Camdyn's School Celebration

It is hard to believe that Camdyn is almost a graduate of First Baptist Kindergarten. This sweet school and the teachers that have loved on our two girls have been such a blessing to us.
Camdyn's class named "Friends' World" shared songs with the parents this week. I've uploaded a video so you can see too!
We love you Camdyn and are so proud of you sweet girl!

Beach Trip to IOP

We spent last week on the Isle of Palms with Mimi and Pops! We had so much fun staying at Wild Dunes. It was quite nostalgic for me because we stayed in the same condo complex that my family went to each summer growing up! Mimi and Pops are thinking about getting a place at the beach so we had lots of fun house hunting with them! In between looking at houses we found some time to swim in the pool and the ocean! Brrrrrr! Thanks for a great weekend Mimi and Pops! :)

Claire's Daddy Date

Nathan has begun a sweet tradition of taking the girls out for a date around their birthday. This year for Claire's 7th birthday, Nathan took her out to eat and to get ice cream. What sweet memories for them and what a blessing it is for me to see the father that Nathan is to Claire and the wonderful young lady Claire is growing up to be! I love you both more than words can say.

Great article about Facebook

http://www.pluggedin.com/upfront/2010/thisisyourfriendshiponfacebook.aspx

"Do we all realize, for example, when exactly it is that we reveal
information to show off? To vent? To gain social or intellectual
standing? To manipulate? To intentionally stir up trouble? Are we
building up our Facebook friends for the express purpose (consciously or
unconsciously) of guaranteeing a built-in audience with whom we can
indulge our increasingly narcissistic tendencies? In our clamor to be
known, appreciated and seen on social networking sites, are some of us
becoming relationship consumers rather than nurturers?"

This quote sums up what I found myself doing when I was on FB. It caused me to be self-inflating and I do think that I was becoming a relationship consumer rather than a nurturer. It is funny how the Lord changed my viewpoint of FB....I actually encouraged many of my friends to get on FB to begin with...perhaps my reasoning was that I would have the audience the quote refers to.
Articles like this bring me to my knees. I realize how much I need to be saved from myself.


What are your thoughts?

Special Gifts

Claire received many special gifts for her birthday this year!
A new piggy bank
A new set of great books about Judy Moody
A beautiful knitted blanket made by Nan
A knitted doll outfit
LOTS of new American girl clothes
and the Lanie doll from American girl!

Thank you family and friends! We love you! :)

Claire's 7th Birthday

As I write out the title for this blog post it is still hard for me to imagine that Claire is SEVEN! What an incredibly FAST seven years this has been. We have watched Claire grow into a beautiful, smart, confident, hilarious, and all around fun little girl. This year Claire has learned to read fluently, has become more sensitive to others feelings, and become more independent through household chores like making her bed each day and tidying up her room. The most important accomplishment Claire made this year is in fact one of the most important she will make her entire life. Claire attends Good News Club on Tuesdays after school and on February 2, 2010 Claire asked Jesus into her heart. We are so proud of her and count being her parents as one of the greatest blessings in our lives.
For her birthday this year, we took a girls trip to the American Girl store in Atlanta! Nana, Mimi, Aunt Cayce, Cousin Reese, Camdyn, Claire and I all hopped in the van together and enjoyed the day trip together! The girls took their dolls to the doll hair salon and get them all prettied up! Then we did some shopping before enjoying a birthday lunch in the bistro inside the store! The girls even got food for their dolls which sat in special seats right next to them at the table! Claire got a special birthday cake and many special new doll outfits and a new doll, Lanie!
One of the sweet moments for me was later in the day when Claire exclaimed, "It came true!" Two weekends prior we were in Charlotte visiting Mimi and Pops and Claire made a wish with a penny in a fountain while we were out shopping. She wouldn't tell us her wish! Well, on her birthday she said," It came true! I wished for the best birthday ever and it came true!" Awesome!! The picture of us at the fountain was her making the wish! I'm so glad Mimi got this picture!

It was the best birthday ever!

Easter 2010

We enjoyed a wonderful Easter this year with a visit from Mimi and Pops and a trip to Pop Pop and Nan's house! We had fun watching the kids play "baseball" and I personally enjoyed Cayce's performance with the hula hoop! Be sure to watch the video!