etc., etc., etc.

on lucy's actual birthday we went to bonny's to swim with some friends, which is always so much fun. we try our best to go as often as we can. you just can't beat the kiddie pool! from left to right and from oldest to youngest, lucy, rylie, brooker, edy and baxlee.





lucy letting me know exactly how old she is today ;-) i just love her to pieces!

note to self: clear counters before leaving cake unattended

so i left the room for a few minutes and when i returned i caught the cake monster red-handed! lucy had spotted the remaining birthday cake on the counter in reach so she dragged her chair over and dug in bare hands. edy caught wind of what was going on and joined in on the fun. lucy was taking handfuls of icing and sharing with edy who couldn't reach the cake. what a sweet sister she is!

happy birthday lucy!

i'm baaaaack! since i'm so behind i'm going to make this and the following blogs short and sweet until i get caught up.

for lucy's birthday we had dinner and cake at holly's house. uncle matt, jamie and jena, granny great, holly, kait, myself, jd and edy were all there to watch her blow out the candles. it's been quite awhile since she's had practice with this so she was looking to everyone else on instructions ;-) she was so cute when we were singing happy birthday, it was like she was wondering what the heck was going on but didn't know how to ask.

aunt holly gave her her very own special bowl of blueberries, YUMMO!
daddy and the birthday girl

edy was very excited to see what she was going to be able to snatch from lucy!

lucy acting too cool for her new barbie jeep.
waiting ever so patiently for the battery to charge so she could drive it. little does she know 18 hours is a heck of a long time!

edy is so excited for lucy to take her for a ride!

in the jungle...

as part of lucy's birthday present and to meet up with jena we went to disney's animal kingdom, so much fun. edy stayed with aunt holly for the day while we went. we got there sorta late, but what we did see was "it's tough to be a bug" show which totally freaked lucy out, it was 3-d! although, when we got home it was all she could talk about were the bugs. we went on an african safari which was my favorite. we got up close and personal with some species you don't usually encounter including hippos, bongos, crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, lions, etc. and jd and jena i think mostly enjoyed the roller coaster through mt. everest. afterwords, we went to chevy's for dinner to quench our mexican craving! all in all, we had a great day.

let freedom ring!

we spent the 4th of july on lake june in lake placid. the girls had fun with all the other kids splashing in the water. it was really nice to spend time with all our friends, bbq and watch the fireworks. i had lucy excited for the preceding couple of days about the 4th of july and the big fireworks we were going to see and how loud they were, etc. she was really looking forward to it...it started storming terribly so we had to pack up the party and take it to samantha and bryan's house. well, on the way lucy fell asleep and missed the whole darn thing! we did light some off at the house and it's amazing she didn't wake up with how loud they were. there's always next year :-)

hanging out with da-da

lucy snuggled up with daddy in the morning. she just can't get enough of him.

dinner date

on our way out to olive garden for dinner with no kids!!! we had a really good time and ended the night at walmart picking out lucy's birthday present!