Stories of our lives!
Here are some fun photos of us enjoying time together this summer. Maddie LOVES to go swimming and LOVES to have her daddy throw her in the air and land in the pool. She has gotten really good at learning the basics of swimming and enjoys going under water. The other two pictures are of us girls showing off the homemade glasses we created. ENJOY! =)
[Rusty here]
There is nothing more that I love than coming home & walking in to see my two ladies waiting for me at the back door. Today I came home from work & heard Maddie RUN around the corner to greet me. I was expecting her normal hi, I love you & a hug followed by a kiss. Instead I got a VERY clear statement, “Daddy, I want to get earrings!”. I had to ask her again what she said in case I heard her wrong – I didn’t. Apparently the whole day Maddie had been begging Mommy to get her ears pierced so that she could have earrings. Summer had prepped Maddie that it hurts, but she would have to ask Daddy if he would allow it. Being the great daddy (AKA – Sucker) that I am, I just had to say yes. I told her that we could go get it done after dinner (Summer & I had talked about it for a while & discussed that when she was ready, we would be).
After dinner we went to Claire’s at the mall. Walking in to the mall Maddie could hardly contain her excitement, swinging around on my arm & talking about her earrings. She even got up on the chair all on her own. She had her mind set on Minnie Mouse earrings, but the cheap side of Daddy spoke up when we saw they were 55 dollars! We settled for some cute little flower earrings. Now apparently Claire’s doesn’t believe in doing both ears at once, they like it that way =). Maddie was happy until the very first KA-Chow! Boy did she lose it! The look on her face was one of a beaten dog, she started bawling soooo bad! Then the lady there expected her just to turn her head & take it in the other ear. That took some convincing. To prevent us from crying, Summer & I had a nervous laugh as people walked by staring us down for this type of child abuse we were putting our daughter through….oh well, we’ll never see them again.
Now we have a VERY happy girl that stops to look at herself in every mirror & see her earrings! Yeah!
We had a fun weekend filled with all sorts of activities. Here are a couple pictures to show…Rusty will post the funniest outing we had this weekend later…ENJOY!
Our church had a fun “Family Fest” this past Sunday evening. Here Maddie is getting her very first face painting…she is trying to see what’s going on…
The finished product-a bit smudged-is a Minnie Mouse face. Maddie was SO excited and kept showing everyone she saw.
Enjoying a snow-cone with Daddy
Cool pic of Maddie as she helped Daddy wash the car
Chillin’ with Daddy and watchin’ a movie
Maddie sportin’ her new shades that she got at the mall with Grandma-ma. “Hey Babe” is her phrase as she struts her cuteness around in the glasses.
Our good friends the Moore’s just moved to Hawaii this past Tuesday. We had the privaledge of spending their last few days in California with them. They stayed with us while they finished packing and cleaning up their house to be rented. We miss them so much! Maddie asks where they went and says she wants to see them. =( We look forward to seeing them and their new baby girl (due in Sept) sometime soon. God is so good to display His grace on His children is such unique and practical ways. We got to see this first hand with how the Lord provided a job and housing and much, much more for our good friends. Enjoy some fun pics…
