Loving the Lake House

Just got back from a great weekend at Yaya and Poppy's house at Lake Cumberland. We all agreed it was so nice to have a house with 5 kids under the age of 4 instead of a houseboat this year. The kids loved the pool and they especially loved seeing their cousin Colton who is 3 months old and as sweet as can be!


Charlie lounging at the pool




Catherine hanging out



Lake time!

My crazy kids :)

C&C 9 months

My sweet Catherine has finally found her voice! She will squeal with delight when she sees the bigger girls or chant "da da da da" when she's sitting down. She has yet to show any desire to move and is perfectly fine with her brother taking her toys away from her. She loves the fringe on her fleece blanket and will automatically suck her thumb if she is holding it. She has such a sweet disposition and is such a blessing.

Charlie is already proving to be a wild man. He is obsessed with the remote and will army crawl or roll to get to it! He already wants to be like Daddy. He will chant "da da da da" whenever he is happy and is very eager to try and keep up with Maddie and Kalee. He is standing up on things very easily and I know he will be getting into things around the house in no time. He gets very fussy when he's hungry and has not yet learned the virtue of patience. Although, being 1 of 4 young children, I don't think he has a choice. Charlie is a sweet momma's boy who prefers to be held by me if I'm in the room. He's getting so big!

6 kids, 4 adults and 2 campers

Equals absolute INSANITY!! We braved Indian Lake campground with our good friends the Grants (Matt roomed with Ryan at Wilmington college). They have a sweet 1 1/2 year old Bronson and a precious 7 week old Ella. We were all wondering what we were thinking when we decided to camp for 2 whole nights with all these kids, but overall it was a good time. We kept saying "It could be worse". Poor Catherine was sitting in her high chair on the ground and tumbled forward onto the gravel leaving her pretty face all cut up. Good thing Marina is a nurse and had the first aid kit on hand! And luckily, that was our only mishap (unless you count Matt, Maddie, Kalee and I taking a group shower at the shower house!)

Ella, 7 weeks and Catherine, 9 months

Poppy surprised us with a visit!

YaYa and Catherine at the lake

Pretty much how C&C hung out the whole time

Cat girl playing on the blanket--the only activity for 9 month olds at the campground!



Kalee lounging by the water at our camping spot



Life is full of blessings

Here are me and my blessings on Mother's Day.

I have so much to be thankful for! Matt and I had a wonderful vacation, I had a great birthday and love being 30 and my kiddos are now playing very well together and have been so sweet the past couple of weeks. Here's a funny story from a new tradition we've put into play at our house. Each night before bed, we read the 10 commandments. Matt usually reads them (in kids words) and the girls respond with "no, don't kill" or "yes, listen to your mommy and daddy"...it's just so cute! Last night, Matt said "Do not commit adultery" (how do you put THAT in kids' terms??) and Maddie asked "Daddy, what's adultery?" He thought and responded "It means, don't take your clothes off in front of anyone" so she responded "Yea, only change your clothes with the door closed and don't show anyone your private area". Hopefully her privacy will stay that way :)