thankful for them and this week so far!  I know the kids are having a fun time.  Ellen and I are reading a lot of books, taking naps, little errands, and Nate and I are eating really simple dinners.  Such a restful week so far for the both of us.  We did have a gross sewer backup yesterday in our outside basement drain but we were able to get Roto-Rooter over ASAP to clear up the mess.  I am thankful that it wasn't as big of a problem as we anticipated.

We dropped the kids off in between here and there and stayed overnight in a hotel.  It was a really fun getaway since we aren't traveling this summer at all.  My mother in law had a birthday party for me in the hotel room and gave some beautiful accessories for the house like a tablecloth and some bowls.  My sister in law got me a TURQUOISE! bubble vase.  Wonderful gifts, I am so blessed!!

Baylor Party!!

One of our favorite babysitters from school is graduating and going to Baylor.  They had a really fun graduation party for her that we went to...  I didn't get any photos of Ashley, I can't believe it, but I got some great photos of the food.  It was adorable - green and yellow Jell-O for Baylor - Go Bears!

 We just love this family.  We used to carpool with them (they have three teenagers) but when we moved, we didn't carpool anymore.  Ashley would come down to Grace and Rita's class for lunch duty and always say hi.  My girls think that they are the best - as you can see!