Motherhood is a Calling...Where your Children Rank

Awesome article here.......

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Biltmore House Visit

Yesterday, Nana treated the girls and I to a trip up to Asheville, NC to see the Biltmore House. The girls loved it! The mountains are just beautiful and the breeze felt so good! Thank you Nana! We loved spending this time with you!

More Beach pictures

Here are some of my favorite pictures from our beach trip....

IOP with Armalys

This week with you was half as hard and twice as good!! :) We love you Steve, Kristen, Thomas and Elizabeth!
Thanks for Kristen for this list of memories:

1. Ye Old for dinner and ice cream

2. Lettered Olive and dancing to DJ music (and seeing the alligator)

3. Beach....

4. Pool - Daddy's throwing kids

5. Boat rides... getting fresh shrimp off the boats

6. Catching crabs

7. Daily school, Bible verses, and lots of reading

8. Hula Hoop dancers

9. Riding bikes

10. Elevator rides

11. Losing electricity at night

12. Creepy crawlers... infamous "Palmetto Bugs"

13. Capers Island

14. Dolphins jumping out of water

15. Lobster dinner

16. Ice cream runs to market

17. Looking for deer... and finding them

18. Nightly devotionals and Pirate book reading

19. Drip sand castle

20. Three Stooges

21. "Froggy" the frog... and all of the other frogs in the pool

22. Talks on the porch with the 4 of us...

23. Laughing during reading time... Kristen and Kendall crying because we laughed so hard

24. Tooting noises on feet with Thomas's water gun

25. Butcher paper drawings of body, hands, etc.

26. Alligator in backyard pond

27. Going to the movies

28. Smoke alarm going off

29. The snake...

30. Movie nights at home...

Beach Read

This book is AMAZING. Not even done with it yet, but know it will become one of my favorites. Can't put it down.

Get it. Read it. Show respect.

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Book Reviews (cont.)

The girls finished up the second books in the Pathway Series this week. Here are their book review videos! There are some surprise cameo appearances in Claire's video!! :)

Beach with the Mauldins

We love you Scott, Lindsay, and Peyton! What a blessing to have family that turns into wonderful friendships! We are so blessed by all three of you! Let's promise to get together again very soon! Hugs to all of you!