A few recent pictures

Yesterday at Lullwater Wes and I had more fun with the bubbles than Ashton...

You can tell he is searching for something...

Ahh Cheerios! Who cares about bubbles?

Saturday we went to Augusta to see Wes's family and his sister was there with her family along with his cousin Jennifer and her three kids. We had so much fun seeing them all! Jennifer's husband commented that you can tell why we call our family of 3 the Pale Force!

Haley took her spot under the kids table while we ate lunch-smart dog!

Here's a shot while Ashton was climbing on my leg which is his new favorite thing to do-

Here's my dad being goofy in the pool with Ashton a few weeks ago. Ashton didn't know what to think about grandaddy in his float!

Some shots from the zoo!

Looking at the kangaroo

Seven Things

I like it when my cousin Laura writes her "7 things lists" so I am stealing her idea. These are 7 things that have been on my mind this week:

1. Wes was scheduled to have sinus/nose surgery last week but it was cancelled due to insurance problems. I had felt very uneasy about the surgery and the Lord took me through a battle of truly leaning on Him before it was cancelled. I hope it has made me stronger even though Wes didn't end up having it! We ended up having a wonderful 5 days off -we had a "staycation" and ended up seeing his parents who kept Ashton while we went to the High for the Monet exhibit, eating lunch with them and our "sister in law" Janet, taking Ashton to the zoo, hanging out with Kate and George, swimming with my parents and grilling out, and just enjoying being home.
2. I have been thinking about my friend Kim who went to Africa today to see a child she has been sponsoring financially-how awesome!
3. I have had a UGA student shadow me this week at work and I think I have convinced him to become a PA versus physician! It reminded me how great my career is and brought back some sweet college memories.
4. I have loved hearing Ashton laugh as he chases Haley and "head-butts" her!
5. Wes is reading EM Bounds' Complete Works on Prayer and it has got us thinking about prayer and our approach. Do we really expect God to answer?
6: My brother is in Colorado this week and went to Red Rocks. He has been on my mind while he is enjoying the mountains.We miss you!
7. We have someone looking at the condo tomorrow!

Sometimes the Lord allows us to be sick so that we can stay home and rest. We haven't relaxed this much since Ashton was first born! Unfortunately Wes came down with this crazy virus last night so we stayed home again today and played.

Happy Fourth!

We're so thankful for our country! We had a great day so far-swimming and eating BBQ! Ashton loved his pork! We are finally getting well after a rough virus. Ashton broke out in an awful rash this week and I had some horrible muscle aches but am finally feeling better today. Here are some photos from our visit to the Fosters last Monday when we took Audrey and Ashton swimming. He always looks so serious in his float while Audrey's having a blast! They are such cuties playing together.

First Haircut Do-Over

Still a little unsure about her

Unimpressed...

So this time we went pro and Ashton did much better while Wes held him! It was the start to our Father's Day weekend. Saturday night we ate some BBQ at Fat Matt's and Ashton enjoyed his first taste of pulled pork. While at the restaurant, he kept doing a weird thing with his tongue, kind of sticking it out. I started freaking out telling Wes I though his tongue was swelling (he has had food allergies in my defense). We rushed him to the car where I had EpiPen waiting and ready. He then sneezed and a piece of bread flew out of his mouth that I guess he was trying to get out with his tongue. So that was his first BBQ experience! Sunday we celebrated with the Fosters at CPK after church and then relaxed the rest of the day. We are so thankful for our dads and Ashton is so thankful for his wonderful daddy!!!!

Beach Bums AKA The Pale Force goes to St Simons

Golden Greenville!

We had a blast over the weekend with a last minute trip to Greenville to visit Chris and Katy! We had so much fun and loved seeing them. Haley unfortunately enjoyed too much of Ava's dog food and ended up a pretty sick puppy last night. Wes and I were at the Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire concert so my poor parents ended up cleaning up lots of doggy diarrhea and vomit while they were babysitting for us! Thank you to the supergrandparents!! Poor Haley must have been having sympathy sickness for her uncle Patrick who also got sick on the road this weekend with the Keith Urban tour-hope you're better little brother.
This week Ashton also became a carnivore and has been enjoying some chicken and ground beef. He can now relate to Wes's favorite Homer Simpson quote, "If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, how come he made them out of meat?"