WE LOVE WATER

Here are some friends we went swimming with.

Logan

Caleb


Allee

This is Ti's first time to go swimming. He seemed to enjoy it.

This swimming stuff makes a boy tired.

The below pictures are us swimming at the Landwehr's pool.

Ti decided to take a nap and not get in the water.

Not for sure what is going on here, but I think I will be able to use it against them as they get older.

Andrew was swimming pretty good at the end of last summer but we had to use floaties at the beginning of this summer. He is now out of the floaties and swimming in the deep end by himself. I am so glad my kids learned how to swim early and enjoy the water.

Withrow Springs Camping

We went to Withrow Springs State Park in Huntsville for our last camping trip. Some how we always choose the hottest weekends to go on.

On Friday we went canoeing. We had been told that it should take between 2 and 4 hours. It took us five and we even had to carry our canoe in one spot. I don't mean we were dragging because we did do lots of that. We actually had to pick it up and carry it across dry land for about 30 yards. I say we it was actually the men who did it. About five minutes into the canoe trip Andrew falls backwards in the canoe (because he was standing up and he had already been told numerous times to set down) and busted his head open. Head wounds usually make you think they are worse than they really are because they bleed so much. There was much crying and screaming involved but he finally got over it and enjoyed the rest of the trip. Meredith saw four snakes and I caught two fish. I didn't fish much we were to busy having to drag the canoe. Everyone was tired and happy to see the end point. I left my camera in the car so I could take pictures of us when we got done. I forgot until we were already loading up to leave. RATS Thanks to Nannie for coming up and staying with Ti at the campsite.

Ti did not do too good. He really wanted to be in his own bed at night. He also didn't like taking naps when there was so much to see and do. When we got home we set him in his bed and he just layed there and played for probably at least an hour. This was his expression a lot of the weekend. We went with about three other families. We made two of our meals together. The Purifoys did catfish and french fries one night. It was excellent. I made the hushpuppies. This was my first attempt at it and they actually turned out really good. If I do say so my self. I pride myself on making up recipes, haha just never ask me the measurement of the ingredients. You just have to make it look right. The next night we had steaks. Robert Bogan cut the meat and cooked it. It was fantastic. We had corn on the cob, fried potatoes and salad with this meal. I made the homemade ice cream for dessert. I didn't really get to eat any of this while it was still frozen because it was Ti's bedtime. How I love air conditioned campers. I can't complain much for having to sit in the air conditioning and watching TV to put the baby to sleep. Imagine how awful it would be in that heat in a tent.

This next picture is so funny. Laci knows when we are fixing to go somewhere and she always wants to go with us, and we let her most of the time. She had been either in the camper or under the truck all morning as we were loading up to leave and the next time I went out I couldn't find her. Then I looked in the truck. She was sitting in the drivers seat. She was determined not to let us leave without her. She would rather ride in the front with us but we went ahead and made her ride in her crate in the back.

I didn't take very many pictures I was too busy holding a baby. Oh well maybe I will do better next time.

Stealing - No Not MEEEEEE

This weekend we went camping in Huntsville, which I will post a few pictures later. On Sunday we had to pick our dog up from my parents. She doesn't do well in the heat so they babysitted for us. We went to church at Osage. My dad preached on Annanias and Sapphire. (that could be spelled wrong). He talked about stealing from God. The subject of tithing came up. Which by the way I am a big fan of. I can't tell you the times that God has overly provided what we needed which I am convinced is due to us tithing. Working for the the church has totally messed up how I see people. For Christians and even leaders in the church to not follow God in this area is beyond me. Okay now back to the subject of me. The whole tithing thing has never been difficult for me. Growing up being taught that the first ten percent is God, well it was just an automatic thing. I can totally see how this could be a hard concept for a new christian. Well in his sermon he talked about God using a man to call out their deceit. So I am going to start listing names of everyone I know that doesn't tithe. Are you breathing hard. I am just kidding. I would never do that. That would be kinda funny though. If that made you nervous, shame on you, you should start tithing. Anyway God killed them for their deceit. WHOA. Now that is kinda scary. Now off the tithing subject and back to stealing from God. I am reading a book called the frazzled female. In this book she talks about stealing from God. No this couldn't be me could it. I tithe. She talks about stealing time from God. OOOOH My quite times stinks. I try to read the Bible but usually my mind is going in a thousand different directions. Well if you know me very well you know that my mind is constantly going in different directions. It is the same way in my time spent with God. You know if I am talking to a friend they can't really tell what is going on in my mind but I can't hide it from God. Whats a girl to do.

Psalm 32: 1-6 from the message
Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean.

Count yourself lucky - God holds nothing against you and you're holding nothing back from him.

When I kept it all inside, my bones turned to powder, my words became daylong groans.

The pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up.

Then I let it all out; I said, "I'll make a clean breast of my failures to God." Suddenly the pressure was gone - my guilt dissolved, my sin disappeared.

These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray; when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts we'll be on high ground, untouched.

Lord, please forgive where I have stolen time from you. The time that you wanted to spend with me I gave to another. Please clean my plate. Let me start anew. I have looked down upon others for stealing your money and I have been no better by stealing your time. Please help me to have a desire to be with you. Help me to have a thirst for your word.

Ti - 4 Months

Ti had his 4 month doctors visit. He was actually about 4.5 months when we went.

Here are the stats:
Weight - 14.3 lbs
Height - 25.4 inches

He was in the 50 percentile in height and weight. He was a little lower percentile for his head circumference. This kinda makes me laugh because we always say our kids have big heads. He is sleeping all the way through the night except for the times he really thinks he needs his pacifier to go back to sleep. We have tried to let him cry it out with out any success. He is very persistent for long periods of time. He is a very happy baby unless he doesn't get what he wants. He is not rolling over yet but he does lift his bottom up off the bed with his feet. He loves, loves, loves his brothers and wants to watch what they are doing all the time. They are obviously great entertainment. He is still going to work with me, but pretty soon he will probably be mobile enough to not want to be in his bouncer. I am so enjoying his smiles and coos. He is such a blessing to us.

We tried cereal but he is not really interested.

Baseball 2009

Baseball is over for the year. I don't know how I will handle it when I have three in sports. I don't feel that I am real competitive but I really wanted them to do good. They did do good and they got second place in the tournament. I swear I have needed to take something for my stomach being in knots each evening. All of the boys tried so hard. Monday night we played ball for about 5 hours. Talk about being tired, we all were. Here is just a few pictures of the kids on the team. I know there are more of Noah than the rest of the kids. What can I say, I was the one taking the pictures.

Andrew was a trooper through the whole season. We brought a bag of men and various other toys and snacks to each game. He usually played pretty close to me in the dirt somewhere. Needless to say we had to take a bath each evening after ball.

Noah doesn't look to happy in this pictures because he wanted to win. Losing is hard on him. Hopefully he will eventually learn how to lose with grace.

I had some pictures of Nannie, Pops, Memaw and Papaw at one of the games but I can't seem to find them. aaargh. All the ones of Ti I couldn't find either. Ti did good at the games he only got upset when his momma would yell. OOOPS I would have been a good cheerleader.

Baseballs Are Hard

Baseballs are hard especially when they hit you in the eye

What Do You Get?

What do you get when you let Laci have a playdate With this handsome feller.

Hopefully really cute puppies. (that are worth a lot of money hehehe)