Happy Day To Daddy

Can't have a birthday in our household without a breakfast celebration to begin the day. Gotta love those "little pancakes" by Eggo... Couldn't fit 33 pancakes, sorry babe, your age is outdoing the plate! I'm sure he was hoping to blow out 33 candles...

The kids had a great time shopping for daddy at the store with their own "dollars." I tried my hardest not to influence their decision...only to encourage them to pool their money. Well, they did find a t-shirt, and it was between Zelda (they are big into DS) and Ghost Busters (we've been introducing them to some classics). Drum roll...they chose the glow-in-the-dark Ghost Buster shirt. Ha! Our kids are a bit weird, but it was really an awesome experience to watch them get excited about getting something for their daddy! If my hub wasn't such a stick-in-the-mud when it comes to doing things for him and giving me hints on what he would like for his birthday that didn't cost a bazillion $$ *so typical* then it probably would have been more productive...I need a Ouija board... :) Anyone?

For birthday dessert he wanted strawberry shortcake. Ahh the sweetness of strawberries and easiness! Overall, it was a fun and eventful day. If you haven't noticed, I dearly love, love my honey. He really does a lot for me and our wonderful family. Life would definitely not be what it is without his random, loving and spontaneous ways. I guess you could say we balance each other and fit perfectly in our lives. I love you sweetie! I'm yours forever!

Laser Light Show At Stone Mountain Park

Stone Mountain Park

We all decided to get together and enjoy a fun (sweaty/humid) night at the Stone Mountain Laser Light Show. It was free dollars, except for parking, so you can't beat that. Troy and Kristin came with mom and sis-in-laws and baby BMW, Missy and Nick with Denham and Brenin, and of course our 'little' tribe. It was a blast to run the hill, play freeze tag, eat a packed dinner, take kids to the bathroom, oh and watch the show that started at 9:30pm. With laser lights, fire works and fun music, the kids loved the entire show! What a great night!

Who? What Did That?

If you haven't guessed yet, we don't need a four legged pet! We have our very own 2 legged, 16 mo. old baby boy animal. This little guy really, really, likes to get our attention. He's recently enjoyed pencils, along with markers as the companion tool for wall decor...opening and closing doors (and just today he's learned the lock on the handles--that smartie pants) and to top it off, the garbage cans make a daily round by our little, happy, smiling monster. I really don't want him to grow any taller, because he's getting really good at climbing...that is a whole new world of obsticals he has had his eye on. I need a nap!

The Rock, GA

The Rock Ranch put on a special 'Family Fun Days' so we decided to take advantage of the prices and try out the ranch for our first time. Heard of it many times, but a family of 7 is never cheap no matter where you go...so we took off on the 90 minute drive to The Rock, Georgia. Although I've lived here over 8 years, I still can't get over how beautiful and green it is here, so the drive was so relaxing to me (helps that most animated movies run that long too :) Turns out the owner S. Truett Cathy is also the founder of Chick fil a. Check it out their site.


This was a hot and sweaty day, but well worth it. (Of course it's making more sense why the fall is their busiest part of he year!) I was only able to document half of the day, because I decided to abandon my heavy camera and just enjoy the day! I wish I could have at least caught the last scene of all of us racing each other on the go carts or pedal carts, whatever. Good times. With a small crowd we were able to maximize the entire park.

Night At The Park

Our ward activity was at the Newnan Utility Park/Castle Park. All three units that meet in our building were invited. It was a perfect night of good weather and fun people.

Ammon trying his first piece of watermelon...loving it!



Checking out the sprinklers.

Ammon and Tarin

Raegan

Jarom

I can only imagine what he's thinking of doing...

Brynley Madison Wardwell

I've been kicking myself for not bringing my camera when we visited Troy and Kristin at the hospital. So this post is a bit late. They came over the other night when Gpa W came to town. So I was able to snatch a few takes...

Brynley Madison Wardwell born July 11, 2009

Ammon could not keep his kisses to himself. This was a constant thing...he loooves babies!

First Harvest

This is what our garden looks like today. I'm excited how it's turned out so far. Lots of bugs, weeds and storms got in the way, but nothing to keep from the great abundance of produce. The kids have loved watching it grow and helping me pick the tomatoes and peppers.

Tomatoes are ripe and juicy! Bell peppers nice and crisp!

OOOOooo the corn! Can't wait to sink my teeth into the sweet corn tonight!

Glad to say this is ony the beginning!

Sweet Georgia South...

In case anyone wanted to know how busy our little boy was...just take a look! For a long time he's wanted to open doors and get away from us as we change his diaper. Well he was able to accomplish both recently. He wiggle away and ran to the back door and...

decided to share with the world his accomplishments...what a little stinker he is...

Wardwell Reunion

I'm finally able to get these pictures up from when everyone came out for the wedding and a reunion of fun. Here are all the families and kids. This was a fun morning...Ha! But it's good to have everyone together.

Trent and Ammon

Gma and Gpa with all grandkids

Wardwell Family

Somewhere in their my little sweetie Tarin Page celebrated her 6th birthday. I can't believe how fast she is growing up and becoming the beautiful woman that she is. We love you Tarin and hope you had a great birthday.

Thank you Gma and Gpa Wardwell for making those few day so fun and memorable.

