Daddy's Girls

This week is our 5th annual “Cousin Camp” and we are going strong with no end in sight! Anna is 16 and working as a lifeguard so it’s the 1st time she hasn’t been here too, but Piper came back with us from Baton Rouge and we are into our 1st week of camp. Our original thought was to meet up for her to go back this coming Friday, but the girls are having fun and we haven’t had any bickering, so we don’t have an end date set yet. It’ll be sometime next week. Last Friday and Saturday were pretty chill days by the pool.  Saturday night was Kathleen’s awards banquet and we all went. Her bronze team got the UConn award. The head coach said these girls cheer on and support each other like none other and I’ve witnessed that first hand!  She also got pins for making regionals and nationals, and award for having all scores above a 9 at nationals, two trophies for being a state (vault) and regionals (floor) champion, an award for making the regional team that represented region 8 at nationals, an

We are so proud of Kathleen after her national gymnastics meet in New Orleans last weekend.  She has been working so hard and was 2nd in beam and floor (she didn’t place on vault or bars) and 8th overall!! She was also part of the regional team which means she was in the top 10 of all level ones without age division in Knoxville. And there were a lot of girls! We are proud of the work she has put in and loved watching her routine improve each time. But most importantly she loves it and has the best time.  She adores all the girls on her team and it’s so sweet to watch them supporting each other. She’s really made some great friends. And as always, she had her fan club cheering her on. Lizard, Anna and Piper were all up bright (still dark really) and early to leave with us at 5:45. Pops and Honey were there too but got there too late to get pics. It was a fun morning and it’s hard to believe that this season has come to an end. They will work hard on skills this summer to be ready to mo

Happy Father’s Day to the best Daddy around!! We are so thankful for the way you love and support us. His day was about like my Mother’s day was and that’s exactly what he wanted. We did a whole lot of nothing! We napped, watch tv and hung out for the day. The girls made (and cleaned up) a big breakfast and we had pork tacos for dinner. We got him a bench for his garden and a counter top griddle. I think he enjoyed it!  We hope our Pops and Capn had great days too. We are blessed with the best Dads aroind! While Matt enjoyed his relaxing day, Lilli and I did have to get out some for her horse sitting job she has going on this week.  She’s has to get up every morning to feed and clean the stalls for 6 horses, and go back to do it again in the evening. It’s a nasty job but I’m proud of the work she’s putting in between this and babysitting.  I also made another 16 jars of blackberry jam this morning and spent some time with our chickens and baby chicks  Yaya got to come by and see them e

It’s been a busy 10 days around here. Last week the girls went with Matt to dig potatoes in Capn’s garden in Vivian. The cousins were there too and they knocked it out quick! (With Capn, Matt and Josh of course) We have two giant sacks in the garage that I am looking forward to enjoying over the next few months.  Lilli has been babysitting a few times a week And Katie and I are enjoying the baby time too ❤️ Kathleen has been busy with preparing for gymnastics nationals and keeping up with her busy social life. 😉 she’s had play dates with 5 different girls (all different times) and 3 or those were sleepovers, not including the team pool party last Saturday  Lilli had another pool afternoon here today and has been pretty consistent with her once a week pool party, with boys and girls 😳 I don’t mind being the house they go to though  And it’s been a big deal with our “farm” too. Shania has been broody for 3 weeks and we decided to let her hatch some eggs. The first one was born overnig

We had the first cousin camp of the summer this past week and had the best time. I didn’t know for sure it would work out so the kids were surprised when Rach and I told them that they got an extra 3 nights together after Memorial weekend.  Monday we didn’t do too much other than hang around the house. On Tuesday, Kathleen, Josey and I went to my haircut so they could get some tinsel in their hair before Lilli had some friends over because Austin wanted some boys to play sports with. (And she’s always looking for an excuse for a pool party).  Wednesday we met up with Case and Lane at Surge to hang out for a few hours that afternoon. They had been in Arkansas with Hailey’s family for Memorial weekend and busy with swim team after they got back so we wanted a chance to see them. On Thursday it was already time to say goodbye. We met Rachel at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler and spent a couple of hours together before we had to go our separate ways. It’s never long enough but we are so thankful