Getting Started

Activities are in full swing!

Milla is loving every minute of
cheering for the
MIDWAY WOLVERINES!

Halftime!!
90+ degrees

supporting from the sidelines

Faith, Annie, and Emily
after their
Ballet/Tap class

Faith looks like a teenager!!!

Cole at Creekside
"Go Lightening"

Go Cole!!!

missing teeth!!

Dove Hunting

Lauren's 5th Birthday

so pretty!!

The birthday princess with her mom and
both Grandmas

Lake Lanier Islands with
cousins!!

Goodbye 764 Woodmont Drive!
Mimi & Papa Ray are closing a chapter in
this house where they raised Brandon
and Kelli...now on to new memories in a
pretty new home!!

Looking Cute!
Top Braces on!!

Full Saturdays....
Kelli, Lydia, and Hope came to
cheer everyone on in multiple activities...
first the football field....then to soccer!

Post-game pizza at Mellow Mushroom

sweet buddy!

pretty little lady

Milla's Alien Project....
from Saturn

A moment of peace and calm....
Had to take a pic...
together...but all 3 doing their own thing!

Sam and Cole making roads

"Bring Your Parent to PE Day" with
Milla's Class

PE with Faith's class

Cole and his friends sweaty after a
serious game of soccer at recess

10 and 8

Summer Babies
August Girls
Milla turned 10! Double Digits!!

She is Joyful, Fun, Beautiful, Animated, Creative,
Smart, Loves music,singing, and dancing,
Brightens up a room
 and Always up for an adventure!

Early morning....before school celebrations!

fun gifts!!

We took some of her church friends and
Elizabeth (who came up from ATL) tubing to
celebrate! We came back with a story to tell!!
The girls got dropped off at 2....we drove to
Dahlonega to get on the river at 3 (they closed at 4)
But...when we arrived they were PACKED...
there are only 2 tubing places in town and
one had to close due to a problem with their
exit ramp....so, ALL of the people ended up
at the same tubing spot! They informed
us that they had run out of tubes and we
were 100th in line to get one!!! So, we ran to
the nearby Dollar General....they did not have any
tubes...but, we bought all the floats they had...
pink flamingos, dolphins, crabs...etc...
That still wasn't enough so Brandon had to
ask people in the parking lot if we could
buy their tubes...and he thankfully found
some that were willing!! Come to find out..
dolphins can't handle the rocks and rapids as well as
the tubes...but we laughed and had a blast!

Tubing in Dahlonega

Cute, Adventurous little ladies

Lookin' Sharp Mil

Cacti

Faithy Girl turned 8 exactly 1 week later!
She is Peaceful, has a Sweet Disposition,
Helpful, Lovely, Tender,
 Nurturing, Sophisticated, Bashful, Smart,
Funny,  Refreshing, and Loves Nature

8 Years Old

She celebrated with all things FRENCH
Ooh la la!
Bonjour Mademoiselle!
(macaroons, petit fours, croissants)

friends and fun....Oui Oui

Painting in berets

Fancy by the Eiffel Tower

Gran Mum here to visit

GO WOLVERINES!!!
(Milla's First Game)
"Push 'em back 5 yards
Push 'em back 10
pick 'em up
dust 'em off
and push 'em back again"

Midway
(she was SO excited and did GREAT!)

Cole and Brandon fishing

Faith at Elli's Bday party at Launch
(Maddie, Elli, and Faith)

"Treasured"
Mom/Daughter Bible Study
https://theparentcue.org/treasured-splash/

Celebrating Wyatt's bday at
The Aquatic Center...
(Noah, Wyatt, and Cole)

4th, 2nd, and Kindergarten

They are all under one roof this year!!!
So exciting!

Cuties on the first day of school!!

Milla starting 4th grade

Faith starting 2nd

Cole starting Kindergarten

Mrs. Green's Class
(Ms.Payne, Cole, Mrs. Green)
Mrs. Green took Cole under her
wing back in the Spring when we came
to the Kindergarten orientation and Cole
was a little nervous...so, we were so
excited to see her again!

Mrs.Harris's Class
*She has the sweetest, kindest,
calming, peaceful, southern voice...
she'd be fun to listen to all day!

Mrs. Keck's Class
Milla said, "Mom did you see her style?"
She loves her and her fashion sense!

Last. Day. At. Ms. White's.
So So very thankful for her and all of these years.
It is never easy to leave your little ones with
anyone to head out to work....but, she is
loving, kind, and nurturing and made it
all ok! They learned so much from her
(and so did I)

Bye Ms. White's

BRACES!!!!!!!
Milla got an expander and
bottom braces....top braces to come in
about 3 months

Couple's Bible Study Dinner at Frida's

High School Friends and kiddos
swim day!
(back: Faith, Milla, and Gracie)
(front: Leighton, Eyler, Lauren, and Cole)

Swimming

The downpour didn't stop them!
(but after awhile the lightening did!)

Artist!