Happy Birthday Anna and Kara

Happy 4th Birthday to Anna and Kara. It is hard to believe they are four!! I remember the long hot night at the hospital anticipating their birth. They make family gatherings loads of fun!! We hope they had a wonderful birthday!!

Birthday Girls

Sweetness

Happy 4th Birthday!!

Presents for me

Josh and I looked high and low for Strawberry shortcake dolls..they are hard to find. I don't remember strawberry having that many friends!! I got all the ones we could find. We had everyone looking for them. Anna requested I get the rest once they come out!! :)

Baby King was excited about the party too!

Everybody doing the strawberry shake

Doing the strawberry shake

Josh had the Old Maid

Mommy with her girls

Mommy with Anna

Fake smile??

Uncle Josh (photo by Kara)

Silliness

Just us girls

Self portrait

Macy

I finally have my own camera..Watch out blog world...Macy hadn't had much blog time so I used her as my first post. So her she is...not much as changed... She still loves to eat and be rubbed!!

Her little corner.

We love Macy but she can be strange!! This is how we find Macy a lot...in the corner and with her head hung down. Especially since Josh has been commuting from Wilmington. When he is away she sits at the door like this..a bit strange but that's Macy!!

Update

Sorry, no pictures. Josh and I are back and forth so much from Wilmington and Wilson that one of always forgets the camera. Last weekend I used a cheap one but the pictures did not turn out good at all. We are so spoiled having the nice cameras for photography.

Update on us....I have been living on the beach!! If Josh can't find me he knows my little spot at Carolina Beach!! It is so peaceful. Yes, I am wearing sunscreen!!! Church is amazing!! We are so honored to be under Pastor Daniel and Anne! They are amazing people of God. The church family is great and extremely welcoming!! Just in a month we have grown so much! It has been awesome to sit back and watch God do a work in Josh. He is definitely doing what God has called him to do!! We are excited about this new chapter in our life!!!! I am enjoying being in services but can't wait to get involved!!

Our little friend

Here is a article about our little friend. Connor has always been very special to me. I have often told him that he is my hero. I have never seen him without a smile on his face!! No matter how bad he feels he will always give you a big smile!! Please keep this family in your prayers!!

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/search/content/features/stories/2008/06/17/MothersStory.html

Weekend happenings

This weekend was full of activity!! We have been busy litte bees especially the past month!! We stayed home this weekend and celebrated Father's Day with our dads.

Saturday night we ate with my dad at the local mexican resturant. We had a great time with dad!! After swimming all day this is what you get~
Anna, Kara, and Paige

Dad with the girls

Heath showing off his new set of teeth

Saturday morning Josh went to breakfast with his dad, brother, granddad. He wanted to do a men's breakfast this year. They had a great time of eating (at Bojangles) and fellowship.

This week, my grandmother has been in town...so I have been hanging out with mom and her a some this week. Josh and I went to the pool Friday. We didn't stay long due to all the smoke in the air. It was still a relaxing time!! We also celebrated Father's Day with John Friday night. We had a good time eating and hanging out. I also went to mom's Saturday to see Aunt Debbie, Megan, and Jaden. They came in Friday night to get my grandma. We had a good time playing in the pool all day.

Still got it after 80 years!!

Update on the Clark's

I have gotten really slack about taking pictures. I guess every blogger goes through it!! HeHe. Actually, Josh and I have been on the go to much for me to remember the camera. I promise to get better. Pretty much every weekend we are living it up beach style!! No bites on our house YET!! We know God is sending the right buyer to our neighborhood any day!! Church is going great!! Work is great!! Life is moving right a long!! I have been sick this week. I had strep throat!! No time is a good time to get sick but this heat has made it rough. Sorry for the short update. It is to hot to write, think, move, or do much of anything!! Hope everyone is doing great!

A good man!!

Today I woke up to this picture!!

We have several people coming to look at the house this weekend and Josh decided to get a head start on cleaning. He is a good man. I don't know what I did to deserve him!! I am so thankful to have a wonderful husband and best friend.

I can not wait for the day our house sells. I get sick of having to keep everything SUPER clean. My mom and Josh's dad have often said they don't understand why we clean so much or that we should have the cleanest house. I think we have become a little OCD about it. Maybe I should say I have become a little OCD.

Happy Birthday Josh!!

