Summer Fun!

It has been forever since I last posted, so I have lots of pictures to post. Alot has happened and I am only posting a few pics from some of the events, but we have had a great summer. It has been very very busy, but it has been alot of fun.

The 1st pictures are when Maria was home. We ate at China Gate when she was home and the kids enjoyed every moment of her being here. They also were able to suprise her at the airport, which made Maria very happy.
We also went to the zoo. They really enjoyed all the animals. I think they enjoyed the monkeys the most. Austin still talks about them.Maria suggested that they make a funny face. They enjoyed that.

Our 1st baby was born August 11th, 2004. We thought we were going to have a boy, and were very surprised and very happy when we had a beautiful baby girl. She was the most beautiful baby that we had ever seen. She looked like her daddy, and she had dark skin and lots of beautiful dark hair. We named her Emilee (her daddy picked it out) and she has filled our lives with joy. She now is in first grade and she is getting more beautiful every day.

The flip flops that Mamaw Spencer made for her.

We have decided that this little boy is going to keep our lives very busy. He is always on the go. He does not walk anymore he just runs everywhere. There is not a thing in this house that is Tyler proof. He is already getting on to our bed which the other 2 didn't do until they were at least 2 or 3. He figures just about anything he is not supposed to do, is a challenge to try. Emilee keeps her door shut all the time. The only problem is now he know how to open them. Tonight I was busy and Jason was on the computer and next thing we know it is quiet. Jason went looking and he was outside. So we are going to have to keep the doors locked at all times I guess.

This is just a little mess he made and I thought it was too cute.

My parents, sisters and us went to hear the Collingsworths. We had a great time, great food and heard great singing.

The tooth fairy had to make a visit to our home a while back. Emilee lost her 1st tooth. She was soooo excited. The only problem was that when the tooth fairy came in the middle of the night, she must have been getting into Emilee's things. When Emilee got up the next morning she told me that the tooth fairy got into her drawers, because there was a barrette on the floor that she put there. So if the tooth fairy has to come to your house make sure she does not get into your stuff.

This is Austin checking it out.

Showing off her new smile.

This past weekend we went camping. We had a great time. It was a little chilly until Monday, but on Monday we were able to get on the boat and have some fun. Austin wanted to get into the tube, so Rachel went with him and he had so much fun that when we stopped the boat and I started to pull them in, he started crying.

We kept trying to get Emilee to try it and she kept saying no because she was scared. Finally she must have realized that it would be fun, and we would not go fast enough for her. (She wanted to go faster than Mommy would allow.)

I was able to get a picture when Austin was in the tube. I didn't think it turned out so I did not take one when it was Emilee's turn, but I guess I should have because you can just barely see Austin beside Rachel in the tube.

Hopefully there will not be as much time between this post and the next as there was the post before this one.

I hope all of you had a great summer.