Updated Pictures of the Girls

We are doing well and having a good week. I just can't believe how time is flying by. I know I am guilty of taking things for granted. I think about my girls and how quickly they are growing up. I know these are golden years in our lives. I want to as Pastor Sexton preached, "Seize the golden moments in life."

We had the wonderful opportunity about a week and a half ago to have a friend take pictures of the girls. (Thank you Angela!) I was so pleased with the way they turned out. These pictures will be treasures that freezes them at this stage of life. It is just wonderful to capture their personalities in the shots. I think she was able to do that very well.

My, how the Lord has blessed us with three wonderful girls! It has it challenges, which I am sure are just beginning, but I am so grateful to God for the gift of my children. I hope you enjoy the pics of "the girls."

This shot is my favorite, I think???

This picture is of my girls with the Reagans. They spent that week with us and we were all one big happy family :)
To those who have taken an interest in our lives, Thank you!

A Month At A Glance

I can't believe it has been almost a month again with no post. I am a lot better at checking everyone else's blogs than keeping up with my own... I will work to try to get better.

Just after my last post, my niece was born, October 10, 2007. She is just BEAUTIFUL! Call me partial, but I think you can agree. Meet Hannah Marie Proffitt...

She is such a cutie! So much hair! I did not get very many clear pictures so more pictures will have to come later. I have not been able to see her since she came home from the hospital. I miss her!

Last month we also had our annual Mission's Conference. I was not able to attend much of the Conference because Maddie was sick. I did go to the Banquet which is always fun. The children dress-up like they are from another country. They visit different rooms and learn about places around the world where people need to hear about Jesus. They see very authentic sights. It makes wonderful memories for the children. This is a picture I took after the banquet with their friend Jacob.

Each night of the Conference this year Mark took the girls before the service to "tour the world." They were able to "visit" each continent (People in the church built different sights to commemorate each continent.) They were able to choose different meals and eat authentic food from different places around the world. I know I cannot accurately describe the sights but they were quite impressive. It was a fun week and the Lord touched many hearts.

Last week my dear friend Alicia and her children stayed with us. Her husband was on a missions trip to Cuba. It was wonderful to have her and her five well-behaved children! We had a great time all week with the highlight being Friday when we went to the Bounce House and had the kids pictures made. I am including a few pictures of the week although I was not the best at remembering to take pictures.

This picture was just playing in the back yard. A big box can bring such great entertainment.

Climbing up for the big slide at the Bounce House...

Isaiah was so brave and Caleb was a monkey...Although I did not get any good pictures of the others, they all enjoyed the slide as well. Audrey did not want to slide down after she climbed to the top. You can see on her face that she did not enjoy the ride very much.Audrey finally recovered from the trauma of the slide down and decided that she did like to be able to bounce.

From left to right and top to bottom: Isaiah, Abby, Maddie, Caleb, Briley, Audrey, & Cassy. Such good buddies :)

This picture describes us all after several hours at the Bounce House:This was us playing with the parachute on Saturday just before they left. We just had a great time together :)

Thank the Lord for His blessings of friends and family.

Our friend Angela took our pictures also. They turned out so cute. I will have to wait to get those pics from her to add to the blog.

Until next time...thanks for stopping by.

T-Ball

I have mentioned in a couple of posts about Cassy playing t-ball. She played on a team that Mark's brother coached. My niece Emilee also played on the team. Abby was too old but they let her be the "bat girl." They even purchased a team shirt for her.

Abby, Cassy, & Emilee

Cassy enjoyed playing very much. We hesitated at the committment because it meant that we had something every evening of the week: Monday - Prayer Meeting/Visitation, Tuesday - t-ball, Wednesday - church, Thursday - piano lessons, Friday - t-ball. We decided to let her play and she did love it (we enjoyed it too!).

It was quite comical to watch them chase after the balls that rolled in the outfield, hit the ball, and even just run the bases. It provided some good entertainment. We were able to meet some new people also. It was just all good!They gave out trophies after the last game this past Friday night. I thought it was so cute to see them lined up anxiously awaiting their name to be called. Cassy is #11 and Abby is #00. Those of you that know Lauren Pauley, she is #3. She is beside Cassy in the team picture. Dakota Gearin also played, she is #2 (all the way to the right in the front of the team picture.)It was rare to see Maddie sitting on the bleachers but I was able to capture this picture. She loved playing around in the dirt. Our bathtub has never seen such dirty girls!

We ended the night and the season with some cupcakes. Chocolate and icing is always a good combination with dirty faces and dirty hands. (I just try not to think about all of that!)

T-ball ended up being something we all enjoyed!

Pigeon Forge

The girls were out of school on Thursday and Friday so we spent a few days just enjoying each others company. We had such a good time together. We ate at the Applewood Farmhouse...yummy! We sat in the swings and ate. The girls thought that was great!

Abby took this picture. Not too bad for an eight year old!


We played putt-putt. That was interesting...for about 3 holes :) We did enjoy it although Maddie only carried her putter the first few holes. She mostly wanted to walk all over the rocks and pick up our balls for us...even if we had not hit it in the cup yet :)


The girls rode some rides and go-carts. They were so funny racing. The first ride Cassy was nervous and had decided, while sitting buckled in the car, that she did not want to ride. Mark assured her she would be fine and she was! Grandma, I mean Abby, was puttering around the track. Cassy passed her. Abby said she was going slow because she didn't want to hit the sides. She did speed up the second time though. It was so funny to watch them! Maddie wanted so badly to ride too. She did not think she was too short!
Can you tell she is nervous?They could hardly see to drive!
Maddie loved this ride! She laughed the whole time!

We ate IHOP for supper. This was a highlight for the girls. They ate chocolate pancakes. They serve them cool whip on them in the shape of a smiley face with cherries for eyes. (I should have taken a picture)We made a big deal out of the fact that we were letting them eat chocolate for supper! I told them not to tell their papaw because he would be upset that they had eaten "junk food" for supper. I think they enjoyed it all the more!

We spent the night which was an adventure as well. We are so thankful for the good time we were able to spend together.

(I guess I got carried away with pictures this time. I learned how to add 5 at a time.)

Bring on more days off!!!

Big Girl Bed!

Wow, another week and a half have past again with no post! I knew I was not going to do very well at this. I still enjoy reading everyone else's posts though :) I'm glad you all do better at posting than I do!

We took the baby bed out of Maddie's room this week. Talk about sad! My baby is in a big girl bed. I just can't believe it. It doesn't seem possible. We put it off as long as we could, she is 2 1/2. She stilled loved her bed so we kept her in it this long. I think it was time though. We have not really had a chance to see how well she is going to do because she has had croup since the first night in the big bed. I think she will do fine in it...a harder transition for me, I think.

I am attaching a few pictures of her room with the baby bed. I loved her room. Oh well, I guess it is time to move forward.

This daybed is what she is sleeping on now. Not sure what we are going to do about decorating. I can't really leave this cream chenille quilt on the bed for her. It would not be cream long, I am sure. I will have to let you know where we go from here :)

I will post more later...how much later? You never know!