Don't Judge Me!

Mike's September teal ducks in Florida
(These should be down some but for some reason it got messed up... These two pics are from September)

He had to go fishing while we were in Florida too!

Back in June, we moved our camper to South Carolina. We were about an hour away from Greensville.

The campground we stayed at was on Lake Hartwell and we enjoyed it a lot!

The fair was in town so we HAD to take Elizabeth and show her all the fun.

View from the top of the ferris wheel.

Mike and Elizabeth. Don't let his scowl fool you, he LOVED taking her!

COTTON CANDY! This was her first try (that we remember) and she was amazed.

We grilled out a lot so we made smores a lot too! Wouldn't want to waste the coals!

We signed Elizabeth up for gymnastics. It was FANTASTIC! She's in the rainbow shirt

It sure was hot. Not as hot as Florida but it was hot enough.

She is ice pop crazy!

Gymnastics class. She's learning to hold her self up with just her arm muscles.

At the YMCA, they had this water park we went to a few times. It was perfect for us to get out for little while since we didn't know anyone yet.

Slip-N-Slide! This brought back great memories and yes, I did have to show her how it's done. Truly I did... She didn't understand at first.

We went over to Kerrys for Caroline's birthday July 5th!

How sweet is this picture?!

Birthday Sprinkles!

Kerry, Elizabeth (3), Me and Caroline (1)

I wish this came out clear but I LOVE this pic. It's so her.

"Look! My mom's taking a picture!"

Jonas (3), Elizabeth (3) and Gabriel (5) These are Jessica's boys on either side of Elizabeth. They are super sweet loving boys just like their mama!

Slip N Sliding off the slide. This wasn't my genius idea. I was a little worried about someone getting hurt but I figured I'd let it go and let her have fun!

I made friends with one amazing woman who invited me so graciously into her group, her family and her life! She was a true blessing from God! I thought I was going to lose it if I didn't make friends soon (I was very close to losing it). I met Jessica at a park and she invited me to Bible study where I met the most wonderful accepting group of women. They will be forever friends no matter where I go. Their children were wonderful (pics down below) and they were awesome!

She loves to dress up! She had a tea party after this. She looked so flipping sweet.

Elizabeth, Gabriel and Jonas playing in the boys room.

She dressed herself. I may have a fashonista on my hands. ADORABLE!

More pool fun with the boys

Fishing with Daddy. I love her hand on his shoulder!

It was a pretty boring day so we had a BUBBLE POOL! That sure wasn't boring!

Making cookies

Spiral cookies. She loves to help me make food. All kinds.

Another wonderful friend we made was Angela and she invited us over to her home one day. We were lucky that she let us take a ride on their horse.

Yes, even Mama rode! It was fun!!

Blowing bubbles and trying to catch them.

GIGI!! Mom came up to help me watch Caroline while Kerry and Jesse went to a wedding in London and then vacationed in Ireland. They may have had fun but look at the cuties I got to spend 10 days with! Okay, it wasn't all sunshine and roses... (This was in August)

Caro!

Cousin Alaina came over and Caroline just had to keep kissing her and sitting on Gigi's lap. It was adorable.

See? She was an angel!

We call this picture, A job well done! Two tired kids!

Stay Sweet!

Elizabeth is pure crazy

Matching dresses!

We got Caroline pretty tired... She was laying all over Jessie. It was very sweet.

Boo! She wouldn't go inside for some reason but she would peek inside to see what Elizabeth was doing.

This was our "drive way" where we stayed. It was the worst part right next to the mosquitos and other flying bugs. I've never had so many flying bugs all the time no matter what weather. It was crazy.

Jessie Dog!

Bippity Boppity Boo!

Mike and Elizabeth playing on Lake Hartwell

Playing in the water

She loves the water. I'm pretty thankful we don't live on the water. She would be wet all the time.

My friend Jessica and her husband Jody standing with Mike in the back. Have I said that they are awesome people?!

She has started to pose for pictures. It's pretty amusing.

