Lake Martin - Aquapalooza Weekend

I took the two youngest and Bella to Lake Martin for the night; Mark is in Gulf Shores for a "reunion" and Emily is still at Camp Kiel. Aquapalooza was today with the headliner being Alan Jackson. We took a long, wonderful boat ride last night and saw all the boats starting to anchor for the big party. The sunset was absolutely beautiful. We left before the concert - not kid friendly - but I heard it was lots of fun and quite a sight!! The kids did great but we are all glad to be home now and can't wait for tomorrow.....Daddy comes home, we get Emily back (that should be fun ;-), and we have a party for all the NICU graduates. Fun times at the Kiel house!! Enjoy all the pics!

This is the life!
Sweet Ethan enjoying the fresh air - look how much he's grown!!Peaceful

My beautiful Allison!

Lake Martin - Aquapalooza - July 24, 2009
Classic!! (Look closely....!) "Talledega on the water"

Yes, she is eating off the floor. Notice the can of puffs??

Lake Martin - Aquapalooza - sunset
Papa and Ethan

Watch out!!

Allie B.'s trip to the zoo....

Uncle Ted took Allison to the zoo the other day. She came home happier than I've ever seen her. Emily has been at Camp Kiel all week and Allison has enjoyed every minute of her 'one-on-one' time. Thanks Ted - you are the greatest uncle EVER!! Thanks for taking such good care of my babies!

Here she is riding the "choo-choo!"

The first time....

......Emily got her nails painted. A little early if you ask me, but I enjoyed giving her her first mani/pedi! She just sat there waiting for them to dry. Little did she know that 'clear' polish dries really fast ;-).
....Mimi (my dad's mom) met Ethan. We attempted a 4-generation photo with 3 kids - HA! It did turn out pretty well since two people were taking pics and we didn't know who to look at! Today, Ethan took a 2 hour nap on Mimi's chest!!! I was just thankful my arms got a rest - thanks Mimi!

Emily's haircut

Precious Emily after her haircut yesterday! She did great - I was so proud of her!
Just a cute pic that I had to post. She's growing up so fast.

Recent pics..

We had a cookout over the weekend and we all had a blast. The kids enjoyed the pool and jumpy slide and the adults got to catch up. We are so lucky to have such great friends ;-).

Drennen going up the slide - he's a cutie!!
Mark and Clayton "supervising" the kids!!

Emily and Allison having fun together.

We went to Pops in the Park on Thursday night at Wald Park. Emily and I did this HUGE slide so many times - it really made your stomach do flips!