My sister's in the house

So life is spinning by these days. My youngest sister, Kristin is in town with her baby Bryce (4 months old already)to spend some time with my younger sister Janelle and her three children. Adrian is now 1 month old and its the first time for the cousins to meet each other. I picked her up from the airport and we had dinner with the
Wilder family. The kids got to interact a little then got bath and bed time and got Kristin and Bryce settled in and time to chat.
I'll fill in more later as the week goes on.

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What was your focus today...?

So I have to admit. I've spent the last four days reading the first three books in the Twilight series...what can I say... I'm a romantic with a love of sci-fi why wouldn't I end up reading it? But I gotta say these books are big and I was letting it consume all my time while dishes sat in dishwasher, laundry sat in the hamper, and mail piled up. Its just a few days I thought and with an eye infection I should't go out until I've been on antibiotics for 24 hours. I had fun but I realized I had lost focus and spent some time cleaning and restoring order to my place and getting back in touch with my priorities and time with God and was checking some email and this came up... I modified it a little

Work as if it was your first day.
Live as if it was your last day.
Forgive as soon as possible.
Accept God's love beyond our understanding.
Love without boundaries.
Laugh without control.
Dance without end
and never stop smiling

the kids are soo cute

 
 
 
 


Kids are sooo cute.... a few pics of the week

a few more pictures from today...

Here are few more pics with captions

My close up shots with Adrian

 
 
 


I love taking pictures and kids change so much in the first few days. Today Adrian had his professional baby shots so we did some pics after they were done. Here are a few and some more with the siblings and family. Click here for more shots

The kids introduced to the new baby

Here are a few pictures of the kids first introduction to their baby brother. They did a great job. Jayden was enjoying hold Adrian with some mild assistance. He and Mady were great being gentle and enthusiastically interested in their little brother





Here are a few more pics

Adrian Judah - my nephew has arrived

So Adrian Judah arrived this am at 8:08 weighing 8 lbs even and 20 in long with 14.5cm head.

Here are a few pictures below











Here are a few more pics

A day in the park

Saturday I got to spend a day in the park with the Wilder family.

 

Here is Jayden being brave standing on the bridge alone posing for a picture of him with the waterfall behind him. He is growing up so fast and is still so sweet...

 

A few cute shots of Jayden, Mady and Janelle walking on the path
a standing on the bridge.

 

 

A moment the kids with their daddy -- ahhh


Its so much fun spending a few moments with the family and the weather was unbelievably beautiful...
Here are a few more pics

A summer of weddings and births

This summer seems to be a summer of weddings and births.
I have had the opportunity to attend my cousin Marissa & Nick's wedding in Dallas Texas and take tons of pics

 

I also had a chance to go to Pittsburg PA to be at David & Karen's wedding.

 

Here is the link to more pictures of Marissa and Nicks wedding
Here is the link to pics from Dave & Karen's wedding

and a pic of my nephew Bryce... can't wait to meet my final nephew due in two and a half weeks

Time with the niece and nephews.

So I spent the week with my nephew Bryce and flew back today. I just had special time with my niece and nephew this evening also. But had to laugh at the moments of caos that develop within the house that contains two toddlers. I thought I would share a few moments with the two older ones as well as a few pics of the youngest. Wish I also had time with the oldest three. Miss them too..

Doting on my new nephew.

 

So we all survived the heat in Dallas at Marissa's & Nick's beautiful wedding ceremony and had a great time seeing the family. I'll post pictures later from that.

I just had to post a cute picture that Kristin took of Bryce and I on the way home to her place.

Memorial day weekend

I got to go hang out with Janelle and the kids on Saturday and then Sunday and Monday I spent the day up at the lake. It was a humid day with intermittant rain but so beautiful.


I love sitting by the lake and watching people. Its a beautiful sight empty too. This weekend it was all about the clouds. Beautiful... but I had to take my Northern raised self inside to take breaks in the air conditioning to cool off from the humidity. And its not even August yet (yikes)



I love looking at honeysuckle. Its beautiful in its strength and details but who doesn't love that smell... (Lilacs and honeysuckle bring lots of spring/summer childhood memories to mind)



I enjoyed checking out the nature around the place while Robert worked during the days.


the mountain laurel out did itself this year



...but I was still drawn back to the lake and its views. The color contrasts seem to sparkle after the rain.

Camping....

The vital parts to camping consists of...
good preparation...
good attitudes...
good food...
a dry place to sleep...
and the best trips are the perfect weather...

Ahh yeeeaaaah we were blessed with all the above.


This weekend, the Wilder family, my self and another couple with two under the age of three Alissa, Justin and their two sons came to camp at Lake Jocassee. The weekend was fun to get out and enjoy nature.



The sunrise over the lake was a beautiful moment to soak it in... These are the moments worth breathing for.





The guys decided to take some time for bonding... and why not try some fishing.
Jayden and Josie both enjoyed it.... especially when the bob on the line disappeared.




The men defeated nature... and caught fish.


We had fun at the beach. We built a sand castle and squirted some water guns and waded into the cool to cold refreshing water...



And the two youngest had fun playing with these stool ... if they only had more skills with balance..... but check out that great attitude..




But it was good to get showered and back to my routine too.

Here are a few more pics

Trip to Boston

This weekend I went to Boston for two days. It was packed with fun, education, work and networking. I will fill you in more but thought I would post a few pics. I took tons of the city because its such a history book to walk through that often contrasts with the mirrored walls, concrete and metal structures of sky rises.
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Time with royalty....

This week I've spent tons of time with my neice and nephew while Mom has been babysitting and my sister is in Louisianna helping my youngest sister Kristin and Matt with the birth of their first baby boy -Bryce Caden born April 15, 2009.
Here are a few pics of our time