Cowgirl Elizabeth

Bass Pro fish tank with Elizabeth, Gabriel and Jonas.

One of the few pictures I have of Jessicas littlest one, Elena! We call her Baby Elena since we have a few Alaina/Elenas in our life! Isn't she sweet? She's such a great baby!

Me and Jessica

Haha! Posing pic.

Jumping in the pool! Even though it's hot, the big pool is pretty cold so we filled up the little one and let it sit in the sun!

Our other half of our family came up and visited! Mike's mom, Laurie came up and brought Melanie, JoDee and Aubry. We had a great time just hanging out and playing in the pool.
(This was in September)

Melanie and JoDee

We had a lot of fun with them and the girls are so sweet and helpful. Melanie wanted to help me in anyway and JoDee was so sweet with Elizabeth. Aubry was closest to E's age but E saw her as a baby still so they were adorable playing together.

We all took rides on the airboat and saw baby alligators and snail shells.

Then Mike took us all out to lunch. This is my favorite picture of the two of them.

BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Got Em! Mike got his gators!

And Macie and Elizabeth got pictures with them!!

Two Ice Pops! She kept taking mine to "taste it"

Snuggling with Daddy
(October)

She sat there herself, without anyone telling her too... What can I say? She's trained!

SC/NC Mountains.

We went hiking. It was great! I wish we could do that every morning as a work out.

Waterfall on our hike

Elizabeth loves to play games on the computer and iPad and I just love watching her concentrate and learn. It's the only time she actually sits still!

Pumpkin patch! This was the only picture that looked okay. It was so sunny, she could barely look at me and smile.

Melony, Sadie, Elizabeth, Lily and Emma. These are the beautiful daughters of the wonderful women who we made friends with.

Jonas and Elizabeth saying goodbye.

She picked her outfit out and put it on herself. She walked out like  that and I've been trying to get her to dress herself so I figured, I shouldn't say anything! It was a PERFECT outfit!!

While we were packing up to go home (again) Mike found this birds nest with an egg still in it. We put it in a bird house before we left.

AND WE ARE HOME! Not for forever but for the holidays.

We spent our first weekend out on the lake with friends and family.

It was HOT but thankfully we had the water otherwise we would have all been over cooked!

Mason, Hunter, Josh, Chase and Elizabeth. Josh and Mason are brothers and Hunter and Chase are twin brothers. They are all so sweet with Elizabeth always including her and making her feel wanted.

Aunt Kerry bought Elizabeth this jean jacket at a yard sale and she wears it almost every day. GOOD BUY!

Elizabeth has always loved Jessie but she has just really started to understand Loving her. She is always petting her and telling her she is a good girl and snuggling. It's so sweet. She wants Jessie to sleep with her at night too. Too bad Jessie wants to sleep with us...

Mike helped me make this sewing table. I am so excited to have somewhere to put all my stuff and leave it out!
(November)

Elizabeth cooking, without her pants... She never wears pants at home. Heck, your lucky she has a shirt on...

Climbing her first tree! She was so proud and told Dad she climbs just like him!

Elizabeth (3 1/2) TIME FLIES!

Warming up for hunting season!

This was only a week ago.

A Sunday morning ride on the boat with Dad.

Lake June on Sunday morning.

My crazy kid playing in the lake a couple days ago. 

We've had an awesome year and it's not even over yet. We stayed in North and South Carolina this year and visited Florida a few times. We've made great friends and had to say sad goodbyes but I wouldn't trade any of it. Mike loves who he is working for and he also gets a little time to hunt so he's blessed with a wonderful job. Elizabeth will be going to VPK next fall when she is 4 1/2. I don't know what state that will be in or if we will be there for a while or if we will be living in a house then! Things are crazy and unpredictable in our life and it gets exhausting sometimes. We have no schedule... EVER! But I do know that right now, we are exactly where God wants us to be! I'm deciding to be content with that because...well, I have no other choice! I'd just be miserable if I complained about it.

...And we know that God causes everything to work together for those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. 
                                                   Romans 8:28