June has been a busy month for our family. Actually it all started on May 18th with Titus turning 1! It always amazes me how quickly those first birthdays creep up. Just another reminder to enjoy each precious moment.
The following week, Travis and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. God's grace alone is our boast in our marriage. He has given us a beautiful relationship and I am so grateful for a godly husband who loves Christ more than me (I get the blessings from that!).
The week after that was my 32nd birthday. The next week was Travis' 35th birthday. The next week his parents flew in from Alabama, we attended a graduation banquet in Vallejo, the next day was Isaiah's 6th birthday, and the next day (Father's Day) was Travis' graduation from The Cornerstone Seminary!! Whew.... And to top it all off we stayed overnight in Vallejo (his parents and mine too) and we all went to Six Flags the next day (oh that was so much fun!!!!!).
Now our bathroom is torn apart and being remodeled in preparation to sell our home so we can move to Alabama in the Fall, Lord willing. So, here are some pictures of some of these blessed events the Lord has allowed in our lives.
May 18th - Titus is our waterbug. He
loves to be in the pool. So he got to play in the pool at Grandpa and Nana's for his birthday.
Tradition in our family is to let each child at their first birthday have their own special little cake (which is always a homemade carrot cake) to eat however they want. It's so interesting to see how their personalities come out even in this little fun way. Titus was a hand to mouth eater and a very aggressive one at that (Isaiah wouldn't touch his first birthday cake with his hands - he used a fork! Micah went face first with no hands, over and over; Hannah daintily took small bites with her hands)!
June 5th - Isaiah planned and organized getting picked up by Grandpa and Nana for the day so that they could make me a surprise birthday cake! It was a delicious angel-food cake with coolwhip, fresh strawberries and homemade fudge drizzled on top. What sweet kiddos and wonderful grandparents!
June 13th - Travis enjoying cards made by his boys. We had his parents (in Alabama) on video Skype so they could be a part of the celebration.
June 20th - Isaiah turned 6! We praise the Lord for this special boy who is growing up so quickly. He, like the rest of his siblings, is a joy and treasure to our family.
He's blowing out the same #6 candle my brother and I blew out over 25 years ago!!
June 21st - Travis' graduating class. He also gave his testimony that night of what God did in his life while at TCS.
June 22nd - Fun at Six Flags! Where's Titus???.......
Playing is hard work.
Mud is my friend.
Reaching for the next exploration which happens to be...
outdoor bath time! I think he enjoyed sitting in this little pool with the hose trickling as much as he did getting muddy. He sat in here for over a 1/2 hour, splashing, drinking out of the hose, discovering how to make the hose spray, etc... This was probably one of the happiest mornings of his little life!
All cleaned up. Gotta love those rolls!
Readin' and rockin'
Isaiah getting a face full of water
Hannah's approach. She's not quite ready to dive!
Micah
Built in water fountain
May 18th - Titus is our waterbug. He loves to be in the pool. So he got to play in the pool at Grandpa and Nana's for his birthday.
Tradition in our family is to let each child at their first birthday have their own special little cake (which is always a homemade carrot cake) to eat however they want. It's so interesting to see how their personalities come out even in this little fun way. Titus was a hand to mouth eater and a very aggressive one at that (Isaiah wouldn't touch his first birthday cake with his hands - he used a fork! Micah went face first with no hands, over and over; Hannah daintily took small bites with her hands)!
June 5th - Isaiah planned and organized getting picked up by Grandpa and Nana for the day so that they could make me a surprise birthday cake! It was a delicious angel-food cake with coolwhip, fresh strawberries and homemade fudge drizzled on top. What sweet kiddos and wonderful grandparents!
June 13th - Travis enjoying cards made by his boys. We had his parents (in Alabama) on video Skype so they could be a part of the celebration.
June 20th - Isaiah turned 6! We praise the Lord for this special boy who is growing up so quickly. He, like the rest of his siblings, is a joy and treasure to our family.
He's blowing out the same #6 candle my brother and I blew out over 25 years ago!!
June 21st - Travis' graduating class. He also gave his testimony that night of what God did in his life while at TCS.
June 22nd - Fun at Six Flags! Where's Titus???.......
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