A daddy & his girl!

How time flies....

FATHER'S DAY 2009

I took this picture of Tess as we were leaving for church...she was posing
with her little leg and I couldn't resist snapping a pic.

Happy Father's Day Brent!!! You are a great dad and I thank God for the example you are to our little girl...she sees in you a man that loves His God and leads his family to do the same!!
We love you!!

17 months old!!

Our little girl is 17 months old today...it's so hard to believe! Oh to grab each moment and make the most of them. To instill in her a gentle spirit, a generous heart, a submissive mind...Holy Spirit come guide us and make us parents that teach our little one godliness, not worldliness ~ love for the eternal things, not for those quickly passing temporal things~to impart a love for God's bride, not out of duty but out of delight!! The task, huge...the responsibility, weighty~but the reward will be a daughter who can say with all confidence...

"The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid?"
Ps. 27:1

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure!"
Heb. 6:9a

"I am part of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that I may declare the praises of Him who called me out of darkness into His wonderful light."
1 Peter 1:9

Enjoying some strawberries!

Now you see it!!!

Now you don't...
except the evidence all over that sweet mouth!

MAINE IN MAY

Well I'm back (for those of you who even knew I was gone..cough cough) Tess I and went to visit my parents in Maine for about 2 weeks!! In the past I have always gone up there in the winter months (I guess because of the holidays) needless to say this trip was a much different experience!!! ( Maine in the winter is just plain BURRR) We had a great visit...so much fun to see Tess interact with "grammie" & "pawpaw"! They ate up every min. with her ~ they even put her crib in their room and woke up with her every morning at 5:30 - 6:00 AM!! (the sun comes up at 4:30 ~ no kidding ~ and little Ms. Tess just wasn't use to that so she was up too!) Today she slept till almost 8:30!
It's always nice to go visit but I'm always a little sad when I get home because I miss my folks and I think more than me missing them I miss them for Tess (if that makes sense). Here's just a few pics of our visit!

My dad loves to plant a little garden and they had bought Tess some gardening tools to help Pawpaw...she loved it!!
We were there for Memorial Day and went to a local parade...I'm talking very "small town USA" parade! 15 fire trucks...okay maybe not that many but there were a lot, and 100 antique cars, again, maybe not that many but you get the drift. It was a fun day but after about the 3rd fire truck siren Tess was done!
The "I've heard enough of that sound now" grip!!
I just had to show you all these waffles...one day for breakfast my parents took us to a local resort to eat their little cafe. It was a very simple place but the food was mmm mmm good!! These were the yummiest waffles, loaded with fresh fruit on top and in between the slices. DEEELICIOUS !!!!

Picnic at a friends summer home in Owls Head, Maine

WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU GRAMMIE & PAW PAW!!