Grace's Birthday

She turned Nine!

Nine things I like about Grace:

1.  She is so full of life
2.  She is fun!
3.  She has a great sense of humor and often cracks me up with her smart wit
4.  She is very competative and passionate, and because of that is a great athlete, and very fun to watch   play sports
5.  She is a hard worker and will give you everything she's got
6.  She has a heart for worship and a love for the Lord
7.  She is a great decision maker
8.  She is an encourager.  Often what she says is wise beyond her years.
9.  She is bold and I love it when she prays for me
and just one more,

10.  She forgives so easily

                                                    !!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE !!!!!!

we love you

its an Instagram kinda week

glimpses from the last few weeks...

after the rains

sprinkler park

blue eyes

good friends

my cowgirl

swinging

hot!

beat the heat

zonked out dog

go fish

balls!

the athlete

I can't believe it is already the end of July.

Where has the summer gone?

It feels like it is slipping through my hands

when all I want to do is hold it tightly.

The girl's gotta have her boots...

Isabel loves her cowgirl boots.
She wears them a lot.

They use to be Gracie's and are still a couple sizes too big,

but that doesn't bother her.

She plays in them and wears them out
doesn't matter to her
just gotta have me some boots.

My Birthday

Today is my birthday. 

I am having salmon for dinner and this drink. 

Yumm!

Happy Friday!

Bowling

Gracie's strike in photos:

and celebration:

Isabel played a game, but after that, was not interested.

Gracie played the extra games and finally got a strike.

It just wasn't coming easy that day.

So when she did get it, it was worth celebrating.

:)

Summer in Pictures

(Click on photo to enlarge)

Hope you are enjoying yours!

Cave of the Winds

We took a trip to Cave of the Winds last week with some friends.

This is the view when you get up there

They had this cool climbing structure where you could get hooked up to a cable and walk

around on beams, nets and ropes.

Grace getting her harness on

She's in the middle on the rope

We then went through the caves on a 45 minute tour.

We saw lots of interesting rocks and things,

and went through dark and narrow passages.

And then back out into the light!

Whew!  I got a little claustrophobic in there.

They had a beautiful balcony that overlooked the valley below.

Stunning beauty up there.

Neat trip.

I have heard about Cave of the Winds all my life

and now I can say we finally went.