Nancy Rose Burns

At 8am Saturday morning I got a phonecall from Molly asking if I got her message....she apparently had called just hours earlier on route to the Hospital! This baby was coming a week early! See there's something that must be understood here in our friendship....neither Molly, Brandy, nor I have sisters so its in times like these we get the chance to step in and fill the role....their friendships to me are absolutely priceless.....so naturally I jumped in the car, talking to Bran (still in SK for another 6 months) and raced to Greenville Memorial. Not too much later, Nancy Rose Burns was born! 7 pounds, 5 oz, and gorgeous!

Look at Molly! Just after having a baby she's still beautiful!

And that precious baby girl; she doesn't look much like Kate but clearly just as cute!

sweet little faces...

These are the sweet faces I get to see all day everyday. Somedays are super hard---like today. Bennett has a sinus infection and bronchitis. Celia can't/won't do what I ask her to do....she finds several things to do before obeying.....today was hard. These are the sweet faces I need to remember on days like today....

(Note above, Bennett's hair GROWING and the big bash on her forehead above her eye. She took a diving header into the activity cube at the library....)

behind the scenes...

As we got ready for the party there was lots of hanging out with E and Hunt and especially Cooper. Bennett can't say Celia yet but she's got "Cooper" down pat.

Here the girls have Cooper cornered

Daddy and Celia walking on the dock...

...and smiling for the camera!

Lowcountry Love

We headed south again to Charleston for the weekend to celebrate the engagement of our dear friends Billy Flynt and Renee Butler. We were able to have most of the camp crowd over to hang out and celebrate together! Billy and Renee started dating the same summer Dave and I did and are going to be married, 6 years later, this spring! It has been so much fun watching the Lord grow them in their relationship and we truly cherish their friendship! Also at the party we broke out our own wedding video to replay the now famous moonwalk-faceplant-drop-kick routine as performed by Billy---cheers!

The soon-to-be Flynts and the Kulps

our camp clergy...

a sampling of the party goers

Foxy Helen Smith, with us, who tells the MOST hilarious stories ever!

SNOW DAY!!!

This morning I got up to go to prayer with my girlfriends and when I walked outside it was snowing! It wasn't just the dusting kind either, but real snow! After prayer I rushed home and Dave and I woke the girls, fed them, and bundled them.....Bennett looked quite "sausagey" if that's a word.....it was great! Here are some pictures from our time this morning!

This is our girls' first snow!

Bennett testing out her snow legs...not too sure about it

We plopped Bennett and Owen down in the snow and they just sat there stuck...looking a bit like little teddy bears! Celia was thrilled with it!

Here is Celia helping Daddy make a snow man.

The finished product! Matt Purdy and Daddy did a great job!

Here's Matt and Owen sledding....Owen definitely wasn't too sure about it!

The group shot...Linley, the Purdys, the McCanns (note Lucy lurking in Sean's jacket), the Hunts, and the Kulps with our gorgeous snowlady!