friendly eyes....

My sweet Celia really has a heart drawn to China- I know, I know it might sound like a stretch but let me just say every time we go to the library she looks for books with Asian children on the cover. She always picks out Asian girls and says "she's pretty mommy"...our dear friend Aimee grew up in Taiwan and has taught her to say "I love you" and "Jesus loves you." She always asks if people she sees at the park or in restaurants are Chinese....

Tonight while reading a book I finally said...

M: Celia, I notice that you are drawn so much to people who look quite different than you.

C: I know Mommy. I just love China people (working on that :))

M: Why is it that you love them so?

C: They have friendly eyes- I just want to talk to them.

....slow pause...

and they speak Spanish.

Really though I love it- I'm hoping maybe she'll want to travel there one day and win souls to Christ- just a little glimpse inside the mind of our eldest!

Memorial Day Parade

In lieu of a 4th of July parade, Lansdowne (our neighborhood) has a Memorial Day parade. Today was our first. The big girls and Dave donned their red, white, and blue and hit the street to showcase some american pride- afterwards we met back at Lansdowne Elementary just in time for the icecream truck to come and pass out icecold goodness to the particpants. It was a great morning!

more lowcountry love...

So we are continuing to have tons of fun in the lowcountry- Milla hasn't been feeling that well so she's been basically at home with E. Yesterday we had a full day though with the big girls- I went on a long run in the morning and we came to back to go fishing. Later on we went to the beach for the afternoon. Now that the cousins are here things will only get better.....

I decided it was time to cut Bennett's hair and so I did it on E's front porch. She wasn't too excited so instead of lunch we fed her a packet of skittles while I cut away....it turned out ok- I think I'll get better...I'm realizing its harder to cut straight hair than curly!

pecan pie

While Dave was fishing I was in the kitchen making some homemade pecan pie!

E and Hunt come to town.....

While we were celebrating Lindsay and Andrew, E and Hunt went to Discovery Place with Dave and the girls......

the crab dock....

Dave and I fell in love at Camp St. Christopher on Seabrook Island and our favorite part of the world is actually the crab dock- most of our dates that summer were spent fishing with great friends, boiled peanuts and beer-

well he's back there again today (as I bake homemade pecan pie for E) and look what he caught!

so we're a little behind....

yes we're still playing catch up- our camera is currently battery-less and I realize more and more I rely on Dave to do those types of things...so sorry- today's post is pulled from Lindsay's blog.

Here is a picture from the shower we had for Lindsay this Saturday at our house-
Cherith, Virginia, Melissa, Carrie and I gathered some girlfriends to celebrate Lindsay and sweet baby Andrew due late June....we had a great day!