Happy 4th of July!

 

Happy 4th of July!

 

The kids had a blast with this giant slip and slide at our family friend's giant 4th of July party.

 

And that's Addison!

What do you do if your daddy has to work on the 4th of July?  Climb on another daddy to use as an inner tube down the slide.

 

Amelia was the best, she took all the little girls she babysits for down the slide so many times.

 

Lukey!

 

Stephen had a very long shift that day so we were thankful to get some quiet family time for the fireworks.  

Nothing like walking to your backyard (actually our sweet neighbor's backyard) to sit on a private beach and watch the fireworks over the water.  

 

That's it, it was like a private show, just for us :) 

 

Luke chose to spend the evening jet skiiing and watching with friends...what a surprise!  Ha!

 

Twin Lakes Summer Camp

 

Twin Lakes is the place to be, Twin Lakes is the place to be!

The kiddos were excited to attend another week of Twin Lakes Summer Camp!

It is a fabulous Christian summer camp about three hours away from us.

 

Luke's last year as a camper!

 

Addison's cabin!

 

The kids love this camp because it is full of fun activities like swimming in the lake, blow up obstacles in the lake, kayaks, pool, giant water slides, archery, rock wall, zipline, etc.  All while learning more about a bible lesson and how Jesus loves them.

 

As you can see by all their smiles, they don't have any fun at all.

 

Amelia served as an LIT (leader in training) for the second year in a row.  

She loves it so much and all of the campers love her!

 

That's Amelia, in the corner of the shot teaching archery.

 

The week goes by so fast when you are having so much fun!

Best buddies, Amelia, Whitney and Lizzie have been campers together and now LIT's together since they were little girls.

 

Pick up day!!!

 

 

Brownie ice cream sundaes to welcome them home!

We love you Amelia, Luke and Addison!

Scholten's Visit!

 

We had such a fun visit when the Scholten's came to stay with us!

Cousin time is always fun time!

 

Had to get a little fishing in off the dock.

 

 

Success!

 

We spent a lot of time in the water...on the bayous, at the islands and at the pool!

 

Me and my big sis!

And a photo bomb from our kids.

 

Stephen and Kent enjoying some well deserved down time.

 

We love you guys!

 

Showing off the Horseshoe crab they found on Horn Island!

Happy Father's Day!

 

Happy Father's Day!

My dad doing what he loves most, fishing!  This time in Canada!

Love you dad!

 

#1 Dad!

Couldn't be more true!

Amelia, Luke and Addison are so blessed to have their Daddy!

Amelia's high school youth group trip-RYM

 

Amelia recently headed to Colorado with her church youth group!  There they joined 800 other high school youth group kids at RYM!  

This is Amelia and Whitney about to head to the airport!

 

BRRR, a little chillier than in Mississippi!

 

Our kids worshiped and praised in big group with all 800 students and also broke into small groups of just their own youth group.  They also attended different speakers depending on the topics of their faith they were interested in exploring.

 

They had a fabulous time exploring, hiking and learning more about Jesus!

Summer!!!

 

We started the summer out with a huge Memorial Day party at Seaside on the beach!  Inflatable waterslides, lots of yummy food, live bands and fireworks to top it all off!  Such a fun event for all of us!

 

This summer has been filled with A LOT of tennis.  All three of the kids have been playing in tournaments as well as state team tennis.

I am the coach of Addison's 10 and under state team tennis and here are some of my sweet little tennis stars.  

 

 

Addison has been playing mostly girls doubles and mixed doubles and she and her partners did not even lose a game in all of their local matches.

 

We are headed to the state tournament in Jackson next week because we won all of our local matches!!

 

Amelia and Luke have been playing too but often at the same time, at another location, hence no pictures of them!

But their teams are also headed to the state tournament next weekend!

 

Fun day at the waterpark with the girls :)

Luke was having a blast with friends at Orange Beach!

 

We also had a fun night enjoying a Shuckers baseball game in box seats with some of Stephen's partners.