Fun week with Nana and Papaw!!!

This past week I got to go up in the mountains and spend some time with the highschoolers from our church. There is this organization called CIY (christ in youth) and they put on 5 day church camp for highschoolers... It was a great week and I had lots of fun! It was really hard being away from the girls for that long... but I know they had a blast with their Nana and Papaw! They did all sorts of fun stuff while I was gone... they went to the park to play, had a picnic dinner, and saw a puppet show at the library! So here are some fun pictures of the week!

Ireland and Chloe went to one of the best parks in town.... Thompson Park. There are a lot of trees and it is a HUGE park.... so they enjoyed running around. I thought these pictures were pretty dang cute... showing how much they loved it!

Chloe running around like a crazy lady!

This is just a random picture of Ireland... I just thought it was cute!

Chloe being so pretty with a flower in her hair! awe!!! :)

Papaw helping Chloe smell her flower.
Papaw and Ireland enjoying the smiple things in life!

Chloe getting tickled!! I think this is such a great picture!

This is Ireland during the puppet show... I guess both the girls loved it! They were both pretty intrested!

Chloe laughing at the puppet show.

The girls got a new doctor kit and Chloe loves "doctoring" her babies!

Having snack outside by the playhouse... they were spoiled while mommy was gone!

Ha! This picture cracks me up! Nana taught Ireland how to be a duck with her Pringles! What a funny Nana!

I have a whole new appreciation for Chris now... It was so hard for me being away from the girls this past week and I was only gone for 6 days... I cannot even start to imagine how hard this is for him! I have always known it was hard... but now I understand just the tip of it all! So if you aren't already, please keep him in your prayers... he needs them a lot! And keep the girls in your prayers as well... Ireland is sure missing her daddy and so is Chloe... My heart just breaks for them! So just keep them in your hearts and prayers!

And if anyone wants to send Chris anything, let me know! I will get you his address and some ideas of what he likes!

Love you all!

Fun times at the Zoo!!

We got to go to the Zoo again this week! It is so great having a zoo membership! We are going to be there a lot this summer so expect lots of Zoo pictures! :)

Here is a little background to explain the first 2 pictures... The last time we went to the zoo Chloe got a little scared by the hippos. We were in the inside area looking at the hippos and there was one under water that we didn't see... well, I had Chloe in the stroller pushed right up to the railing and the hippo came out from under water and surprised us all! It made a snorting noise when it came out and it scared Chloe to DEATH!!! She screamed and cried and was litterally shaking by the time I got her outside.... poor thing! So, needless to say she was a little nervous to go to the zoo again. I didn't know how timid she was going to be until we got there... and she was almost in tears every time we got close to an animal! So the first 2 picture show the progression of how Chloe experienced the zoo this time around! hopefully the next time she will warm up a bit faster! :)

Chloe put her woobie on her head over her face and then put her hat on her head! I swear I didn't set up this picture! She really did it herself! And she stayed this way for a while. She would lift up her woobie and take a peek every once in a while... but it took a good 30 minutes before the woobie was off her face!

This was the next step for her... still with the woobie on her head but not over her face! She would just pull her hat down if there was something that scared her! She slowly warmed up to the zoo after a while! Poor thing! I felt so bad for her!! :( Needless to say we stayed away from the hippos this time!

We got to go to the zoo with Maren and EmJ! We loved having them with us!! Here is a picture of EmJ looking at the polar bear height thing... she looks so little and cute!

Ireland enjoyed every part of the zoo! She wasn't scared of anything! She got to ride the zebra this time around and loved it just as much as she loved riding the polar bear last time! :)

Ha! This is Ireland "talking" to the wolves! She was howling and I think she face is pretty funny!

Ireland, Chloe, and Nana at the polar bear! Ireland thought this was pretty cool! Chloe was scared and wouldn't let go of Nana! Weird!

I LoVe this picture!!!! It shows how much she really loved the ride! She smiled like this all the way to the end!

And this shows how much Chloe didn't like it! Ha... she was too scared to sit by herself... but she kind of warmed up to it toward the end! She did have fun... just wouldn't let go of Nana's neck!

EmJ liked the ride! She wasn't scared at all! I guess she needs to have a little talk with Chloe and tell her there is nothing to be scared of! Hopefully Chloe will get use to it by the end of the summer!

Other than Chloe being scared, we had lots of fun at the zoo! It is so great to be able to go and have fun with our friends and family!

For those of you who don't know already, Chris signed a new contract with the Army and he has 3 more years left! We are all excited about it and looking forward to serving our country for at least 3 more years! We couldn't be more proud of him! He is such a great soldier... but above all else, he is a great daddy and husband and we are such a blessed family! Remember to keep him and all the deployed soldiers in your prayers!