Her first peach

 Aubrey LOVES to color.  She usually draws friends or family or rainbows or shapes.  

This day she drew her first peach. 

And then she drew our peach family.  :)

Daddy, Mommy, Aubrey Rose and Austin

Family pictures in the peach orchards

Taking pictures in the peach orchards each year has become a wonderful tradition for us that started when Aubrey Rose experienced her first peach season.

 (These pictures are from 2008)

Fast forward to this year...2013.

We are so very thankful for where God has us...

and how cute our kids are.  :)

Oh this little boy,

melts my heart.

And seeing these two together,

melts my heart even MORE.

And then these two little ones together, 

make me melt in a whole different "puddle on the floor" way.

Especially when they are smiling and oh so happy.

After all those pictures in the hot summer weather and sitting on the fuzzy, itchy peaches, what else is there to do, but go skinny dipping!

We didn't bring the kids' swimsuits, so this worked!

The kids thought it was pretty funny.

Peach Party

It was time for one of our favorite summer highlights!  We got new shirts again for The Peach Tree...KEEP CALM and EAT A PEACH.  They turned out so cute!

Our favorite Mimi and Auntie BB!

These are some of my favorite girls EVER.

Loved seeing you B&C out there at the Peach Party!

These are my cousins kiddos with our kiddos.  

Our older two have had an adorable bond that goes way back to when they were babies.

Now our little ones melt our hearts in a whole new way.

They are the cutest!

 One of our favorite babysitters, Miss Julie!

Ice cream with some of our sweetest friends.

I can't get enough of these 3 girls together.  Love them!

Our cutie patootie loved his snow cone a little too much!  HA!

Enjoying our routine...

We back in full swing over here with school.  

We all love it.  Aubrey Rose absolutely loves school.  

She loves her teacher.  She loves her friends.  

She loves learning.  

She is going to school 3 days a week in the mornings.  

We walk to school each morning.  

Most days Aubrey rides her bike.  

Sometimes she chooses to ride in the stroller next to her brother.

Every day, we stop and check the peaches.  

They are sooooo close to being picked.  

Any day now!

 After we drop Sissy off at preschool, Austin and I continue on for a little longer adventure,

 which usually ends us at the park, which makes this boy a very happy, little guy.

 When Aubrey was little she loved to go up to the highest slide, but when she got to the top, she froze.  I think it was a little LOT higher than she thought.  She quickly changed her mind and would not go down the slide.  This little boy has NO FEAR at all!!  Forget the little slides, he wants the biggest, tallest, longest slides and he goes right down...loving every second of the "weeeeeeeeeeee."  No fear!

I have been loving our extra time together, 

just Austin and Mommy.  

 And just like last year Daddy picks Aubrey up on his golf cart 

and every now and then she gets spoiled with extra friends to pick her up!  

Thanks Big Papa!!!