Sunday, July 5, 2009

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday sweet girl. On Wednesday July 1st. Gracyn had her 3rd birthday. It really don't seem like she could already be turning three. She is such a joy to be with. She enjoys many different things but I belive the best thing is just laying around and watching movies. She enjoys a lot of different movies. She will play and wear her self out and then she is ready to hit the couch and have movie time. She likes to stay up late at night. I love sleeping with her when she is at my house. She likes to snuggle with you and she always wakes up with a great big smile. She always likes for me to read to her in the morning. Sometimes she can be very stubborn. If she don't want to do something , it is hard to change her mind. She loves going boat riding and being on the water. When she is at my house, she is getting better about going home. She use to really cry when it was time to leave. It would break my heart for her to cry. She is just such a sweet little girl and we love her so much and we thank God every day for her and all the time we get to spend with her. My wish for her is to always be happy and most of all is to always be healthly. I LOVE YOU SWEET GIRL.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Taylor getting ready to go.
It is time for a snack break.
Haven, Ella Kate and Gracyn trying to figure out what in the world is this. Gracyn is trying very hard to find out.
Gracyn cooling off under the water.
Don't know about this look. She loved riding the merry go round. After about 10 times I was sick of it. They would have spend half the day on this.
Gracyn enjoying the merry go round.

Boat ride

This is one ride Ella Kate did not enjoy . She didn't like the water coming out on her. She thought she would to start with but a while in the ride she almost cried.

Time Out

Just look how sad these little girls are. We went to Bennetts Barbecue for dinner one night and needless to say these two got in trouble. They are thinking really hard about this.
These two girls are way to cool.
Kendall and Ella Kate sharing a love.
Gracyn Ella Kate with their Aunt Shirley and cousin Kendall.

Landon and Gracyn at the pool


Pigeon Forge

Last week we loaded up 2 vans and went to Pigeon Forge for a week. My sisters and I have been doing this for years. We rent a cabin for a week and this year it was wonderful. It was just down from the pool. This year we talked my Mom into going with us and she got sick and was sick the whole time we were there. So she didn't have any fun. It is a week we get to just relax and enjoy each other. Seems like when we get together for dinners and stuff with all the small kids we just don't get to spend any time with each other. So this is a week where we catch up. We take kids and grandkids with us so they can spend a week together. They really enjoy this time. This year I took Ella Kate and also Gracyn. My sister always takes her 3 grandkids We did a lot of fussing, lots of eating, lots of swimming, hiking and playing golf. These kids had a ball. We went to Dollywood one day and they loved it. This year Ella Kate was ready for some of the big rides. Last year when we went she only wanted to ride the small rides. But this year she was ready to move on up and of course Gracyn was game for anything. My sister took some of the kids to Splash Country. This year I didn't go, wish now I had Ella Kate wanted to go after they had already left. Last year I went and it took Ella Kate a while to get use to all the water things to do. This was such a wonderful week just hope everybody enjoyed it. Hope to do it again next year. Thanks Stacy, John, Jill and Matt for sharing your 2 wonderful daughters with me for a whole week. I know you missed them but I sure did love having them with me. Just wish Addie and Ava could have gone. Sisters hope you all had fun just hanging out. This is a picture of the kids in front of the cabin,Landon, Haven, Ella Kate, Gracyn, Kendall, Taylor, and Ashley.

Watch Out

These two little girls enjoyed slide time. Just watch us go. Needless to say when it was time to stop they didn't want to quit. They had a fun day at my house.

Relaxing

Ella Kate, Addie and Ava having a relaxing time in the water. They really enjoy the slide and getting to play in the water. As you can see they are enjoying every minute of it.

Donkey Time

Two weeks ago Gracyn spent 3 days with us. One of the highlights of the stay was getting to go see the donkeys every day. She really enjoyed petting them and running up the fence with them. She would get mad when they wouldn't follow her.