3 1/2 Years Old

The twins will turn 3 1/2 on Sunday, so I thought it was high time

to get some 3 year old pictures made!

Audrey

 Haley 

Haley (pink) and Audrey - 3 years old

Privacy

There is no such thing as privacy when you are a twin (Haley in pink)

Our latest Pictures

We are ENJOYING Summer Break.  It's really rainey season break here, so we are enjoying nice cool weather and rain storms every day.  It's my favorite time of year!

We've enjoyed walks around our neighborhood

 Audrey (farthest back), Haley and Nathan

 

Chasing chickens (Audrey has the bow in her hair)

We've enjoyed cuddle time with Daddy

Haley (left), Nathan, Andy and Audrey

It's really hard to believe this young lady finished 2nd Grade.  We are so proud of her!

We've enjoyed time for fun hair do's

And we enjoyed end of the school year field trips

Abby making pottery

We've enjoyed driving around town

We've enjoyed picnics

Andy and Audrey

Andy and Haley

Nathan

We've enjoyed sandboxes (although Audrey just got dirt in her eye in this

 picture, so she's not quite so happy) - Audrey in purple

We cut some trees down in our yard, so we've enjoyed getting firewood together

We've enjoyed dressing up like superhero's (Audrey)

Climbing trees (Audrey in polka dot pants)

And coloring ourselves with markers when we find stray markers left out by big brother and sister. (Audrey)

And last, but not least we've enjoyed watching them work on cobble stoning our road!

We are so Proud

Abby and Nathan both made decisions to follow Christ in the past month.  We are so Proud of them!  We've been praying for years that they would make this decision & it's such a blessing that they did.  Abby came to me one night at the end of April and told me she wanted to follow Christ.  Andy is home 99% of the time at night & this one night he just happened to be out getting a haircut.  I always imagined us both leading our children to Christ.  I called Andy & he was way across town & he told me that if the Holy Spirit was moving in her little heart then I should follow!  So, I had the great pleasure of talking with Abby about what it means to have a relationship with God. She wrote this sweet note after she became a Christian.

Here's what she wrote:  April 23, 2014 - I went to my Mom's room and prayed to ask Jesus into my heart.  Me and my Mom talked about accepting Jesus into my heart.  I know I am a sinner and I know Jesus died on the cross.  Dear God I know I am a sinner and I want to ask you to forgive me.  Please come and live in my heart.  Please make the Holy Spirit guide me all of my days.

She is beautiful on the inside and out!

Andy always said that he thought Nathan would become a believer shortly after Abby did.  They just have a close relationship & it was hard to imagine Abby doing something without Nathan following close behind.  He was right!

A couple weeks after Abby became a Believer, Nathan came up to me after our Bible Story time and whispered in my ear,"I want to become a Christian."   It caught me off guard because here again, Andy was gone that evening.  With Nathan being so young, I really wanted Andy to be here to talk with Nathan.  I called Andy and he rushed home.  Nathan has such a sensitive heart and he really wanted to make a commitment to follow God!  We were so happy for him. 

Look at this sweet little guy!

Our kiddos

I love to cook in the kitchen with our kids . . . most of the time.  It does get a little hard when they all want to be in there at once!

This Little Man is my right hand man in the kitchen.  He loves to cook with me.

Granddaddy and Grandmamma sent us some Rice Crispy's and some marshmallows.  We all enjoyed eating Rice Crispy Treats.  Here's Haley showing off her treat.

Isn't he handsome?  I just love this boy! 

 This picture makes me happy!  Andy surprised me with a HUGE box of Hershey Chocolate Bars for my Birthday.  What a treat!

My little fix it man.  He's growing up to be just like his Daddy! 

Things we see around town

I love this little guy.  He visits our house on a regular basis.  He is an African Paradise Monarch.

We had a big meeting last month & we wanted all our guests to see a traditional coffee ceremony.  We have the best coffee in the whole wide world!  They start off by roasting the raw coffee beans, then they pound them and boil them in water.  Oh, sooooo good!

I love the things we see out on the road.  I thought this truck was funny.  They sure piled it high with foam mattresses. 

No Water???

This is what happens when we don't have water for days on end.  We get desperate to get our kids clean and send them out in the rain to take a shower.