Power Up Club day one in pics! Stay tuned for day two tomorrow

We had an awesome day at Power Up Clubs! The weather was great, the team was amazing, the kids were excited, and the Lord is awesome! Check out our day in pictures!

Summer Days

The summer days are dwindling, there is less than a month left before school starts back. We have already taken a few great family trips and we have one more for a wedding in Alabama. The girls spend most of the hot days outside with their friends and we try and frequent the pool as much as possible. Nels turns 29 tomorrow and we celebrate our 8th anniversary in just a few weeks. I love this time of year where there is no schedule to follow, lots of time spent together, and just a feeling of freedom. Soon all of the chaos of everyday life will start back, school, homework, soccer, and we will be busy trying to beat the clock, but for now freedom.




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Jacob is 6 months old!

Well I completely forgot to post a picture of Jacob when he turned 5 months old. Here we are a month later and I almost forgot again. So Jacob turned 6 months old on Monday. He has been sick this week running a fever, then he had to get 4 shots. The last few days have not been very much fun for him. At the doc he weighed 15lbs which puts him in the 20th percentile for his age. He has 2 teeth that popped up within just a day of each other. He rolls all around trying to get to whoever he can reach, he is always reaching for stuff and even gets a little upset when you take something away from him. He still loves to play with his sisters even when they put pink stuff on him. He enjoys dips in the pool, but he would rather be naked than have his swimsuit on. The YMCA does not allow naked babies to go swimming, so anyone we may share the pool with at the Y, it is safe to go in! I cannot believe six months have already gone by and our baby boy is getting so big. He has a very easy going personality and he is so easy to love!

Longest post ever

Sarah and Avah

Pray for the Wetherwaxes and Boyds( i do not have any pictures of the Boyds) as they leave for Zambia for the next month.

Here is a recap of the last few months in pictures. We have been so busy that I have been neglecting the blog. Enjoy!



on the way to the beach house
Hanging out
That is not us on the sail boat, wish it was!

Me and my boys
my babies

dinner with the neighbors


Making pizza with Emily

Daddy and Jacob

homemade ice cream with the Arnolds

The beginning of our Mountain vacation



Lunch with the Linders

Green Peas, Headbands, swimming, and blueberry picking (well baking)

So Jacob has been eating pureed foods for about a month now. When the doc gave me the go ahead at his four month check up I started giving him the "good stuff". We started with rice cereal, then carrots, avocados, and now peas. He is not terribly excited about his food, he eats it, but he would rather be chewing on his giant bib. So while he is chewing on his bib I manage to shove bites in his mouth and it creates a giant mess. Here he is enjoying his bib, I mean peas.



Jacob has two wonderful big sisters who take great care of him. They entertain him when he is fussy, they sing to him when he is tired, they feed him when he is hungry, and yes when they want a few giggles themselves they place a pink flower headband on his cute little head! Next week I am quite sure I may see him in their favorite Cinderella dress:)

What is summer time without pool time! I took Jacob swimming for the first time today. He seemed to enjoy it, but did not get to excited until his clothes came off and he felt the pool in his birthday suit. I will spare you and him those pictures since I just posted one of the boy in a pink headband. But here are some of the other pictures form the pool. My dad met us at the pool today, we had a great time!

Ella went blueberry picking with her friend Sophia this mornig. She picked two pounds, but I think only made home with a pound. That was plenty to make a cobbler out of, Yummy!

And here it is!


We actually made two, the other one we gave to my parents! You will have to wait until after dinner to find out how it tastes. Also I know that there is some text in bold print as if it is more important than others but I cannot figure out how to fix that problem. Sorry, I really am not computer savvy.