A long overdue playdate

We finally got together with Addie and Ford last week. It's hard to believe it took half of the summer to do it. We had planned to swim at Kelly's parents' house but it was pouring down rain that morning. We made a detour to McDonald's for an early lunch and to see what the rain was going to do. The kids were uncontrollably giddy to be together. I think a certain little old lady thought Kelly and I were perfectly awful moms! They just couldn't contain themselves. By the time Kelly and I ate and the kids had a few bites and a lot of laughs the rain had stopped. We went back to the pool and had a good hour and half or so to swim. Grace and Lyla loved their pool. The rain came again that afternoon but just at the right time to give us a reason to get them out of the pool. I didn't take very many pictures but here are the ones I did get. Thank you to Kelly, Addie, and Ford for a great day of play!

Fun at the Farm

Last week Joni and Larry went on a cruise for a little vacation. Reesi spent the first part of the week with my parents and the last part of the week with Larry's parents. Mom offered to take Lyla and Grace since she was going to have Reesi for the weekend anyway. They had a great time but wore Mimi and Papoo out. They always say they aren't going to keep all 3 girls at the same time after a weekend like that but after a couple months they forget and do it again. After the weekend they had this time though it may take a couple extra months for them to forget! These are the pictures they took of the girls for us.

Mimi and Papoo's Farm

Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban

Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney

This past weekend my parents kept the girls and Eric and I got to get some work done as well as have a little fun. We painted 2 bathrooms and 1 bedroom, went to the 4th of July festival in Franklin and were privileged enough to go to the Keith Urban/Kenny Chesney concert with some dear friends. The concert was definitely the highlight of the weekend. The weather was great, the friends were great and the music was great. We had floor seats but we couldn't really see the stage so we found new seats up high. They were high but you could see the whole stage. It was great. If you click on each individual picture you can see Kenny and Keith better when the picture is on the whole computer screen. I thought my camera did pretty good considering I took those pictures from club level! We even ran into Daniel, Eric's brother! What are the chances of that! The crowd was HUGE and we found each other. It was at the LP Field where the Titans play. Fun Times!

Red Caboose Park with Kathryn and Zoe

Red Caboose Park

Today I took the girls and Kathryn and Zoe, who I babysit a little, to Red Caboose Park. I had my camera so we had a little photo shoot. The girls were actually cooperating so I took a lot of pictures. I think I captured a few really good ones but I think I need to get some more ideas of pictures to take other than close-ups of their faces. You can definitely tell by my pictures that I like to photograph faces and eyes! That's where I see their personality though. Anyway, the next post is a slide show of our "photo shoot".

Monkey's Treehouse

I love Monkey's Treehouse! If you haven't been there take a look at their website www.themonkeystreehouse.com. As a mom, it is the best because you can let them play while you sit and read a magazine or book and you don't have to pick up the toys!!!!! It is big enough to keep them entertained but small enough that you can see them wherever they go. It's also fun to play with them sometimes too. Lyla made me play dinosaurs and train table with her today. She killed my dinosaur many times and told me exactly what to do and what to say on the train table. I was laughing because she made me drive the yellow car behind her blue (of course) car and I had to say, "Come On! Go!" over and over. I wonder where she learned that?

Anyway, I've been babysitting a friends' little girls this summer and The Monkey's Treehouse is just a few minutes from their house so it is a great place to go on babysitting days. Today I took my camera and took a few pictures. My sisters and mom were actually there too. I used Joni's camera for a while because I was too lazy to walk to the car for mine. I'll have to post those pictures later. These are just the few that I took with my camera.