summer 2010

We had such a busy summer, here are some pictures in no sort of order!

I just couldn't resist this picture, it is so funny to me!

Callie's first shiner...

playing in the rain!

these sweet kids have so much fun when they are together!

family picture at a 5K most of us ran in downtown franklin. this picture amazes me because every one of us is looking, i don't think it will ever happen again!

Blair turned 1!! the girls love their cousin soooo much!

4th of July. Both of the girls had 103 fevers here, so our celebration was pretty small this year!

We went to knoxville to celebrate Nene's 90th birthday. Nene is my grandmother who the girls adore!

Projects at Lowe's with daddy!

Look who's wearing big girl panties!!!

and doughnuts make any day better....

callie's birthday!

Callie had a great second birthday (even though it was almost 4 months ago!) here are the highlights....

she had her breakfast of choice, blueberry muffins, on the front porch with daddy and baby. notice the baby bib she is wearing, that is from one of her dolls, i promise i don't make her wear them still!

"i'm two!"

happy girl eating her cupcake

this is what happened most of the party...hanging out while the kids played in the water! i thought it would be find to have her party outside since the average high this time of year is 82 degrees. on this particular day however, it was 182 degrees.

family picture on callie's big day. we love you sweet girl!

i'm gonna do better, i promise

i am going to attempt to update this blog every week until i catch up to real time (and then probably take another long break), so enjoy this while it lasts!

the first week in may, david and i escaped the country with some great friends and found ourselves in the most beautiful location! the views were great, relaxation better, and time with friends...amazing!

on our way to the 14 hour tour of the island

we have no idea right here that this was going to be a looong adventure!

muddy couple #1

muddy couple #2

(just a side note...david and i opted to ride the 4 wheelers which looked way more boring at the time, but we did not get covered with all the mud!)

the whole crew

this is what we got to look at all week long

or this view....

However, while we were doing a bunch of nothing, Nashville was falling apart. We saw the clouds coming in as we flew away to paradise not realizing that the flood was coming. So many friends and family stepped in for us to take care of our house and all we can say is thank you!!! I dont have many pictures of the house because 1. we were in another country, and 2. everyone was evacuated by boat, so no one could take pictures at its worst. thankfully, water stayed outside of our home by about 4 inches and we just had to fix the outside stuff (car, air conditioner, duct work). we were to grateful to have been spared, but feel forever grateful for friends and family.

this news piece is about someone who goes to church with us, but has a picture of our house before the evacuation (about 42 seconds in).

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/05/09/wolf.storm.comedy.cnn?iref=allsearch

and this is what we did when we got home!

a day i will never forget

I don't think I have ever put a post on here that did not focus on one of my little ones, but here it goes....

This past weekend, I had the distinct pleasure of running the half marathon with a friend, for a friend. I did not actually know if I would stick it out through that boring training (which is why I only signed up 2 weeks ago, although I had been training since january), but I did! one of my longtime friends, Amy, has a precious daughter, Madelyn, who is Taylor's buddy. At the end of October, she was diagnosed with leukemia, and has been fighting the battle every second of every day since then. She is such a brave little girl, and I was honored to wear her all the way through that long run. I ran with my friend, Elizabeth, who also loves Amy and Madelyn as much as me. It was a great day running with a friend, for a friend.

sweet friends, taylor and madelyn!

pre-race picture...that is why we look so good!

post-race photo, we don't look as good, but sure were happy to have made it through!

Taylor turned 4!

Here are some pictures from Taylor's fourth birthday! I will catch up on blogging one day...

Birthday morning, can you tell she is excited about her barbie?!?!

She had a pizza and princess party...I tried to make it a gender neutral pizza party, but she insisted on having the princess part thrown in. some of the girls had on costumes and everyone was happy with it! here they are making their pizzas...

Daivd had the task of occupying the kids while the pizza's were in the oven. musical chairs was a hit!

Some of the ladies! Pretty much all of them got put to work to pull this party off without a disaster...thanks!

Pre candle blowing out...

...and the girl in action!

Us with the birthday girl!

the best group shot i could get. most of the kids are in it, but not necessarily happy or looking!!

sooo, it's been a while

i am pretty sure there is no way to catch up from all that has happened since my last post, so i'll give a reallllly broad overview...

We had a fun halloween, although i can't seem to find the pictures right now.

After thanksgiving, we buried a precious friend. I will forever be changed for the better because of Misty. She was an amazing woman and even better momma, and I am so grateful to call her my friend. We struggled through Christmas, but the girls had a great time....

christmas eve cookie baking

Scooter girl

Christmas day Taylor helping Callie open her gifts

Santa brought Callie a slide!

Sweet cousins

This girl LOVED her piano!

after christmas we did a little of this...

and even some of this!

And then sweet Tay-Tay turned 4. Stay tuned for her birthday pictures and some snow ones thrown in there.

It's Fall!!!

I ignored fall as long as i could this year so i could soak up the last rays of summer. I have now embraced it, so it is time to catch up on pictures. here are some recent events....

Annual Sciortino Pumpkin Carving

campbell and taylor giving fake smiles for the camera...

taylor got brave this year and assisted with the pumpkin cleaning...way to go girl!!

family picture with the finished product!

This may be the best picture i have ever gotten with these 4 crazy kids!! i love it!!!

Halloween

my adorable chick!

taylor the tinkerbell and callie the chick...they both really loved their costumes this year!

Trunk or Treat

This is taylor with ty the fuzzy caterpillar (his sister was a butterfly...way to go tara, love it)

taylor with sweet emma kate

Gentry's Farm

We went this year just the 4 of us and had a great time following the girls around...and acutally got a decent family picture!

My sleepy girls on the hayride. taylor did not really sleep, but she did close her eyes for a minute. that was a feat in itself!

best one of the 2 of them i got that day.

And some leaf pictures...

Taylor has been looking in our yard every day for the leaves to fall off so she can rake them and jump. our bradford pears are still holding onto their leaves, so she made a pile at Imah's to jump in. They had a great time playing in their pile!