April 2016

 It's Spring Break!!!!!

Kickin' it off with a trip to the general store in Ball Ground for ice cream and candies

 now this is a fun wheelbarrow load

I love a weekend spent outside working hard

hiking Anna Ruby Falls with the Conleys

Abby's first sleepover!  Lyla Stone  

Make your own pizzas, yumm

 sweet friends - they all three play together so well.  

Chloe says all the time "Lyla my friend too" :) 

the girls did awesome with their real first toe nail painting

Girls Night with Alicia and Christa

March 2016

3.2.16 - Abby's first lost tooth!!!!!!

She was soo excited!

 Saturday, 3.5.16 - soccer!!  Chloe's first ever game :)

with her bestest buddy Couper

 first ride!!!

our new [to us] Sienna!

 my little artist!  so proud!!

Ryan's fish!  all the way at the top!

Sat, 3.12.16 - Puppy 5k benefitting the Cherokee County Humane Society 

[where Maya's from!]

we won! :)

Maya was the first dog to cross the finish line and was rewarded with this bucket of goodies

pajama day at church! 

Hanging with these kiddos all afternoon!  

Ms. Alyson had a work trip to Seattle

Couper and Chloe at the preschool Easter egg hunt

Grandma's birthday dinner/ Easter egg dying

Chloe randomly decided she wanted to go to Waffle House with Alice and Couper sometime.

Mommy pulled it off.  I am super mom.  Love these cute friends!

February 2016

"I love you Maya, I love you, I love you, I love you"

"Tinkerbell is me, Tinkerbell is me"

Lyla's Monkey Joe's 6th birthday party

love that these two have been friends since they were two!

 Daddy- Daughters Date Night at Chick-fil-a!

 Ryan's bat project for his AIM class

 LOVE this, my two handsome guys!!

Ryan went to work with Daddy :)

 Tagging along with Coleson to Jacksonville

My first business trip!

February Break 2016 in Tampa

 

 Dinosaur World was sooo much fun!!

Fountains in downtown Tampa

  

Cousin fun at the beach!!  We love Henry!

 Gasparilla 5k

January 2016

Spike during a lice treatment

[yes, he did willingly agree to this picture :)]

We were warned about lice at Macedonia - why is that!?! - and sure enough, 

we all had it within a few months!

Ryan and Daddy with "The Bulldog"

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby

love these Costco cuties!

Chloe [with five ponytails] and Dilly

Saturday, 1.16.16

Hiking!  Pine Mountain near Cartersville

Beautiful views, including Lake Allatoona

Friday morning pancake breakfast with Grandpa 

on our snowless snow-day

Saturday morning - we woke up to a light dusting

new hand-me-down ski pants from Lyla, perfect fit

all dressed up for the Finley Project event

an ice cream for dinner date!!

Totally Cheating ....

Greetings from the future ...  September 2019 to be exact, hehehe.

I've been busy catching up on all sorts of photo projects that I've been meaning to do for years!  Printing pictures, updating picture frames, finally finishing Ryan's k-5 shutterfly book, and yes printing blog books.  I just ordered 2013-2015.  I'm going to spend some time backdating posts into 2016 so that on my next round of book printing, I'll have even more content and memories to share :)

I'll insert some pictorial highlights of the year here at the end of 2016, and hopefully one day soon, these memories will also be printed out and proudly displayed on the fireplace bookshelves.  I love that all three of my babies enjoy reading these books, and I look forward to finally providing some new material!

Enjoy my Ryan, Abby, and Chloe!  Mommy loves you!!