365 in 2015 - End of week 52

This is officially week 52! But my first week was only two days, so I have five days left of my challenge. I got a new camera lens for Christmas and have enjoyed playing with that as well. I'm hoping to end better than I've done the last few weeks!

Cheyenne's new dress (and matching one for her doll!) that she got from Grandma for Christmas. She was so excited to get up and get dressed for church! 

On Monday, my two big girls each lost a tooth! Paige lost her first tooth, and Cheyenne lost her third! (Yes, my kids are on the later side for losing teeth!)

Tuesday morning was insanely foggy when I woke up. I quickly got the kids up and out so we could take some pictures. This was one of my favorites!

One of many pictures we took at Freeman's Mill Park. 

Paige playing on the porch with my umbrella one rainy evening.

Jon's new apron. He'd mentioned wanting one with Kiss the Cook on it, and I thought this one was funny!

One of my new ornaments made by Mary from The Old Well House. 

365 in 2015 - End of Week 25

We spent the week of June 14th at Mount Salem Baptist Church's VBS program. Clayton's best friend is the pastor's son there, and they invited us to join them for the week. The kids had never been to a vacation Bible school before. They were excited to go and really enjoyed spending time with friends! 

Trying to help a certain young lady of mine - she couldn't quit scratching at a few bug bites, so I taped her fingers (much to her frustration).

On Monday we went to Tribble Mill Park with Bethany and family. The kids had a great time! I'll post more from that trip in another post.

I took a few pictures from my kids first night at VBS too, but this was a favorite from the day.

Crazy clothes night at VBS. Shelby finally turned her shirt around backwards right before this picture, but refused to do anything else crazy! 

Paige dancing to a song at VBS.

Cheyenne getting dunked at family night! 

On Friday we went to Freeman's Mill Park with some friends. I had fun playing with the settings on my camera and took these two completely different shots of the waterfall. I'm not sure how to explain what I did, but I liked the differences! 

I missed taking any pictures on Saturday, so this is from Friday as well. I thought this was just a beautiful color - although I have no clue what it is!

Park Hopping: Freeman's Mill

Back in June the kids and I met some friends at Freeman's Mill Park. We've been there before, but this time we actually went to get in the water! We had never done that before as the waterfall area is definitely not where you would want to play. But a little farther down from the waterfall is a nice calmer area that is great for swimming and playing. It's not really that deep (Shelby had no issue walking around), but it was enough to be a lot of fun! The kids spent the majority of their time together trying to build a giant pile of rocks - pulling them out of the water and piling them to the side.

365 in 2015 - End of Week 13

This week wasn't nearly as crazy busy as last week. Thankfully! I did well keeping up with a picture a day - even if I only took one (and that only happened one day)! 

Sunday evening before church, we stopped by Autumn Leaves (a memory care center) to visit with Jon's mom (better known as Mimi to the kids). The kids are a big hit up there as many of the residents enjoy seeing them!

Clayton with one of his big Lego creations!

Clayton getting a (very) rare chance to play a few games on my kindle after he finished learning all his Bible verses for class this week!

We got a new Lego set this week and the kids have played wonderfully well together building and rebuilding many of the things from the set. I took pictures of most of them, but the penguins were my favorite! 

We stopped by Freeman's Mill Park on Thursday. The kids had a great time playing on the playground! 

Shelby not having a good day at Classical Conversations this week. She was upset not to be participating in one of the things things for Clayton's class.

A beautiful rosebud tree at the zoo today! I've been admiring all the pretty trees around here, and these are one of my favorites! 

Freeman's Mill Park

We stopped by Freeman's Mill Park in March to play. I had fun taking a few (too many) pictures!

Playing with the rain puddles.

Shelby

Paige

Cheyenne

Clayton: "I'm looking like a man."

I honestly don't remember why she was mad. But this was too funny!