Fourth of July!

I can't believe I'm just now posting Fourth of July pics! Oh, well, I guess there's that little thing called packing up an entire house and moving to another state that's kept me busy:)

Pool

Kids

(Constantin, Kathryn, Walker and Sophia)

Watermelon

Sisters

Coke

Fireworks

Family

Hooked

I found a new hobby during our stay at Dauphin Island--fishing!! And so did Walker and Kathryn! Here they are eating some snacks in Pop's fish camp before our first night of fishing. After all, you can't fish on an empty stomach!

Casting their lines...

They were actually really good at this! Kathryn, of course, had a princess fishing pole. She insisted that she could use it to catch a mermaid instead of a fish.

But look who actually caught a fish!

And another one!! I have to admit, we were using live bait, so I relied on Dad to hook the bait. But I brought these trout in all by myself!!

I guess you could say I'm "hooked" on fishing!

Let Them Eat Cake

I couldn't not have cake on the kiddos' actual birthday. So thanks to the local Winn Dixie, I was able to score these mini cakes for $3.99 each! Kathryn loved her Belle cake, and Walker didn't stop (well, he did have some help from his mother) until his Spider Man cake was all gone! He also entertained us with all of his Spider Man moves.

Long time, no post!

That's because we have been soaking up the sun in L.A. (lower Alabama!). We spent four fun filled days with the Busbee cousins last week. With five kiddos four years old and under, there was never a dull moment!

Here are the fabulous five playing on the beach!

Here are Kathryn, Walker and Devon enjoying popcorn on movie night!

And guess who turned three while we were there??? You guessed it! These two. We all enjoyed a yummy pancake breakfast in honor of the birthday boy and girl. They were so excited to have their family there to celebrate with them!

There are more birthday pictures to come, so stay tuned....

Seven Years

Today, Matt and I are celebrating our seventh anniversary. My how time flies!! What have we been doing these last seven years?

Well, Matt has completed medical school and his residency. I've had two jobs and currently enjoying my most favorite job of all--being a mother. We've lived in two cities--Memphis and Birmingham. Bought our first house. And, most importantly, we've added two of the sweetest additions to our family--Kathryn and Walker. And we have many more changes on our horizon with two moves coming up in the next year.

I cannot think of anyone I would rather celebrate life with than Matt! I look forward to all the Lord has planned for us!

Here we are in high school!

And here we are in college!

This is us at the Auburn/Florida game the day after we got engaged!

And here we are seven years ago today.

And here we are today!!

Rewind

Before all of the birthday and graduation festivities began last weekend, we all headed downtown for brunch at the Peabody. The little ones hadn't visited the ducks in well over a year! We missed their parade into the fountain, but we still had fun watching them splash around.

Aunt Mak and Uncle Brad in between visits to the yummy buffet!

Pops and Tula in front of the fountain...

And the best part of all....Aunt Mak was able to capture a picture of my four! The first family picture we've taken since last October! Kathryn was doing everything but cooperating, but Aunt Mak was fast and captured her actually smiling just in time for a great picture!

Lunch Date

Today, we are in the 'Ham, and we were lucky enough to enjoy lunch with this little guy! Hill and Walker were fast friends talking about Lightning McQueen and Spider Man.

We couldn't keep our hands off of Little Rett. He is so cute and, according to his mom, quite a mess! We stopped off to play in the fountains...

And then we visited the neighborhood candy/ice cream shop for what else--candy and ice cream!!