Saturday, August 31, 2013

Daddy had a birthday!

Ivy and Memaw made daddy cupcakes and decorated!




We started CC this week!


We have continued to do some school throughout the summer! Ivy and I enjoy learning together and so we just did some school for fun! Ivy is in 2nd grade now! We did start CC back this week! In case you don't know CC is short for classical conversations. We love CC! Our CC group moved to a BIG new church this year!

Ivy being silly!



Ivy has a new teacher and a few new friends in her class this year!

Ivy and her funny faces...oh MY!!!!

Paw and Nana Stewart came to KY

Paw enjoyed spoiling Hayley absolutely ROTTEN!!!!!

Eating Oatmeal





Some sweet friends from church came over one night while Nana and Paw were here! It was fun!




Ivy and Nana fixed breakfast!

Paw and Ivy went swimming!



Paw please don't go home.....

I will pitch a fit if you go home.......

The fit didn't work.....oh no Nana and Paw are really leaving!

Nana and Paw, thanks for coming! Please come back soon!

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Lately....

We have had a great summer.  Thankful to homeschool this gal!

Thankful for friends to celebrate bdays with! Sonny, Berna, Luke and Jake made mommy a bday cake and pizza!

I tried so hard to get a picture of the girls in these dresses from Memaw!



Ivy reads and Ivy reads! Praise the Lord that He has gifted her by allowing her to love reading!

I have to make Ivy stop reading. She takes books with her in the car, in the grocery store to sit in the buggie, out to eat at resteraunts. I really do thank God for answering this prayer and allowing her to learn to read.


There are so many things that the girls say and do that I think I will never forget but I do forget so much.  Here is a recent conversation that Ivy and I had. We were praying for a few close friends of mine who want to get pregnant. We prayed for them by name. At the end of the prayer,

Ivy said, "Mom, Why don't they just adopt?"
I said, "Well, some of them are open to adoption but some of them don't know how to get started with adoption or are praying about starting the process." 
Ivy said, "We can tell them how." 
I said, "What would you tell them?" 
Ivy said,  "Well, first you pray about it for a long time, then get on the computer and find a baby that needs you, then you get on the airplane and go over there or maybe over here because it might be here, then you bring them home and you tell them about Jesus every day."
I said, "Ivy, would you like for us to adopt again?"
Ivy said, "Yes, I want a brother! It's ok if it's a girl though."


Girls being silly at Lindsey's house!


We went to our friend Lindsey and Ben's house. We had a cookout. Lindsey made homemade buns to go with yummy hamburgers! We celebrated God's faithfulness to answer prayer. (Lindsey is our dear friend who we met at orientation when we first came to seminary.) We have been praying that God would allow Lindsey to get pregnant and GOD answered! We can't wait to meet baby Ward! God, thank you so much for this gift of life that you have given to Lindsey and Ben!


Thursday, August 01, 2013

Some birthday fun!!! Mommy is OLD!

Ivy and daddy made mommy a coconut cake for her birthday....she's 33!



It's so fun to have birthday's at our house....Ivy is the Party QUEEN! She plans and plans and plans...for at least a month in advance......love her!

Ivy is a great cook!

Ivy breaking beans
We fixed supper for our neighbor. Ivy helped! She broke the beans and made a zucchini chocolate cake!

Ivy chopping zucchini
Chocolate chip zucchini cake

Green beans, pork cops, Mexican corn bread, new potatoes...yum

Fast last minute trip to NC...

The girls love James
Looking at the chickens

Picking Blackberries

Riding the "bean picker!"

Feeding Macy the Rabbit

Eating breakfast

Loving on Memaw



 Ivy got to go to bible school at Webster