Happy Birthday, William!

William is 3! It is so hard to believe. He such a cute and sweet little guy. We celebrated the day with a dog theme (picked by William), cake, presents, and ice cream.

Present time

Doggie birthday cupcakes:

Blowing out the candle:

Birthday prayer:

We love you, William!

posted by the blessed sister of 10 and aunt to 2 - Sarah

A Trip to the Eye Doctor

On Thursday Mommy, Sydnee, and I made a trip to the eye doctor. Sydnee and I have had problems doing things close up (reading, sewing, etc.), so....

First we looked into a machine that gave them an idea of how we were seeing...

Next, the doctor checked our eyes...

The picture is a bit blurry, but it says O F L C 3. I can read it because...well, you will know why in a little bit...

And the end result was Sydnee and I both needed glasses!

We had fun picking out our frames. I have blue and Sydnee has purple (our favorite colors). We picked up our glasses on Tuesday. It is a lot easier to sew and read now!

posted by the blessed sister of 10 and aunt to 2 - Sarah

Fun with Friends at the Retreat

We had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new friends.

with Jubilee and Faith, Sydnee with Virginia

Me with Bethany

with Kaedyn

We had a good time eating at Sage's with Mr. C, Savannah, and Sabrina

We got to watch them make our root beer floats. It was really cool and they were delicious!

After church on Sunday, we went to a gathering at the F. family's grandmother's house. It was so nice to see our friends who live in the Georgia area again!

with Jeri Beth and Mary Pate, me with Hannah

At one time we fit 20 people on the mule (it was a little squashed)! We had a great time!

posted by the blessed sister of 10 and aunt to 2 - Sarah

At the Father Daughter Retreat

We got to Georgia on Thursday so we could have some time together to wander around the beautiful gardens before everything got started on Friday. This gave us time to visit the butterfly gardens:

Traveling along the bird watching trail:

Roaming around the "Great Lawn":



The "Bird's of Prey" show:

Vulture, Great Horned Owl, and Harris Hawk

AND THE GAMES ARE UNDERWAY:

Croquet - the father is supposed to correct the daughter's moves, just like in real life:


The three-legged race - working on unity:


The obstacle course - listening for your father's voice to guide you:

Picnic on the lawn:


High tea:

This picture is of the outside group. We were with a group on the inside.

The picture below is of the group that sat at our table. Daddy, me, Sydnee, Sherrod, Mr. C, Savannah, Sabrina, Mr. L., Sydney, and Genesis. Sydney and Genesis are twins!

Sherrod checking in with Mommy about her blood sugar:

Enjoying some time together after the tea on Saturday:

There were lots of other things, as well. It was a lot of fun watching girls try to comb their father's hair or "mock" shaving races. One girl covered her father's entire head in shaving cream - it was so funny! One of the very interesting points that Mr. Phillips made was that 98% of America's fathers spend more time golfing, hunting, fishing, on a business trip, or out with his buddies than they spend with their daughters, showing love and speaking vision into their lives. I am thankful for a father who is in the minority.

posted by the blessed sister of 10 and aunt to 2 - Sarah