Just a little bit

of Heaven on Earth...

Thank you for being so sweet.

I love you, Baby Girl!

TOGA

How I missed posting these pics in May,

I just don't know!

(I tend to do lots of posts in one night and save them...

I found some posts from March that I never published!)

We always have TOGA day after we finish

reading Julius Caesar! I don't know how I get so lucky,

but I always seem to have the BEST students

at my part time teaching gig!

My three little classes were

NO exception this year;

in fact, I think this was the sweetest group

of students I've ever had.

They were a true pleasure and I'm going

to miss them next year!

My teaching partner is super special, too!!!

Garden Fresh

The other day Mamaw and PaPa Jimmy

invited the kids over to pick some

vegetables from their garden.

The kids LOVED this!

(I loved the delicious dinner we also had!).

PaPa Jimmy is so sweet & patient with

Walker & Hadlee.

He's a great father-in-law!

And the best cook to boot!!!

Striking a pose in the garden...

that's my Diva!!! This was so fun for the kids.

Thank you, Mamaw & PaPa Jimmy!

Now if I could just get these cute little farmers to eat their veggies!!!

I LOVE THIS KID!!!

Walker Boy...

Thank you for being so good to your mommy!

You are so understanding of me not feeling

too good these days.

I don't know what I did to get such a

sweet, fun boy like YOU!!!

The Little Boy Love of my Life!

I love you so, so much!!!

Mommy

Baby Daddy & Ten Weeks

Today marks 10 weeks for our little Baby Love!

We heard a sweet little heart beat this

morning. Beating about 160 beats per minute.

Girl or Boy?!?

What do you think?

(This will have to suffice for my 10 week picture...

my photographer who is six isn't very patient!!!)

I just have to share a lil' something...

T-dawg might get onto me for this one though!
Troy realized early this morning that he

had a big meeting with the top dog of his

company and several men out of the country

at the EXACT time of our appointment.

I assured him that it was just fine for

him to miss because it was one of those

quickie appointments. I could tell

he was so bothered by this. He never missed

any appointments during Walker

and Hadlee's pregnancies.

Sure enough Troy changed the meeting
time and worked it all out so he could come

and hear his baby's heart beat.

As we were walking out to our cars,
I said "Thanks for coming."

His response...

"Thanks for having my baby."

AHHHHHH...I love my Baby Daddy

and my sweet little Baby Love.

(I just read somebody using 'baby daddy'

as an expression and thought it so cute!)

Haddie's Dance Camp

Everyday last week, Haddie Girl

went to DANCE CAMP!!!

(well, from 9:30 to 11:00)

Seriously, this could have been the

cutest thing I've ever watched!!!

Even just the stretches!

Hadlee was the only three year old.

The rest of the cuties were ages 4 to 6.The first day Haddie went right out

and really learned the routine.

She also learned how to play musical

chairs and duck duck goose!That night when Daddy got home,

she got out her very own pom poms

(that Aunt Michelle got her!)

and had to perform the routine for Daddy!!!This was Day 2...she learned some kind

of jump or leap...had a fancy name?!?

I was thinking FAME, I'm going to live forever.

I could just eat her and her cute little

figure up!!!Each day she would tell the teacher

how "tiiiiired" she was and that

she needed a "bake" (a break!).

Nothing short of dramatic, I tell ya!!!Overall, though, she really tried to

learn and kept up quite well!!!The last day Daddy came to watch

the grand finale ~

a dance to the Little Mermaid song.

This is a picture of THE proudest Daddy

in the WORLD watching his little princess dance!Mrs. Emily is in the middle on the top row.

She went to school with my sister &

she was Macy's dance teacher for 10 years! Pure L.O.V.E.

I just love having this little Princess part of my world.

Her Prince is pretty cute, too!

Happy Father's Day

I am so blessed to have such amazing

men in my life. Troy's grandfather, my Uncle Ron,

and most of all..................

my own dad and my own hubby!!!

My dad is just my dad!
He's one of a kind...funny, sweet, set in his ways,

stubborn, silly and boy oh boy

does he LOOOOVE me. Like no other!
And I LOOOOOOOVE him, too!!!

Last night my parents treated Troy (and us!)

to dinner at one of our favorite spots.

Thanks Mom & Dad!!!

We were really wanting to treat them,

but they insisted!

(I think they want to keep their yard man...aka Troy!).

Hadlee picked out her Daddy a Dora card

the other day. When we got home, I was resting

and she came to me with the card that she had

taken out of the bag by herself and written

on by herself. This was Wednesday. She didn't

put that card down until Troy came home

from work that night. She couldn't wait!!!

Being a parent with Troy has

made me love him that much

more and then some.

I love how protective he is of his children

and how very, very much he loves them.

There is no hiding his love for them or for me...

and that makes me so thankful.

I think it's pretty obvious that

Walker and Hadlee love their daddy, too!

How fun that there will be another

one next year at this time giving

his or her daddy some sweet lovin' like this...

Happy Father's Day to all the

wonderful Dads out there!!!

Especially to the ones in my life!

Walker's Awesome Week at VBS

The third row in my car

looked like this on Monday morning...

with still one more little guy to pick up!!!

Walker had an AMAZING week at VBS!

There were almost 900 kids involved with 375

volunteers. AMAZING people, AMAZING church.

So we had to discuss that the cross he made

at VBS wasn't a weapon as you will

notice he is using it in the picture below!

Walker informed me that God is really powerful

so the cross is like a weapon. Excellent point!

The week also involved LOTS of fun play times with his buddies...including a sleep over!Thursday night was an AWESOME concert by the GO FISH guys. Have you heard of them? Awesome Christian music for kids. SO.MUCH.FUN. Haddie (and Daddy!) loved it!!!Walker and his buddy were pretty cool throughout the show...especially with the crazy head gear that Walker created with his laser light.I love these two guys so much...daddy & son who are the best of friends.

Such a fun concert!!!

I love my little superstar!

VBS is such a special time in a little person's life. I am so thankful that Walker was able to experience this again. I was in third grade at Vacation Bible School when I accepted Christ into my heart and then was baptized soon after that. One of my dearest friends is a 64 year old man and the other day he recounted to me his fond memories many, many years ago at his VBS. You just never forget days like that.

Our church makes this week a HUGE and AMAZING week. I am so thankful for the wonderful people there and for all that Walker is learning!

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

Psalm 139:14