Ocoee

We took the youth from church river rafting on the Ocoee.  It was crazy hot but we had a great time. Thank goodness for the water to cool off in.  And as we were packing up the cars we had a huge storm roll in and dump on us.

Laralee and Daddy floated down the river.  She had so much fun!

Hartwell ate watermelon the whole time and loved it.

While we set up camp Ryan made a friend.  This butterfly wouldn't leave him alone.

Daisy was happy with our camp site, we were right on the river.  Not even 5 min after we pulled up she was in the water and didn't get out until we left. 

She was making some pretty good splashes.

Woodstock 5K

We ran (as a family, Daisy included) in a 5K on Saturday.  We set a goal of how fast we wanted to do it and we reached it.  Even with the crowds of people we had maneuver through with the stroller and dog. 
We had such a good time and can't wait to run another one soon!

 All of us at the start line.  (Daisy got a bit distracted by a dog.)

Ryan at the finish, the kids and I are blocked by the guy in the gray.

Mormon Day with the Braves

Yesterday we went to "Mormon Day with the Braves".  The Braves played the Mets.  It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. We were able to see President Murphy, aka Dale Murphy. (Ryan's mission President) They also had a parade where we were able to walk out on the field.  While we walked by the Braves dugout Laralee was waving to some of the coaches sitting there and one rolled her an official ML ball.  She was so excited, she also got to see herself on the big screen.  It was an awesome family adventure.

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Thank goodness Laralee was there to help me blow out the candles.

Happy Birthday to me!

For Nonnie & anyone else wanting to see these cute kiddos

I have noticed I take a lot of pictures when the kids are at the table
but they are always so cute and doing funny things there.

Like I said- doing funny things and making each other laugh.

Did you know children will eat Fried Okra?  Well mine will which is good because we have a ton of it from the garden. What's funny is that Laralee likes the outside more and Hartwell likes the inside.  

Thanks to Paula Dean for the yummy recipe for Fried Okra.

She had him laughing so hard he was falling off the rocking horse.

I can't get enough of him, he is such a stinker but so stinkin' cute!!

Laralee has discovered princesses.  That is all she wants to be and then dance around the house.

Boy do I love these two.  They are so much fun to play with all day.
Daddy doesn't know what he's missing.