See Any Resemblance??

The other day Scott's mom showed me this picture and I was shocked how much Emilee resembles her Aunt Sarah! After seeing the Ben/Isabelle likeness and the Paul/Noah likeness, I had to post this for you to see the Sarah/Emilee likeness. (Hopefully Aunt Sarah will get to see this in China!!) If Emilee continues to grow up and look as pretty as her Aunt Sarah I will be thrilled...as long as she is as pretty as Aunt Sarah on the inside!!

Good Clean Fun

As the summer starts to wind down~unfortunately~my kids are starting to run out of things to do. What used to be great fun is no longer. They got creative yesterday and decided to do a bike/car wash. As you can imagine, the car was the least wet when things were done. Somehow it is more fun to spray each other. Oh well! It passed a good hour or so!!

Camping with Nana and Papa

We just returned from spending a few days with mom and dad at the campground where their trailer is parked for the summer. We had such a nice time and had so much to do. The kids love to fish and swim and hike and golf and do crafts and so many other fun things! We had a nice surprise on the second day-Danielle and Mike and the kids came and joined us! The cousins had a blast!!! We always look forward to this time together. It is quite a crazy time but what can you expect with 8 kids and 6 adults??? I am sure mom and dad are always ready for it to quiet down again when we leave. Our trip there was very eventful-two kids puked from car sickness and we had a flat on the trailer. Fortunately nothing much on the return trip home!! Thank you, mom and dad, for a great week.

Happy Anniversay!

Today is our 12th wedding anniversay and I couldn't let the day go by without publicly thanking the Lord for giving Scott to me. It is hard to believe we have been together for twelve years and have four children in that time!! I am so blessed to share each day of FOREVER with him and I cannot imagine what my life would be without him. Those who know us well, know that we are opposites in many things!=] But over the years we have come to appreciate those differences SO much!! He really does complete me. And together we really make a great team!! I look up to him and respect so many things about him. He is such a great husband and daddy who loves the Lord with all of his heart and lovingly leads our family to follow the Lord. I love you, honey, and happy anniversary!!! Here are some of my favorite daddy shots taken recently. Sad to say, we don't have any current ones of just the two of us! We'll have to do something about that!

Camping at McCormick's Creek

We had a great time camping this weekend. It was our first "real" time out with the pop-up. Everyone has to have a first time to look like a rookie right? You learn a lot the first time you go-what to bring, what not to bring, how long things take, a system of setting up shop, etc. We had a wonderful time. Andrew brought a friend along this time and Matthew gets to next time. Having Emilee with us this year was much different than camping last summer when she was 6 months old. She is SOOOOOOOOO busy. She is into everything!! It adds a whole new dimension to things. We went hiking and swimming several times and she enjoyed ALL of it. It will get easier every year I'm sure. Well, I hope!!! Scott is a pro at camping and is totally in his element. I on the other hand am getting used to it. I think I get better each time. The only thing I wasn't impressed with was the MUDDY trail for hiking. I was ready to turn around and wait in the car. Especially when I walked right out of my shoe and stepped in the mud. OK, I should not have been in flip flops, but it was great in the water (except on the slippery rocks!) I told the boys before we left that if they couldn't find me over the next few days to come and check in the van because that was where they would find me cooling off and escaping in the AC!!!! :) I never ended up doing that! :)

Happy Birthday to Two Special Ladies

Today is my Grandma Engelman's 89th birthday and my sister-in-law Sarah's 27th birthday. Happy birthday to both of you!!! We love you both very much!!! Last night was our birthday party for Sarah and here are a few pictures of that.