A spring bonfire

Yummy spring dinner and roasting marshmallows. Sweet time. Sweet friends-thanks Burtons for the company!

This Cracks Me Up

A month ago the boys-Justin, Owen, Greg and Bryce, headed down to Greenville to see Uncle Dorian coach for Furman University.  What a sweet time they had!  Everyone had a great time and we hope they get to do it again someday.  

I think this photo looks like a old college photo!

"Owen fell asleep on our car ride...with his stocking cap on...yikes look at those locks!!"

Wordless Wednesday-almost

Watching the Olympics. And #dreaminofmedals

Another Parade Adventure

We headed downtown, after soccer, to the St. Paddy's Day Parade and the kids enjoyed it so much.  

It's becoming a fun family thing to do...hit up the parades around town!  There is normally a spot to be found to sit and watch.  Its a fun atmosphere and if the weather is nice-which it was, we enjoyed being outside!

It is a fun parade with a bunch of crazy entries.  

Grandmas twirling batons

Extreme Roller Derby Team

Helping Hands Missions Band and Dancing Team

Mermaids

Old Cars

Beautiful Horses

 It warms my heart to see Owen run out into the street fetching parade treasures for Katie. Awesome job buddy! #himetime #nextgenmen

UVA Won!

It's ACC Championship Sunday...we're blessed to be here enjoying the game! Cheering for VA today!

We are now "jump on the bandwagon fans" for the University of Virginia!  They play a really solid game that was a ton of fun to watch.  Plus we have heard from good sources (thank you Burtons) that the coach is a solid follower of Jesus.  And it is evident even to the announcers that the players play unselfishly and do what their coach asks them to do....they trust him.  What a great example of living out what you believe.

UVA-ALL THE WAY!!

(Thank you to my husband for allowing me to use what he is posting on FB for our blog.  I'm working on the photos on our computer to post those...but right now it is running so slow :(  I'm sure when I delete some of our 20,000 photos it will run faster.  :)

Bread and A Bowl

Though to you this photo might seem  unworthy of a post...but to me this mean katie is listening, watching and growing up. She is thinking of loving people with simple beautiful things.  You see her friend, Daisy, came over to play on Friday.  (It's a huge treat to pick up a friend from the classroom and bring her home to play, I mean huge treat. Its always a highlight of the week!) Katie shared cookies and Daisy brought some bread to share with K and O.

I think what makes it so special to me, so warms my heart, is Katie's desire to make the simple bread and cookies special by serving it in a "fancy" bowl and plate.  She thought that their snack time should be  fun and deserved more then paper plates. She wanted to make this memorable and bless her friend by making it beautiful!  It encourages me that in this small act she loves well. 

So my challenge to myself and you is to try and make a simple act more special. Serve your kids dessert (ex. Apple crisp) for breakfast. Get out the fancy cups and put in chocolate milk. Light the candles at dinner time. Do a bubble bath instead of a rinse off.  It may not always be noticed, but love never fail. Take the time to try to make someone feel loved, by making simple things more beautiful.