the wedding...

So the girls' first week out of school we headed south leaving Dave with a deep honey-do list...good man that he is, he knocked out all and then some...while we were there Celia accompanied me to her first wedding. The wedding was that of my childhood best friend, Liz Scott to her now husband, Nick Boeschen. Celia was beside herself the whole day. Here are a few pics of the big event!

getting nails painted and hair curled

ready for the main event

my dad with Ben, Liz's brother who escorted her. Her dad died when we were in college. Dad and Ben know each other from the land of great CPA's....

Courtney Brown was a good friend from growing up- I honestly hadn't seen her since we graduated high school- it was so great to catch up. She's in a theater company in Cincinnati-

Celia, clearly not a wallflower- was the first one (or 2 counting me, good mom right?) on the dance floor. E got a shot once we had some company out there.

I love this picture of E and Hunt. She looks so much like me at this age.

Lyles, Kym, Mary
Lyles was a dear dear friend who now lives in Charlotte though we only get to see each other rarely. She's expecting her first soon- we grew up together playing soccer and basketball together. Kym was one of our assistant coaches who has moved back to Charleston from Charlotte.....so great to catch up-

Doesn't Liz look gorgeous? Celia, like all of us, was dazzled!

And my sweet girl- the best date I could have asked for that night seeing that I may have been able to dance more than if Dave were with me- she was unstoppable. I really did miss my man but she was a joy to behold!

skipping church

Our dear friends, the Dyers, had a great reason to skip church this week. Linds gave birth to sweet baby Andrew! We had to go meet this little fellow later that evening and had quite the posse- all squeezed in this room were 4 moms, 3 dads (Dave was in Mississippi), and 7 kiddos (Cals was at home with a raging fever). What a blessing to see this healthy baby boy!

my girls-

Celia and Bennett meeting Andrew, Milla was eating apples (aa-puh) in her stroller

the dads holding down the fort

lazy Sunday

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!

tiny bubbles....

Bennett had fun this weekend at the neighborhood easter egg hunt- but mainly with the bubbles- though I'm unsure if she ever made any- she just loved the bubble blower-

Happy Easter

The obligatory Easter photo shoot- we had a great day! Happy Easter-

the birthday party

Camilla had an impromptu party for her birthday. I guess its just a busy season for me but I realized the day before that I had no cake mix, icing, toys or guests.....so in about 24 hrs we whipped together a first birthday party to celebrate our sweet girl.

Getting ready for her pancake breakfast!

This is Camilla as a pancake....

very intricate birthday decorations obviously planned weeks in advance...

"Happy Birthday to you...."