Summer School & Lila says God! - July 2011

 

This summer we had a full house.  All the cousins were together! 

 

Melissa and I decide to keep all the kids busy we would have SUMMER SCHOOL! YEAHHH!

 

We had GRAND plans! ... this was the only "successful" week! It was space week! 

We talked about space, Michael gave the Bible lesson on God creating the stars, 

Melissa did the history lesson and included some really cool facts about Grandad and his work at NASA, and I was in charge of the art lesson!

It was fun... Here are a few photos (we did more than this, but maybe Melissa has the photos?)

 

Cutie Lila Grace!

 

 Cooper and Lila coloring in her room. He is a great big cousin and loves to show her things all the time. She LOVES to color.

 

more "coloring" :)

 

  Cheyenne shows me the smiley face she made with her lunch.

 

So I taught a lesson on VanGogh's Starry Night...

This is where I got the majority of my lesson... and then adapted it! 

I showed them this pic and we discussed it, and where he was when he painted it. I asked them to paint what they see out their windows at night (or imagined they saw!)... here are the masterpieces!

Levi

(I dont know where Levi's "after" picture went?)

 Cooper

He did a front and back masterpiece!

(we used crayons to create the stars... and then drew markers over it! it looked really neat!_

 Cheyenne

 

 Micah

 

Here is a video of Lila saying "God"... one night after our Bible Lesson:

 Who made Lila? ... Lila says "God... dadadada" :) 

 

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Indescribable Lyrics by Chris Tomlin

Love it all!!

Zoo... July 2011

So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21

 Our First Trip to the Zoo!

Ready for the Florida Sunshine and God's beautiful world!

Pink Flamingos

Look Mom and Dad!

Cooper is excited to show Lila the giraffes!

This was SO cool... we got to pet and feed Giraffes!!!

 Lila and the Giraffe

"Come back Mr. Giraffe!"
(no fear!))

 So neat!

Aunt Melissa shows Lila the birds..

 Look at the turtles Lila!

 It was HOT... we had a wonderful day!

God's creativity is amazing! I love seeing all the animals that God made and how different and unique they are. I think Giraffes may be my new favorite!

And She Walks! ...July 2011

July 2011!
~13months! (ALMOST 14months!)~

Lila's FIRST steps... Click below!

She took two steps towards Isaac, in WV, shortly after her 1st birthday and then insisted on cruising until this moment! She has been cruising since about 9-10months! Silly girl!


Love y'all!
Michael, Laura & Lila

July...

July 2011
(May-December in Review)

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Phil. 4:8

Our arrival in Florida was greeted with LOTS of hugs and smiles. Her big cousins love to "pet" Lila and "help." This summer we enjoyed a LOT of time playing in the pool with the cousins... where Lila basically was pushed around like Queen Sheba on her float! But the boys loved it too! And our first night here, I indoctrinated both Lila and Michael to Publix... Michael was impressed... Lila... not so much. =P

 Good try... but we use our hands to drive!

More swimming for the queen.

practicing jumping in with daddy!

 Check out this video of her jumping in!

Lila in the Pool

More fun in the pool! 

So glad the Dicksons came down too... It was our first time meeting sweet Sora!

We had a lot of fun with all the cousins together!

Kisses and giggles from Great Granddad

 Uncle Mike with Tank and Tink 

(affectionally nicknamed by Tia!)

Yes... my baby was still drinking from a bottle... with all the transitions, it was difficult to give up. Okay... it was more difficult for me to give it up! It was her last "official" baby item and we tried for a few days and mama gave in... we tried again in a few weeks and she has been bottle free ever since! (she also gave it up freely the 2nd time!)  I am sure I will have a hard time switching her out of the crib too! =P

Giggles in the bed ...last nights snuggling with mama before bedtime tradition. I MISS THIS!

Click this video to see: Giggles

COUSINS

Lila enjoys "playing" with Sora.

 You can obviously see how Sora felt about it! ;)

More playtime with cousin Elsie!

 Tink and Tank 

(Elsie is one month older than Sora! Love it!)

 Swim Lessons

Dicksons were here for about 2 weeks and Aunt Melissa convinced them all to take swim lessons! 

They did awesome! We were so proud of them!

Cousins Micah and Cheyenne

(This is Bonnie and Clyde... they are great friends and are usually up to something!)

 Cousin Cooper

Cousin Levi

Happy Birthday Granddad ! 

Banana Hair

Breakfast on the porch!... she did this to herself... bananas in the hair!

My 1st pigtails!

Cutie Pop!

 Snuggling with Tia

Daddy comes home and surprises me after a week away at school!

I loved seeing her seeing him for the first time. 

Michael took a summer school class up in Louisville, KY. 

He told us he was going to see us sometime Sunday afternoon but surprised us and showed up at the church service! He got to pick Lila up from the nursery. She was shocked at first, but SOOoooo happy daddy was home. (Aunt Jessica, her Sunday School teacher's, face was more priceless than Lila's!)

Check out this video of it too!

Daddy Surprises Lila at Church 

PICTURES:

Since all, (my side) cousins were together we had to get a pic! 

Here are two of my favorites!

Micah (Melissa), Cheyenne (Jennifer), 

Levi (Melissa), Cooper (Melissa)

Sora (Jennifer), Lila (ME!), and Elsie (Jessica)

Another Cute pic!

Trying on Micah's cowboy boots!

I love this pic!

 Cooper "reading" to Lila with Loulou's glasses.

We are so blessed to be so close with family and to be able to have SO much family time. I am thankful for however much time the Lord gives us here and I will cherish the time Lila gets to grow up with her cousins!