These Days

Ice cream on the porch is always a good idea! 

We kept Jazmine for a few hours one day and the girls had fun playing!  

We spent lots of hours at the neighborhood pool this summer.  Sometimes we invited friends to come with us and sometimes it was just me and my girls!  We'd never been members of a pool until this summer, but it was so fun to be able let the kids swim several times a week.  Emily and Hannah became such strong swimmers this summer too.  I was super proud of them!  

July was busy with swimming, sunscreen and trips!  Thankful for these days! 

Lake Days

Bert went on youth trip in July and the girls and I headed to the lake to spend the week with my parents.  We hadn't gotten a lot of lake time prior to this trip so this week was extra fun!  

Bert was with us at the lake for a couple days before he left with the youth and he was holding on when the girls were yellow boarding.  The yellow board is always fun!  

Hannah and Emily are old pros are are almost getting too big for the yellow board.  Time to move on to skiing! 

This doll house on the porch is Abby's happy place.  

Emily loved to jump off the top deck this summer.  She and Uncle Stanley were jumping together!  

I sent these pictures to Bert while he was on his trip.  They were having a dance party and we thought they looked cute! 

We picked up Ress one day and went to play at the Toccoa FBC playground.  Cute girls!  

One evening Emily, Hannah and I drove to Gainesville to spend the evening with Misty and her family!  The girls loved playing with Emily Dickerson and did a gymnastics show for us! 

We had a great 4th of July weekend (with Bert) and a great week while he was on his trip.  I'm thankful for the lake and all the memories we make there every summer! 

Family Time by Emily Watts

                                          The  picture below is ME ,  Emily 💝💘💝 bored...

                                                          Until I knew I could do this.

                                                                                   

                                               I loved my Sister Claire's Birthday Party.     

                                                         

                                                         Claire was so cute!🎂

                      I hope Claire had a good birthday. I sure had a great time. I absolutely 💖 this picture

                                                                        of  Ressie. 

                                                                          Ressie

Claire

                                                                      Abby                    

                                                     These three are TOTAL BFF's!!!😍

                                                 I personally felt like the Birthday Party was family time 

                                                                            and I loved it.

Don't be surprised!😂

These Days

June was a wonderful start to summer! 

Their first time in a pool for the season!  

Our girls play so well together! 

Charlotte Renea Sanders was born on June 2nd and is a precious addition to their family!  We love her so much! 

Hannah wrote this card for Penny and I thought it was too sweet! 

Our little readers:

We had a great Father's Day and ended up going downtown for a picnic and to walk around Falls Park!  Bert is the best Dad and our girls are so incredibly blessed to have him!  

While we were walking around downtown I caught this picture of Claire mid-dance.  She danced around this place for 5 minutes by herself.  I have a sweet video of it too.  She couldn't have cared less who was watching!  

June was packed full of pool days! 

Bert read to the big three one night while they ate popsicles on the porch. That's summer in a picture right there!  

These days are sometimes long but the months and years are flying by!  

VBS 2019

Our VBS was a huge hit again this year!  It's a highlight of their summer! 

Bert told the kids on the first night that if the girls raised the most offering money that I could put a pie in his face and if the boys raised the most money that he would put a pie in my face.  THANKFULLY, the girls won by a landslide.  I think some adults contributed to make sure I was able to put the pie in his face! :)  

We had a great week!  Thankful for our church and all the love, time and energy that is poured into this week each year! 

Pebble Creek Half Mile Swim Team

Our girls were on our neighborhood swim team this year and had so much fun!  It basically lasted the month of June and while it did keep us very busy, we felt like the girls made SO much progress!  Emily swam on the main team and Hannah swam on the Guppies team (team for younger kids....similar to swimming lessons with one swim meat at the end of June).  

Emily doing the backstroke at a meet! 

The siblings had fun at the meets and didn't complain much even when it was hot and they couldn't get in the water. This is Claire with Millie. Her brother Titus was on the team and was in Hannah's first grade class too!

We loved cheering on our girl! 

Hannah did a great job in her swim meet! 

Their teachers stayed right beside them, but Hannah didn't really need them to...she's made SO much progress this year and I feel comfortable with her swimming on her own in the deep end.  

The Guppies group! 

It was a fun season of meeting new friends and learning new skills!  Thankful we have a pool and team right down the road from us!