florida vacation

Here are my sweet boys all ready to get on the plane to go visit Mimi and Pap-Pap in Florida. This was their first time flying, so I was a little nervous about how they would do. Samuel didn't have a ticket, so he sat in our laps during the flight. Thankfully, we had a layover in Atlanta, so we had 2 short flights instead of 1 long one. The boys did so well!!! I couldn't have asked for anything better. Nathan even got to go into the cockpit after a couple of our flights and talk to the captain(you know he's so shy, hahaha). Here's a picture of him when we landed in Florida.
We had such a good time. I saw family that I hadn't seen since I was 7 or 8. Needless to say they were shocked when I walked through the door with my husband and 2 little boys! We ate some great seafood, went to the beach, and got to go to an awesome science museum that Nathan loved! Our time together flew by, and before we knew it, it was time to go home. But we made some memories that will last a lifetime! Here are some more pics of our vacation...to see all of our vacation pics , you can go to walmart.com and click on photo, email address michael.lilly@sebts.edu, password nathan, and it's the most recent photo album. Enjoy!

Summer here we come!

This is the time of year where I swear my children are going crazy. I don't know if it's something in the air or what, but they have so much(sometimes too much) energy. I love to watch how they discover things. Our garden is coming along, the boys have really enjoyed watching the plants come up every day. We always go out to see "what's new" in the garden. It's also been an awesome teaching tool, not only about patience and hard work, but also about God's creation. I love this time of year, everything seems so new and clean and beautiful. We've been going over God's creation in our family devotion time with the boys, it's amazing how much they remember! Even Samuel is picking it up a little. We'll say "Samuel, on the first day of creation, God said, 'Let there be...'"
and he will respond "Wite!!!"(light). It's so amazing watching them grow each day. Samuel was 2 years old on the 7th. How time flies. It seems like he was just born yesterday! I'm sure I'll still be saying that when they have children of their own!
Michael's last day of class was today. Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Out for the summer! We always breathe a sigh of relief this time of year, and I know our boys look forward to seeing their Daddy more!
Well off for now, a new episode of Lost is about to come on (pathetic, I know, but I'm addicted).
Here are some pics of our garden and the boys picking strawberries a couple of weeks ago!
Enjoy!