Wednesday started off bright & early.
My kids, Cousins, and friends....this was the gang I hung out with most of the day.....
plus this cutie.
Lunch. The new Pepperidge Farm Fish bread was a huge hit....no crust :)
Hurt finger.
Three wild guys. And "wild" is a mild adjective to describe their behavior in the pool :)
BFFs
A little piece of the wildness.
Some surfing by Abby! She's amazing! I'll share a video later :)
Then off to our fav. place for dinner.
Topped it off with a little ice cream.
Choc Chip cookie dough & Cookies and Creme
I adore the toothless grin. When I saw it for the first time he said "Now Chrish and I match."
Ended the day with a few fireworks.
A day of great summer memories!
Dear Abby,
Do you see this little girl? Do you see the giggle and the smile on her face when she's around you? She adores you. She looks up to you. She wants to be just like you. She wants to be tall like you. She wants to wear outfits like you. She doesn't want to sit in a booster seat anymore, because you don't use one. She wants to buckle herself, because that's what you do. The potty seat is history around here, because Abby doesn't have one. She picks out her outfits and declares "Abby would love this." She thinks of you every day, all the time.
And that's why I'm so thankful we got to celebrate your born-again birthday with you. I'm so glad that McKenna knows that you love Jesus and that you have Jesus in your heart. Because she wants to be just like you. You do a beautiful job of being patient with your little shadow whenever you visit. I know she just about drives you crazy sometimes, but you are her BEST FRIEND and I can't think of a person who I would rather have her look up to.
Abby, I pray that you will always have that mischievous spark in your eye. That you will always love to play. That you will always be my pink girl :) And that everyone around you will always be able to see the fruit of the spirit in your life! Nothing in life is more important that loving Jesus and showing His love to others, including little 3 year olds.
We can't wait for you to come back and visit again. You definitely add a lot of JOY to McKenna's life when you're here. 
We sure do miss you, but we got the best surprise this week! Monday afternoon PopPop came over to help mommy with some things and Emma was with him! We had no idea she was coming over!! We were all so excited!!!
We've been having lots of fun while you're gone.....going on walks!
.... Playing with Nathan!
...Swimming with Emma!
....Hanging out with Abby!
....being crazy in the pool!
And Will's been getting lots of love!
I've been doing some crazy tricks in the water!
And Will's been getting lots of love!
Nathan is my best buddy!
Did I mention that everyone loves Will?
Ummm...yeah....everyone loves Will!
We've been hanging out at Grandmom and PopPop's house.
And I had a great t-ball game tonight!
I'm having a sleepover with Nate and the girls are having a sleepover too!
Don't worry about Will....everyone loves him!
Does anyone even recognize this girl????
What about this one with the missing teeth??
Or this grown up guy???
The grandparents purpose in visiting was to see Emma's orchestra concert!
She's up there somewhere :)
There's my long lost sister!!! We should start an email petition to make her start blogging again don't you think??
Christian had the best time with his BFF Nathan! They got to spend the whole day together on Friday! Just the boys!
Grandmom got to visit Abby and Emma at their school for Grandparent's Day!
Nathan's birthday is actually today ((Happy 5th Birthday precious boy!!! We love you!!)) but we celebrated on Saturday! Being the good aunt that I am, we gave Nathan a pillow pet. It's quiet and cute and soft and every kid in the world loves them. Nathan was excited.
But then the real party started! Grandmom hooked Nate up with an awesome pair of "real" cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.
And cowboy boots and a hat are very cool when you're five.....
but a cap gun makes it even better!
Now that's one cool dude! Look out folks, there's a new sheriff in town!
And lucky me, Aunt Amy didn't want to leave poor Christian out so she bought him a cap gun too! Apparently she had called ahead of time to ask Ryan if it was okay if Christian had a cap gun. Hmm...wonder why no one asked me. I'm not against boys having guns and pretending they're cowboys, but those cap guns actually smoke and come to find out...the pop sound they make is rather loud when you're in the car :) And then you have to buy new caps for them and it really is an emergency when you run out. You must immediately head to the nearest Walmart lest your cowboy have a complete meltdown. Cowboys having meltdowns are not that fun.
Oh yeah. He loved it! 
It was a great birthday for this precious guy!
Even the girls got in on the action.
Abby's birthday had been earlier in the month so she got to open a present too. We gave her this Tinker Bell that really flys. Oh my word, this is such a fun gift. If you have to buy a gift for a girl age 5-9, this would be perfect. It's unlike anything else she had and it honest to goodness really flies. Tinkerbell spent some time dive-bombing the cowboys in the living room and finally we realized the ceiling just wasn't high enough. So the next morning Tinkerbell got to fly around outside. She went so high she almost got stuck on the roof several times.
