Our 4th of July Weekend

We've had an amazing weekend and it was so good spending time together as a family! Saturday morning we all rode in the Jonesborough Days Parade with Tim's dad to promote his car business- Buchanan's Auto Sales. Riley and Ethan were great little wavers!

Then we walked around in Jonesborough and Riley and Ethan jumped around in the inflatables, had snow cones, and the loved watching the ducks at the petting zoo. We came home to let the boys take a nap and then we headed to Tim's parent's house to let them swim. They had a great time! Riley has been working on learning how to swim this summer and he turned into a little fish! He was swimming without his vest and swimming underwater!

On Sunday we went to church. We had a laid back afternoon and Riley and Ethan played outside. I ran after the ice cream truck because the ice cream truck is just part of summer. It ended up being a snow cone truck and Riley loved it! Usually we watch Jonesborough's fireworks from our back porch since Riley and Ethan are sleeping. This year we let them stay up and we watched the fireworks at Tim's bank. They loved staying up late and they loved watching the fireworks!! It was well worth letting them stay up!!

On Monday, we all walked to the park. Tim ran a few miles while the kids had a picnic and then I ran when he came back. It was mega hot!! Then we came back home to let Ethan take a nap. Afterwards, we went to Menchies for some yogurt!!  Yummy!!! My favorite is chocolate yogurt with Heath and carmel! Then we went to Tim's parent's house to let the kids swim. They also were in the neighborhood parade.

They jumped back in the pool after the parade.

 Riley swimming underwater

Happy 4th of July!!!

Summer Pictures

These are a few of my favorite summer pictures so far.

Our Little Monkey

Myrtle Beach

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I've been working for a week on a Shutterfly book of our beach pictures. I wanted to post it here so that you could see our beach pictures. By the way, I love the way Shutterfly has changed their layouts for their photo books. It was really easy to use and I love how it looks!


We had an amazing vacation! Riley and Ethan loved playing in the ocean! 

Scooby Doo

Today we were at Kohl's and I found these Scooby Doo pajamas for the boys. They both were grinning from ear to ear and you would have thought we gave them a million dollars. I love that its the simple things in life that can make them happy.

Funny Faces From Sunday

Here are a few of my favorite faces Tim and I were able to capture from this weekend.

My Favorite!!

Brothers

Today I found Ethan in Riley's room and Riley was reading books to him. It was really sweet. I am so thankful that my boys love each other!

I have found myself praying more intently for my boys recently. I found this prayer today.

A Prayer For My Son

Douglas MacArthur

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee — and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.

Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.

Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.

And after all these things are his, give him, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength.

I've Caught It

I bet you thought I was going to say I've caught the flu or something... but no, I've caught Spring Fever. It usually doesn't happen this early but I've really been enjoying the warmer weather and being able to get out!! Now don't get me wrong, I'd still love for it to snow. But if its going to snow... I want it to snow BIG!! If I'm not going to get my BIG snow, than I am hoping for warmer days!! Enough of me rambling. Here are some pictures of Riley and Ethan playing outside on Monday.