A Little Mermaid Party!

Anna turned 4 this month, and we celebrated at the Ausdran's house. It was a fun little party! Anna talked and talked about it for days after!

Nana's Visit

sorry it's been way too long since my last post...I have working a lot this past month trying to get all our nursery at North Shore set up in one location and then help Signal Mountain get it's nursery up and running...so all that has taken me away for way too long! Thankfully it is all starting to return to normal again!

our nana came for a visit right before Anna's 4th birthday. it was so much fun and just what we needed before the end of summer!

Almost 4!

with her birthday just a few days away, i took anna outside for a little photo shoot...

wow! how time does fly. anna is the sweetest little joy to our family. she is tender and loving. she is so content to play on her own or with her siblings. she is my little helper. she is my shadow all day long. she loves to color and draw and make pictures for daddy while he's at work. she loves to watch Caillou with avery. she just started swimming on her own. she is quiet and really loud, given the circumstances. we love her so much!!

Tim's broken collar bone

The past 3 weeks have been crazy to say the least. Tim wrecked his bike and broke his collar bone while riding bikes with a couple of friends. 4 days later he had to have a plate and 8 screws in his shoulder to fix it. He is still in his sling for at least another week, but he is thankfully ok besides that...it could have been worse.

here's after the surgery...pretty crazy.

Anna's Swimming

I didn't have my camera on this day, but last weekend Tim worked with Anna in the pool and she started swimming all by herself without the water wings! She was so excited, and we are so proud of her!

Wedding Weekend

Pictures of the Cook's and Hayse at Micah and Allison's wedding this past weekend.

Brian was a groomsman and Tim performed the ceremony.

so rare..and so fun to have a few with my sweet friend Kristie.

Thanks, Meg, for taking these of us!

John Thomas & Willa

John Thomas in some pretty sweet sunglasses.

and Willa pouring water on her dad...we love the summer with the Cook's.

what a cute smile!