Summer Time Fun!

We had so much fun playing outside this summer.  We are LOVING our backyard.  We hooked up a water hose and a tarp to Taylor's tower.  It was so much fun!  Jackie and I even took turns going down it! 

We even made a slip and slide.  Taylor would slide sometimes and then others just run through it.  Then she would yell, "I'm cheating!"  It was so funny.  We laughed and laughed.  That tree growing in the fence, it's finally gone now!!  YEAH!!

CityChurch Lunches

Taylor and I were able to go with Jackie on the first day of lunches this summer.  It was the only day we got to go.  I got to help make lunches a few times, but wasn't able to deliver.  This is one of our favorite things to do at CityChurch.  We are really able to get out and really love on people and show them that they are not forgotten.  God loves them!

Taylor loves to go out in the neighborhood.  She did great passing out the food.  The kids really liked seeing her too!

 

These kids are some that we pick up on Sundays too.  They are in our Sunday School class.  We love them!

This year Jackie built these awesome new trailers.  They worked awesome!  They were the perfect size to hold the crates. 

Please come down next summer and help with this project.  It will change you! 

TEXAS

Taylor named all these letters correctly!  And all by herself.  I think she will be reading before school starts!  She is so smart.  I'm not just saying that because I'm her Mommy either!

We went and saw the play TEXAS.  Taylor was so excited to see it.  She was scared by the lightning.  The Indian was her favorite person.  She loved the music and the horses.  We went with some family from out of town.  It was fun and a beautiful night.

First Sleepover!

This summer we had a sleepover at church this summer.  Taylor was SO excited to be able to go!  We talked about it for days and then she packed her bags early.  She even took a camera.  I can't wait to see how her pictures turned out!

All the smaller girls stayed all together.  They had a blast deciding who would sleep where.  They all wanted to be on the top bunk! 

The girls laughed and talked!

Taylor and her sweet friend "Baby Ellie."  Taylor is so crazy about Ellie.  She's so sweet.  Every Sunday Ellie is the first person Taylor looks for when we get to church.  I can't wait until she is old enough to come over and play with Taylor! 

The girls were such good listeners.  We had a devo and then the fun began. 

We painted nails!

We did makeup!  Actually, Taylor did her own!  She was so funny!  She loves makeup, but doesn't get to play with it much at home.  So, she went crazy!!

Taylor and Emily! 

I need more lipstick Mom!!

Ready for bed!  Doing a nighttime devo.

It is so much fun watching Taylor with kids her own age.  We are so glad she has so many friends! 

4th of July Camp-out

Over the 4th of July we took some kids from church camping for three days at Lake McKenzie.  We had so much fun.  It was a lot of work, but overall we all had a blast!  These kids had been camping, but had never slept in a tent, only cabins.  We all slept in our big tent, which was interesting!

We grilled out burgers and hotdogs and smores.  Taylor fell on the first day and burned her leg on the grill.  It was so scary.  It was a bad burn.  Thankfully it's healed up now.  She will have a scar but God definately answered our prayers that it was not more severe. 

We went fishing.  The kids loved the minnows.  Taylor wanted to free hers, so she did. 

Great pic of them fishing. 

Jackie did a great job trying to teach Taylor.  We spent a lot of time baiting hooks and untangling lines.  We made a few serious fishers mad because we were so loud, but we had a blast and laughed so much!

We went swimming.  It rained on us while we were there.  It was SO muddy.  We had to climb up and down a really muddy slope to get to the swimming beach.  The kids had fun.  It was kinda cold, but really cool to see them just playing and have good fun and not being ornery!!

The kids still talk about our trip and can't wait to do it again! 

We went on a night time nature walk.  We took our flashlights and went exploring.  We got to watch the fireworks explode right over our heads.  We even let the kids shoot some off!  We actually still have some left over.  The kids did great and even helped clean up (after a little persuasion!)  We had church Sunday morning on the camp site.  We talked about David and Goliath.

The kids love having Taylor on the van. They all have fun being silly! 

These kids are why we at CityChurch.  Getting them away for a break really helped them.  They have been awesome lately.  They are still rowdy, but God is really working on all their little hearts.  I firmly believe these kids are going to do amazing things! 

Taylor's First Movie in a Theatre

This summer we had another first!  This was the first time Taylor actually saw a movie in the theatre.  We rent movies, but had never taken her to see one on the big screen.  We saw Toy Story in 3D.  She was so cute with the glasses on.  She sat so still.  She was mesmerized by it all!

She had been asking to see it evertime she saw it advertised anywhere! 

Goofy Glasses!!

I'm so glad to have such a wonderful husband.  He doesn't mind acting goofy with me!  It was a late night, but such a fun time.  We have only been this time.  It's so hard to find quality movies that are appropriate to watch these days.  We had fun, but are totally ok watching Veggie Tales on our little TV at home. 

Double Rainbow

We had to stop at United in Borger.  I had to run in and get some groceries for Jackie's birthday lunch.  When we came out of the store, we saw this. . .

"The rainbow's in the sky to show God's promises are true!"

A double reminder of God's promises!!!

Family Golf

This year was my parent's 30th Wedding Anniversary.  It's amazing.  So many couples don't reach this milestone.  Whitney and Kime came up from Dallas and we all went to eat at Abuelo's.  Then we went shoe shopping.  Then we played minature golf.  It was really fun.  My dad beat Jackie by 1 stroke, again.  Poor Jackie, just can't seem to beat him at golf!

We all laughed and waited.  It took us a while to play, but it was fun.  We played in the dark with glow in the dark balls and black lights. 

The best part was watching Taylor.  She wanted to do it all by herself.  She actually played most of the holes.  A few times she picked up the ball with her hands.  She got some new shoes and just HAD to wear them.  She's a really good girl, who cares if she doesn't always match perfectly?

The part you can't hear is Taylor saying, "I can do it myself Granddad, I don't need your help!"  She's so independent.  Drives me crazy sometimes, but it's also one of my favorite things about her!!

Taylor loves her Chickie!  She is so spoiled! 

Taylor got kinda tired, so Whitney tried to play golf with a three year old girl on her shoulders.  Needless to say, she didn't win.  We all laughed though!!

Happy Anniversary, Here's to another 30 years!!