White

It's rained a lot lately.  This abundance of rain has helped Hannah's asiatic lilies to bloom (considering if it hadn't been raining I would most likely have forgotten to water them myself.)  Today we noticed that a white one as well as another yellow lily had bloomed overnight.

 

While I was taking these pictures this scripture came to mind:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55: 8-11

Praise the Lord!! 

Memorial Day

Memorial Day was spent sleeping late, visiting with my family & eating a delicious supper with the Platt's.  I don't have a lot of photos of our day but I did manage to get a few shots of my dad and my kids. 

My Daddy - the Vietnam Veteran

 Hannah enjoying some delicious watermelon @ my aunt's house.

 Hannah & Lily loved playing together.  Lily is such a cutie pie!

 And of course I couldn't forget this handsome fella'.

{Simply Hannah}

 

Yellow

The beautiful yellow Asiatic Lilies that Hannah planted are blooming.  Actually she planted the lilies and we had no idea what color they would be.  So far we've had two red lilies and this yellow one.  We can't wait to see what other colors bloom!!

Hannah is so proud of her flowers.  "Take a picture of me next to my lily!" 

Simply beautiful. 

Paden's Party

Now I'm going to play catch up...

Cutie-pie Paden, the sweet baby we babysit, turned 1 this past month.  We went to his birthday party the Saturday before we left for Panama (the reason I'm late in posting these pictures!)

It was a lot of fun!  But every thing's a lot of fun when we're around (right?!)  The kids got to look inside a transfer truck.  Hannah was amazed that there was a bed & a mini-fridge right in the cab.  They also played in the sprinkler b/c the pool wasn't ready yet (due to an unfortunate pump incident.)  We enjoyed some delicious food and cupcakes while we watched the birthday boy tear into his presents.  

 

Happy 1st Birthday Paden!!

Flying

This is the point of view -

of a little mommy

lying on her back on the family trampoline

with her sweet babies on her feet

letting them fly high in the air...

 

Birthday Fun

So, my birthday was May 22nd and I turned 29 {still in my 20's!}  We got home from Panama on Thurs, I unpacked & cleaned the house on Friday and we had my party on Saturday.  

It was so much fun too!  Bobby made me a cake and cooked ALL the food for the party.  I was amazed at how many of our friends and family came to celebrate with us :  the Steele's, the Buford's, the Platt's, Donald, Bonnie & Tim, Lee & Emily, Bob & Tommy, and my parents (of course).  I love you all!!!  Thanks for making my birthday celebration crazy loud and super fun!

 ---The Guests---

 

 

 ---2 of 7 kids that were running 

wild around our house!---

 

---Reva & Willie---

---Sisterly love---

 

---and of course there was cake---