No Fear!

  

Lydia's new favorite past time!

The VA Creeper Trail is so beautiful.  Olivia rode her bike for the first three miles
and then Mark pulled them both in the buggy.  It was so much fun...and a workout for daddy.

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Celebrating meme's 74th birthday!

The girls has so much fun picking up walnuts.

So cute...getting ready to ride the 4-wheeler!

Alyssa...the girls first babysitter...looks like they had a good time!

Heading to the Apple Festival with Aunt Amanda.

Olivia could hardly wait to hold the rabbits.

Lydia wasn't quite as excited about seeing the animals.

Olivia working on her Chinese with Ms. Zoe.

One of the most beautiful things about being a stay-at-home-mom and
homeschooling is seeing my daughters grow in their love for each other.

Tori and Olivia savoring the last of summer!

Family Night at Chick-fil-A!

I'm so excited...Boone just opened a Michael's!
The girls enjoyed the crafts and especially the cookie decorating.

Olivia's friend Chloe invited her to participate in
her Egypt cake decorating project.

Lydia's hair is actually long enough for piggy tails now!

Introducing Princess Lydia Faith...so declares her fashion consultant Olivia Grace.

Olivia is very interested in learning how to sew and especially make quilts.

Here she is with nana learning a sewing stitch.

Nana has a little convertible she calls Rosebud. 

Lydia and Olivia love it...but most of all they love their nana.

It's always great to have meme visit us!

We had our annual FCC (Families with Children from China) outing
at our house over the weekend.  What fun!
We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!

Anything you can do...I can do too!

Olivia had her hair trimmed and of course Lydia had to do the same.
We didn't really cut it but at least she thought we did.

Does my daughter have great fashion sense or what?

Lydia started gymnastics last week and she loves it.  She loves to climb and tumble.
During our first trip to the library I sat her down to look at books
and went to help Olivia.  When I turned back to check on her she
had climbed up to the third shelf of the bookcase.

Today Olivia jumped into the pit with her.

We started school this week!
Olivia was so excited to begin 1st grade.

Lydia's first football game.

Last weekend we visited Uncle Matt and Aunt Tracey in Fort Mill, SC.

I snapped this shot of the girls at Cracker Barrel.

Reflections of Summer