The 4th...Fun, Friends, Family and Fireworks

In 2006, so 9 years ago, our 4th of July tradition began.  

The twins were born, but other than that no babies were in the mix.

Fast forward to this year, 2015, 

a lot is still the same.

Our friendship continues to be so special.

Each of these girls were bridesmaids in my wedding.

Some things are the same,

but a BIG change since 2006 is...

we have MULTIPLIED! 

A total of 15 kids now call us Mom.

It melts our hearts when we see our kids 

bonding with each others kids.

We pray our kiddos will have Godly, dear friendships forever,

just as we have been blessed with.

The Fourth of July never disappoints. 

It is just wonderful, family fun!

Jed and Austin 

 My cousin Luke and his adorable family

 My brother and his wonderful family

 One of the silliest boys I know.  :)

 Auntie Blair with her favorite niece and nephews

 Our family of 5!

 Dad's club

 See...I told you he is super silly.  

I said give me a pose and this is what I get. HA!

 Jesse and Jed

 Blake and Austin

 Dinner time!

 Cousin time!

 My favorite three fireworks.  :)

Our favorite 4th of July crew...

Aubrey is 6!!

Time is flying and we can't stop it!  Good thing we have pictures and videos to look back on.  I can not believe our little girl is 6.  

It feels like it was just yesterday that I was taking these pictures,

but then again, when I see these pictures, it feels like forever ago!

Although I do prefer this age much more than the baby days,

She still does her laundry all by herself.  This routine started when she turned five years old.  She has done great with it, although for some reason folding the clothes and putting it away has become quite the challenge to tackle, but we push on!  I know in the end this will be very helpful!  I do know that it is a blessing to have one less person's laundry to do.  When I do the rest of the laundry I just don't pick up hers.  When her basket gets full then it is time for her to take care of it.  It is still a lot of consistency on my part, but hopefully it will be worth it.  One time, she was out of clean underwear and Blake said I needed to help her out and do it while she was at school.  As much as I wanted to, I didn't have much sympathy.  Mean mommy!!  She got it done though!!

My girlie girl loooooves hers (and my) accessories!

Oh loosing her first tooth.  This will forever be a wonderful memory to look back on!

Our little Kindergartner!  She loved going to school, even the first day she was anxious and ready to go!

Here is when Aubrey Rose turned:

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

Happy Valentine's Day!!

We had some Valentine pictures taken a couple of weeks ago.  

They turned out so cute!! 

Thank you again, Stacy!!

I hope wherever you are on your journey in life, 

whether married or not, 

I pray that you find joy today in each step you take.

God loves you sooooooo much!!

Just hanging out...

I have said it before, but some of my favorite pictures

 are when we are just hanging around, doing our everyday life.