Tap Tap Tap

Emmaline wanted to continue taking dance classes so we have begun our second year of classes. This year she is focusing on tap, but there is still some ballet included. Ms. Martha is her instructor this year. She owns the studio and has been dancing for years. She is so incredible with the little ones :-) Coincidentally, her daughter in law is one of Emmaline's teachers at school.

Emmaline tries her best to do exactly what Ms. Martha does.

Oops.....Mommy got spotted taking pictures.

Listening intently to Ms. Martha's instructions. She tried to do what she was supposed to....but I have to admit....she didn't do a real good job of it. It was amusing to watch though!

Time for a little ballet...

As Ms. Martha read a story book, each girl did the required movements.

I am already looking forward to the recital in the spring.

It's a......

.... I'm not really sure :-)
Emmaline and her Daddy came over to my work the day we were having our big Fall Festival. She wanted her face painted, so her daddy got her face painted. They came to show me and once I got over the shock and started taking pictures I said something about her being a kitty....

...she informed me she was a puppy dog. Aarf!!!

Yippeeee!!!

Okay....I have given up trying to get caught up. Just when I think I am close, I get busy and get behind again.

Not much has been really going on in our family. We have had a kinda low key summer.

There is some big news in our family though.....I am going to be an aunt again. My SIL is due on Thanksgiving Day. What an awesome blessing that will be added into the family during a season of Thanksgiving!

In other news, I have a cousin getting married in March and we are going to be able to go.....there is one little catch to it.....it is in AUSTRALIA!!! Yep....we are going down under! I have been blessed to be able to go a few times and this will be Steven's second trip, but of course it is Emmaline's first time. I am very nervous traveling for that long and that far with her, but I know that it will be worth it. She is so excited!! We will be leaving a week after her birthday so she tells everyone that she is going to the beach after her birthday. And then she tells them that the beach is on the other side of the world. She is somewhat nervous herself. She understands that there is a lot of water between here and there and she wants to wear her swimsuit in case she falls in (and she does NOT want to fall in).

We also just found out today that Steven has won a trip through his work. They ran a 30 week sales contest and he came in the top 5!!! He has worked very hard and I am SOOOO proud of him. So we are going to the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC!!! I can hardly wait for this one. We are leaving Emmaline with family and we are going to go and sit, read, relax and sleep!!! Only seven weeks till we go! Good thing I had been buying up summer items on clearance for our trip down under :-)

Hope everyone out in blogger world is doing well!!!

Slip Slidin' Away

Emmaline helped her cousin Ethan break in his inflatable waterslide that he got for his birthday. She wasn't too sure about it at first and we had to help her climb up the back of it, but once she figured out that she could do it she LOVED it!!

Ethan going down it ...

This was Emma's face the first time she went down...

For some reason they both kept wanting to stay on the left side. I was waiting for the thing to tip over...but it never did!

Cheeeesssee!!!

Thank you Ethan for letting Emma enjoy your birthday present!!

Glorious Rainbow

If you are friends with me on Facebook than you may have already seen these.

For my nephews birthday we met out at Chaney's Dairy Barn for some dinner, ice cream and so the kids could play outside in the new play area. We ate inside, got our ice cream and went to go outside......

We discovered this...

In the last two, if you look closely, you can see that it was a double rainbow. It was beautiful. God is amazing!!!

By the way, I did not take these pictures. Jill didn't have her camera on her and I did, but I wasn't quiet ready to put my ice cream down yet, so she took my camera and clicked away. And for those of you that know Jill.....yes, she took a LOT more than just these five :-)

Here fishy fishy fishy

For a week I had been listening to Emmaline talk about nothing but going fishing. She was suddenly obsessed with it. We were going to take her to her Uncle Micheal's pond, but there was a problem with it and she would not be talked out of it. So we decided to take her to Three Springs Park.

After having a yummy picnic first, Steven brought out all the fishing gear. First she had to examine the container with the worms. It facinated her. But if you know her at all, you know that she loves worms!

Once her daddy had everything all ready, they headed off to go find the perfect spot.
I refused to bait the hook.....so that was daddy's job.

He very patiently showed her what to do and helped her. She caught on pretty quick.

And then she started to get bored...

Finally she decided it was more fun to chase the ducks than wait and try to catch a fish.

Overall, I would say that she had a great time. We will take her again, but I still won't put a worm on her hook :-)

Fourth of July

Most people would have pictures of their families all decked out in their red, white and blue. Pictures of fireworks and cookouts. Well.......I don't!

We spent the day at my BIL's house with family and friends. It rained the entire day, so we spent it indoors. Marshall (my BIL) cooked up an awesome low country boil and we sat around the kitchen and living room and ate, watched movies, played games and listened to the girls laugh all day. Leah had spent the night and so they had played until they were both exhausted and about to fall over. We got both girls in their jammies and they just loved all over each other before Leah had to go home.

Emmaline and Red. Red is getting old and Emmaline kept asking if he was going to have to go in a box like Patches did. Of course she asks me the same thing when I tell her I am old :-0

Since it rained all day and we were tired of sitting in the house.....we did what every other family in the neighborhood did.....set up the chairs in the garage and watch all the other neighbors sit in their garage!

Emma got tired of sitting and decided to go stand just outside of the garage in the rain. For some reason she thought this was funny....

This was the look on her face when she realized the rain was not only wet, but cold!

Then she realized that I was not going to make her come back in....she got really excited!

Then she decided it was the funniest thing EVER!!!

Then she said "Thanks Mom!" I LOVE this girl!!!

On Sunday after church we went to a Peruvian restaurant and then on to Jungle Jim's. We got done, got back, packed up and drove home.

It was a GREAT weekend!