Monday was Josh's Birthday. We celebrated with family last weekend. I picked up his favorite dinner and had him a chocolate cake made. We enjoyed celebrating together. He had a specific request for his birthday present. A slushy machine. I searched everywhere for a good one that would do the job. I finally found one at Target that did more than the job!! He drank cherry slushes all night while enjoying a movie!!

Happy Mother's Day #2

Josh and I hosted Mother's Day for my mom at our house. All the kids teamed up and cooked dinner for her. It was a nice time. It was a very long day for Josh and I but it was worth it!!

This picture was taken of Anna and Kara in our bed playing....they found the mask I wear at night and pretended to go to sleep with it. It was pretty entertaining!! Happy Mother's Day!!

Enjoying the meal

Josh and John decided to hang out in the kitchen. They had their own little spread going on!!

Happy Birthday and Happy Mother's Day

Saturday for lunch we headed over to the Clark house for a BIG celebration. We celebrated Mother's Day and the Clark men birthdays. We had good food and lots of laughs. We enjoyed hanging out on the back porch enjoying the beautiful day!!They turned 80 together!!

Josh thought the big remote would be helpful for their nice tv

Clark men
Happy Mother's Day!!
Of Course...a self portrait!!
Mawmaw and Josh
Happy Mother's Day!! We did lots of celebrating!!

Friday night

Friday night Josh and I went over to mom and John's for dinner. Heath and Paige ate with us and then went to the movies. We hung out with the girls. We had a great time. They are always entertaining.Anna, Kara, and Luke

Luke is still hanging in there.

Playing a game Josh came up with.

Mom and John

Kara added in the red highlights

Family Tree

Chalk every where!

The glasses club

The cake that I didn't eat!! Go me!!

Swinging with Uncle Josh

Macy playing soccer??

Josh is teaching Macy how to play soccer. She is really catching on. She is kicking it and stopping it. It is the funniest sight. Josh and her have been working hard for the past two days on her skills.

Not only is she the cutest dog in the world but she can play soccer!!

This week in review....

Friday night we went over to my mom's for dinner. We ate pizza and had a great salad. After dinner we enjoyed playing lots of stuff with the Anna and Kara. The weather was extremely nice so most of our time was spent outside. I promise to start taking my camera more.
Mom riding her bike.

Heath riding the bike in his house shoes.

Playing hopscotch. I forgot how fun it was!

We had a great time drawing with side walk chalk. I forgot how messy it was. We created masterpieces.

Anna and I...I am an official red head at least at the top. I am addicted to getting my hair colored (haha) What can I say, I like change!! :)

gotta color it in!

me, Anna, Kare, and Josh

I think we could make big bucks off this one!!!

Happy Birthday Shaney!!

Thursday night was Shannon's birthday. We enjoyed going out to eat with Keith, Joan, and Shannon. We had a great time at OUR favorite place to eat....Mama Mia. We had a good time of fellowship and honoring Shannon. Shannon has been a great friend to me through the years. We have had our share of laughs and tears. I hope she enjoyed her day. Shannon also got to taste the best cake ever....a seven layer caramel cake. It is the best out of this world delicious!!! Daddy Clark introduced us to this decedent treat!! Josh has already placed his order for the seven layer chocolate for his birthday in May.

Monday night we had a "Certified" celebration with the Clarks. You have no idea what a big deal me getting certified is....it means I HAVE A JOB!! It is a long story with lots of up and down details. All I can say is that God came through!!! Mike and Connie celebrated with us. Sorry, no camera.

Graduation

Josh graduated from NTS with his Masters in Theology

Quick update....we have not had much going on. The past couple of weekends it has been raining and we have taken advantage of it. Basically, we have watched movies and taken naps. I think we both have really needed the break!

I am officially Infant-Toddler certified!!! Which was a long process and I am very thankful it is over!

Our little friend

Meet our friend Beve. He has been hanging around our backyard the past few days.

Josh cooking??

Friday afternoon Josh was craving deviled eggs. (after watching Paula Dean on the Food Network) Josh is normally the grill master and does not attempt to do much in the kitchen. He decided to try to make his own deviled eggs. Did I mention we were having open house Saturday morning?? Eggs are not a good thing to cook when showing a house. Anyway, his eggs turned out really good!!Hands work better than a spoon!?!

Happy Birthday Daddy King!

Wednesday, I joined the King family to eat and celebrate dad's birthday. We had a great time together!! It is hard to believe another year has gone by. Josh and I hope dad had a great birthday!! Josh had to work in Wilmington and wasn't able to come. He had he missed the celebration!!