One Lovely Day!

A couple weeks ago we decided to take our first family hike.

I carried Lydia in a backpack on the way in,

and Joel carried her on the way out.

She seemed to like it!

It was a pretty day at the Pocket Wilderness!

And here is Lydia relaxing by a waterfall!  :) 

The Frog Prince!

Here's Lydia with her crazy cousins!

If you look closely, you'll see that Josiah is showing Lydia a bullfrog.

Someone wanted her to get a closer look! 

Let's just say, Lydia may have already kissed her first frog.

Oh dear!

Caleb is such a jokester! 

Right now he enjoys calling Lydia "Pickle Head."

He thinks it's hilarious!

And here is Gramma teaching Lydia how to lifeguard. 

I think Lydia might be a little young to be lifeguarding and kissing frogs,

but overall it was a lovely day at the pool.

I'm a little sad to see summer go!

Lydia's 1st Hike!

August 11, 2012 was our church's picnic,

which was held at CSBC!

It was a beautiful day, so we took a hike out to the bluff.

This was supposed to be a cute picture of the brothers on a log,

but they weren't in the mood to cooperate.  Imagine that!

Heather carried Lydia all the way out to the bluff!

Impressive! 

Josiah liked to be touching Lydia most of the time. 

So cute! 

We finally made it out to the bluff,

and Daddy led the group in Rocky Top...of course! 

What a lovely view!

One neat thing that I thought of while on this hike...

Lydia was 6 weeks old, and that's how old I was when my family moved to CSBC!

I might have gone on this very hike when I was 6 weeks old! 

CSBC, what a great place to be! :)

Woody!

The boys love to put toys in Lydia's hands.

Who do you think is behind this? 

Why Caleb of course!

So cute!

Saturday Bonus!

These are some cute pajamas my mom gave to Lydia.

For some reason that hat was cracking me up.

It reminds me of Gomer Pyle's hat.  hee hee!

Lydia's 2nd Wedding!

On August 6th, when Lydia was 5 weeks old,

we got to go to another wedding.

It was the wedding of Joel's high school friend, Chase.

Thankfully, this wedding was in Kingsport, not Louisiana!

As an added bonus, after the wedding we got to stay at Grandmother's house.

Always a treat....

especially when fresh green beans are served!  :) 

One Month!

Lydia is now two months old,

but let's take a look back to when she was just a month old.

July 28, 2012 

What a cute little baby! 

Thanks to Jessica for making the adorable onesies

and for taking these pictures!

Funny Lydia! 

Aunt Ashley!

Ashley and Lydia were twinsies!  So cute!!!

On our 2nd anniversary, July 24th, Ashley babysat for us.

It was our first time away from Lydia.

We went to the Peking House, two minutes from our house.

It was splendid!

This is a picture from a different day though.

She was multi-tasking:

eating, holding Lydia, and reading to her.

Pretty funny! 

Lydia loves her Aunt Ashley!

Pool Party!

At the end of July we had a pool party for our Sunday School class.

We teach the 1st and 2nd grade class,

and the party was to celebrate our graduates.

It was lots of fun!

Lydia loved it too! 

Olympics!

As you know, the Olympics took place this summer in London.

To celebrate, we had an opening ceremony party at my parents' house.

I made Olympic brownies.

Nothing fancy for this Momma...

now that's weird to say!

We were supposed to dress up.

This is the best we could do.  

Lydia's cute dress is from Aunt Heather.

Ashley was all decked out, and Jessica was a runner.

Lydia was a bit fiesty during the party, as you can see. 

Josiah loving his cousin.

And the best dressed award, hands down,

went to Josiah and Caleb

the Olympic swimmers!