4th of July Week

The Saturday before the 4th, Rusty and I (without the kids) headed here...

 This would be the Ritz in Amelia Island. He won a trip through AllState, and we enjoyed every second of our 4-night stay! This was our first trip since Sims was born in January so needless to say it was a much-needed break for us.

 We found out a couple of months before the trip that our friends, Adam and Catherine, head down to Amelia every 4th of July so we were excited to spend some time with them!

I wasn't very good with breaking the camera out, but I did get a shot one night before dinner...

 We had a nice dinner with the Kinnards...

Then bright and early on the 4th we got up and headed to the lake to see our babies! It was a special day for this little guy because it was his 6-month birthday!

 I know I always say it, but I really cannot believe he is already 6 months old. He just started babbling a good bit. His first "word" to babble..."mmm, mm, ma, ma." I love it! He is getting close to sitting up without support but not quite there yet. He is definitely the most laid back out of all 3!

 We were excited to see Miss Priss too and of course broke the sparklers out!

 I stayed at the lakehouse with Simmy while the rest of the fam headed on the boat to see the fireworks...

 This one always melts my heart, and Rusty gets on to me for letting him get away with anything and everything so needless to say I was happy to see this sweet little face as well! Lovin his bed-head...

 This was really our first extended, relaxing stay at my parent's lakehouse, and it was awesome! 

 The kids spent hours swimming in the lake!

 Greer was cracking us up on Sissy's float...

 I've got a Lightning McQueen one just like it on order. I decided he needs his own!

 We spent LOTS of time on the tube. Thomas' friend Webb was with us for the weekend so of course Ellie and Greer had to ride the tube with him!

 By far Greer's favorite thing to do..."ride the wavewunna..."

 We had a great time and look forward to many more great times at the lake!

Sims' Baptism

We got to share in a very special day with Mr. Sims Booker Prewett on Sunday, June 10th. He was baptized and welcomed into our church. I say "our" church because we also joined on that very same day. All five Prewetts were up in front of the church for a solid five minutes without anything crazy happening!

 Just like always he was in a very happy mood that day...

 We were excited to have all of these special family members join Sims...

 We could not have gotten everyone up and dressed without MeMe there to help! 

 The rest of Mallory's family was at basketball camp, but we were so glad to have her join us!

 A picture of the five of us just wouldn't be the same without Greer doing something off-the-wall like chewing on a Lego which he found in the bottom of my purse!

  

 And this is a very special person to Sims and our entire family! This is Ashton, our most fabulous, awesome, incredible, I could go on and on...nanny! We were so happy to have her join us since she has been such a tremendous part of our lives for the past few months. She has truly been sent to us from up above. We love her to pieces, and she juggles my three children better than I do!

 After church we headed to lunch. Greer had to ride with Uncle Josh in his truck. I mean, it is a big deal to this little guy if you drive a truck!

We had a wonderful day celebrating with Sims. Rusty and I are proud to commit to bringing him up in a Christian home, and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store for this baby boy's future! We love you Sims Booker!!!

New Rental House

In the midst of the craziness that May brings, we moved a couple of weeks ago. We went from a 3 bedroom  "patio home" with no yard to a 4 bedroom house with a big fenced-in yard! Here she is...

 My most favorite part of this house...a fenced-in, confining yard! You see our other rental house had a tiny yard with an alley in the back. Having a 2-year old who likes to wander did not work at all with an alley in the back of the house. I feel much safer and content here. We hope to purchase or build something in the next year, but this house is great for the time being!

 Another AWESOME thing about this house...our WONDERFUL neighbors! One of my good friends from college lives right next door with their 3 children who are all very close in age to ours. The below scene is absolutely adorable. Ellie and Calli Ann like to climb the fence and talk to each other on occasion...

 We find them like this every other day. I'd love to know what they're discussing! 

We all have our own bedroom now, and that makes this Mama very happy! Maybe we can actually have some football season company this year!

Cheer Camp

Ellie attended cheer camp this past week with the Auburn High School cheerleaders and loved it! The leader of her little group was Miss Haley!

Our little cheerleader in action doing her cheers and dance she learned.

 She had a lot of friends at camp with her! I think every girl we know age 4 and over was at camp!

So glad Lollie was here to watch her perform on the last day. 

Who knows if she has a future in cheerleading, but she definitely enjoyed camp!