Saturday, June 25, 2011

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home, Glad As I Can Be!

I thought this was pretty cool, just made using the words to The Proclamation from wordle. I think I'm going to use it for a fun craft I found.
I also never blogged on Father's Day, but I am really grateful for such an amazing husband. He is such an example to me of being a Parent in the ways we are directed in The Proclamation. I don't know a more humble, hard-working (and handsome :]) man. He is such a great Father to Little L and she wants to be just like him (and if I'm lucky, she will be). We gave him a motorcycle beginner safety class and motorcycle gear for Father's Day this year. I also spent about a week teaching Leighton the words and motions to the Primary song "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home" and Jack and I both teared up a little when she sang it solo to him. We made him coupon books with a couple new friends and Leighton made him a card in Primary. What a fun way to celebrate how awesome the man in my life is!


Saturday, June 18, 2011

This Month in Pictures

Trying to a avoid Blog-overload...a picture is worth 1,000 words--and we have a lot of pictures!!

Hands-On Museum is a children's museum where they can touch and explore everything!
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We drove to Asheville, NC to go to "Sliding Rock" with the Lufkin's and Marler's, but they closed after some thunder. We drove to this waterfall to eat lunch and ended up swimming under it. It was a lot of fun and something hadn't planned to do! We still want to try to go to "Sliding Rock" but it is quite a drive if they close again!
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When Mom came to visit, she had to spoil Little L at Chuck-E-Cheese(thanks Mom!) and Leighton loved it! She wanted to mash every button on every game!
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Every Friday in Jonesborough, they close off the downtown area and bands play. The cute little stores stay open and it's just such a fun atmosphere for families. Jack and I love Jonesborough, it is so pretty and we go to "Music on the Square" when he's not working on Fridays.
Click to play this Smilebox collage

Well, we're having a blast out here and loving Tennessee! Jack is really liking his job and learning a lot, while I'm really enjoying staying home with Leighton! She is such a blast and even when it's challenging, I'm so grateful to be her Mom! Leighton is still shy and cautious, but we have found that she has no fear when it comes to swimming! She loves it just like her parents do. She is such a smart girl and can identify all of the letters, their sounds, and the numbers. She loves to spell her name and count to 10 in Spanish and pick out the letters in every book we read (when I'm patient enough...haha), and is getting really pumped for 'Cars 2.' Jack and I feel so blessed that she is so healthy and happy, but she is growing up too fast!! I guess that's all we're up to right now, but I'll keep snapping pictures so we can keep everyone up to date! Hope everyone's having a great Summer!