It's a bird, it's a plane....it's Zach!

My bro-in-law, Jason has had his pilot's license a while, but now he has a "bird" to fly. Zach has no idea that it's not an everyday thing to fly. I didn't fly for the first time until 7th grade! He just jumps up in his carseat.... all ready to go!

The trip is considerably shorter as expected by plane, but the weather has to be just right. Finally...a weekend where the weather was perfect, the kids were well, and the hubs was off of work! The girls especially were so excited to see Katie, Jason, and Zach. It has been a while!

It was a busy weekend. Katie and I took the kids to the softball park the first night, and we were supposed to play Friday night too. My sweet friend Becky took Allie while we went out to eat. It's so nice to have dinner alone!

Allie was at school on Friday, so for once Mary was able to "lead." These boys never stopped!
Thankfully it wasn't too hot! Katie is doing and looking GREAT!

The big boys played tennis at the park.

COLD!!!
We set up the pool which was a big hit, however, we had to drain it the next morning. Garrett and Zach who as you can see are plenty tall, both stumbled while in the pool and weren't quite sure enough to put their feet down and stand up. I can't watch the Gman 24/7, so that was the end of our patio pool for this year!

Saying good bye! See the chapstick in Zman's hand! He kept up with it the WHOLE weekend. It was hilarious. Apparently he got the chapstick gene from Katie who also is never far from a tube! What a sweet sweet little man. He's very loving; he tried to hold Mary's hand a few times and is so polite! I heard yes ma'am and no ma'am...a real gentleman.

What a family. Their smiles remain. Their baby girl would have been 9 months old today. Not a day has passed that they have not been close to my heart as they have walked through grave illness and the loss of a child. I have seen first hand a faith that has not faltered, a faith that is for real, a love for a Saviour who never fails and has certainly not failed them. Their faith has increased my faith as I have seen very specific prayers answered in the life of their family this past year. Our God has taken care of this sweet family in the midst of the deepest heart ache. They have clung to Him. He has sustained and granted new life. Colson Allen Rowe we cannot WAIT to meet you.

Blogger back up

I went to my parents house a few weeks ago, and I still haven't posted any pics. Like everyone else, life has been whizzing by lately. I didn't want to miss these though. My grandparents are among the most honorable and precious people I know. They've taught me so much over my life and I'm so blessed to have them.

They have a routine. They run to the garden with Deeda, then run to the flower garden, then take them inside to put in buckets of water. After that my 80 something year old grandfather lifts them all up to sprinkle bird feeder on his feeder! They are getting way too heavy, but he'd never say no. Thank you Memaw and Deeda for all you are to our family. We love you so.

This is my twin brother's daughter Anna Kate if you haven't seen her in a while...in this pic especially she looks just like my mom! She loves being with the cousins:)
I tried to get Grace (Mason's other daughter) to quit eating carrots, but at least she smiled!


Good times!

Home run!

Allie has FOUR softball games this week! One was halfway over when the umpire called it off for rain, so it was rescheduled for tonight! I've started a 5am bootcamp with my sister and some friends, so blogging is out the window for me!

Allie wanted to set up her lemonade stand that Nanna gave her for her birthday. We baked brownies one afternoon this week and sold them along with Kool ade. Allie yelled as loud as she could to attract the crowds but it wasn't working. I sent out a few texts and my neighbors started coming out of their homes. Isn't that AWESOME! Emily (my sis) drove across town for a brownie!

Below is a video of one of Allie's hits this week. She hit it on out there and managed to run all four bases, knocking in 3 more runners! Emily and Adam were there to see it!

Just cute

What have I done?

Garrett will be 2 in a few weeks. We found with Allie that taking her passie away at 3 was not good for nap time. She didn't know how to put herself back to sleep without it because she had never learned, so she dropped her nap all together. We took Mary's away at 22 months and after 3 BAD days, she forgot all about it and napped regularly again because she was tired enough to nap because she was so young.

Because Gman is well this week, I decided to say BYE BYE Passie!

This of course was BEFORE BEDTIME! I cut his passies because I was afraid of whimping out! I showed them to him and he yelled....

OH MO (oh no)...MO PASSIES!!!! I told him they were broken to which he replied...MO BOKEN! He cried for 35 minutes and now is sound asleep. We will see what tomorrow holds...or the rest of tonight!

Ladies and Gentleman, I may be passie free by week's end....forever. I can't even imagine it.

She did it!

I wasn't watching Allie on the trampoline at gymnastics today when she completed her first unassisted back handspring. My friend Amy, however, caught it and said, "She did it!". Here's the slow-mo pic followed by the video!

A good lookin' pair

I'm too tired to post my pics from the weekends, but I couldn't resist showing off my parents. Are they cute or what??? Thanks mom and dad for a fun weekend:)