Newest...to be...Palmer

Well another brother sees the light and decides to pop the question. Just want to wish my little brother and his sweetie good times and rich experiences. I'm very excited to see the both of them in October. Love you Trevor!

4th Of July Memories

What a summer it has been. Besides all the swimming, free movie days, play dates...A big highlight is the union of Missy and Nick Lane. It was such a treat to have all of my in-laws here to visit and enjoy the festivities. The backyard wedding was on the 4th of July so it was turned into a night of swimming and fireworks. I have to say we didn't get a whole lot out of the fireworks, because by days end we were all exhausted!! Some day the little ones won't be so little and we will be able to extend our days...
Soon I will post the rest of the the crazy, but fun pictures from having family in town. It was so nice to have them all here. Carrie, it really was a treat having a house full of kids...I love chaos...especially when they are all smiling! :) Miss all of you!

King Daddy

Father's Day had come! The kids helped make eggs in the hole for breakfast and loved watching him wear his crown all morning. They loved the place mat...you'll see it again for years to come...and fed King Daddy grapes in royal fashion. After breakfast, I started making dinner (since church is sooo stinkin' late) and watched as the kids loved playing Spongebob Life game with their beloved daddy. What a treat to have his meetings cancelled in the morning, so he can spend precious time with his little ones. That's what it is all about. Not only to recognize him for his greatness in sacrifices and dedication, but to remember what being a daddy/parent is all about...seeing your kids smile and laugh because they are truly comfortable and happy in this crazy world. To really see their joy shine through because of what we as parents create to protect and teach them; most of all that we are all our Father in Heaven's children. Happy Father's Day to all Dad's out their. We love you!


After dinner, yummy lasagna and mud pie, the kids had gotten ambitious and "made dinner" again. They pulled out all baking pans, pots and dishes known in our house and spread it all over the kitchen, in attempt to "make dinner". It was very cute to watch them pull dish after dish out of the oven (no real food of course) and feed their special cakes and breads and pies...to their dad. He was stuffed after that!

Pink and Bows

Kristin is almost to the end of round 1 in her experiences of preggoness...(how many rounds were you wanting...I mean kids?) To show the excitement I hosted her bbshower last Saturday morning. We had such good food, friends and fun. Wish I could say I made this cake...but my good friend Andrea did. And it tasted just as good... Thanks to Erika for helping with the food. It was awesome.

Don't freak out, I made sure these babies weren't face down...when I put them in the freezer...Ha!! The name of the game is "Whose Water Broke?" Using your own body heat and air through a straw you needed to free the baby...it was pretty funny.

We had good times. Hope you enjoyed it Kristin. Good luck!

Where..? Oh, There...!

Leave it to my little boy to find his own way...and leave his 'mark' ...he tried to put it back when he saw me! Oh this age is something else...

SNAKE!!!

Last night, I had Trent go out and water the garden...it was already getting dark and...lets just say I'm dessert for all those bugs out there...seriously I look like I have the chicken pox all up my legs. Of course my husband doesn't even get a nip! Point of the story...while he was multi-tasking with his phone and as he was walking around he found a snake skin! Wow, this thing is looong. It was actually quite fascinating. But as you can see from Tarin in the back ground, she wasn't too thrilled. Raegan thought it was pretty cool...

This was around bedtime so here is a bit of dialogue for you:

Tarin: "Can snakes get into our house?"

Dad: (I think they could, but why tell her) "No, they don't have any hands!"

Tarin: "But they could use their tails!"

Let's just say she had a hard time going to sleep.

BTW, I did cut Tarin's hair last night. I took about 3-4 inches off. She likes it, except she wanted me to go shorter...I couldn't do it!

Sugar Babee Boutique

I had the great opportunity to put on a boutique for a few friends of mind. It was more of a sample wholesale for children's clothing and jewelry. Melissa (Boot) Nash started her own clothing line Knuckleheads and Hula Mula. I had a few samples of the clothes so that in July when I hold the larger sale, there will be more interest and traffic. This sale was a bit slow, because there weren't too many size options. But many are curious for the end of July. Seriously cute clothes, check out the websites and then come to the slashed prices in July!

Melissa's other sister Nikki, does fresh water pearls from China. Here are just a few. She also does Baptism sets (necklace/braclet), newborn pearls...check her out at Hipbabies

Well, this was in my unfinished basement. But it was better then the humid, sticky, outside. My husband made a PVC clothes stand and did a great job! We also hung up sheets to hid our other junk...it was fun. Wish the sales were better, but we are hoping for big things to happen in July.

Someone wanted to be apart of everything.

He loved the cany bowl...

He found the big mirror...

He also wanted to add up the totals...what good company I had during the slow times!

Happy Birthday To Denham

Denham and Brennin are here for the summer! So good to see them and get the kids together and have fun times. Denhams birthday was the 6th so Sunday the 7th, when they made it to Georgia, we had a celebration.

Looks like he likes what we got him!

Thought I'd get a side view of Kristin's cute belly welly...so tiny!

AAhhh, the traditional ice cream cake!!! Thanks to Troy and Kristin for bringing this.

Hmm, maybe Ammon will grow up to be as tall as his uncle Troy!??

Seeing the kids altogether again was such a sweet site! Denham has a good aim...they hiked the hoop all the way up, hope the neighbors don't mind!