Our annual staycation with Grandma and Jolene

 She lost a tooth!

 So thankful for their friendship!

 Dylans 6th grade class 

 Errol got married! Mark was the pastor for the service. 

July!

 Our neighborhood has a 4th of July celebration at Butler Park...I love that our new neighborhood is so community minded!

 Silly girls!

 Enoch and Dylan went roller skating, this was Dylan's 2nd time to go. Went the first time with middle school group at church. 

 Oh man...he is going to have Israel beat in height real soon. From behind you can hardly tell the difference!

When did she become so big!

Isabelle turns 7!

 My biggest joy this year with Isabelle is starting to see just a little bit of her shyness go away and she is willing to open up just a little bit. She has always been so protected, quiet and no attention and she is now just letting little bits in and I couldn't be more thrilled! 

The above photo is her gift sent in the mail from Aunt Michelle. It's a game watch. 

 She decided she wanted to just invite a few friends to Jambo amusement park. They had a great time together! 

 And then we celebrated with family and had a pool party. She even blew out her candles this year...which was a pretty big deal! Growth for sure!!

She is my little mini me. I get her...and love her so. 

June was a full month!

 Celebrated mom's 66th birthday! 

 We went to the Childrens Museum. I sometimes forget that Isabelle is still a little girl...it was so fun to see her play with all the imagination stations!

 Dylan went to middle school camp with Open Door and we had gotten a call about a cabin that hadn't been lived in for over 40 years that happened to be close by picking him up. So we went picking, I loved everything about it! 

 Twinners

 It wouldn't be summer if they didn't have to spend at least a little bit of time at our store :)

 Cadence wrote this note for me. I love it!

 Dylan had to get a physical in order to play Pop Warner football in the fall. We told him he had to wait until 6th grade to play tackle...and in just a few months we will start!

 Took the kids to Feed my Starving Children for food packaging. They did such a great job, it's amazing how such a small task is so life giving in other countries.

 Took Dad R out for Fathers Day breakfast at Cracker Barrel. 

 He's cathcing up to me quickly! 

 Isabelle's reaction is the best in this photo! 

 Just a little glimpse of the chaos that we are living in!! 

Eyes checked and no need for glasses!

May - Moved into our house!!

 We had our 1st meal in our house!! It is a long long way from being done but we have moved in. See the no floor...yep, we lived like that for almost 6 months. See the plywood counter top...that stayed for almost 3 months. Each project at a time! 

 Even Chinny found a good resting spot in our last sunken area in the house. 

 Put the kids to work cleaning up the front yard.

 Love having our sweet neighbors. Our neighborhood is why we choose this house! So thankful to have so many wonderful families all around us. I know my kids' childhood memories will be of running around will all the kids! 

Cadences' room is all set up and complete! She loves having her microphone and has been practicing singing a lot lately.