Ballet dancer.

Lily and mommy have been taking a ballet class together for the past few weeks. Lily loves her class. She is learning basic postures and more importantly how to follow instructio from somone other than mommy. She is learning how to stand and wait in a line and how to take turns. She is doing so good. Today she walked on her tip toes for most of her class...i am so proud of her. These pictures were taken today before class. I would take some in class but its a little tricky considering that i'm dancing right along with her.

lily's 2nd birthday

Lily is now 2!!! Wow...is she ever. She had a great birthday. We had two parties for her. One on her actual day was a pool party at home with her precious friends. Then on Saturday we had our extended family over to celebrate. Lots of fun and love!


All my friends that came to my party!!!!






All this celebrating has worn me out!

Lily's latest...

Our church had a barn bash this past weekend. Lily was enjoying the live music and a bag of popcorn with her Daddy underneath a Southern sunset.




Bath time girl....cute towel!!

What my Daddy's been working on...

Closets anyone...this is the new California Closets showroom north of Nashville. Travis put in about a thousand hrs. getting this lookin' perfect. Amazing job my love, I am so proud of you. I would love one of those craft areas...a drawer for the ribbons and the wrapping paper.
The following sections are showcasing the walk-in, craft area, garage, entertainment center, office, mudroom, pantry and kids closet.
We celebrated the grand opening on June 14th.

Our latest trip to ....Kelowna

We had a blast in Kelowna this summer. We hit the beach, water park, the Rhode family pool. Lily had an early birthday party with her Great Nana, Great Aunts and Uncle, Uncle Gray, her God parents, an Auntie from Nashville who came with us on this trip. Second and third cousins...and last but not least her Papa and Nana...and Mama too.
Trips to Papa & Nana's house has never a dull moment.


Daddy was never far from our hearts or ears!


Graden & Rashelle


Lily loved spending time with all her family!







Papa & Nana time...so good!

Our latest trip to... Seattle

We got the chance to venture on top of the SpaceNeedle in Seattle. We had lunch in the revolving restraunt and watched Seattle go by. The SpaceNeedle is Lily's favorite landmark. She mentions it often. We love visiting our Seattle home.




We went to Pike Place Market with Grandma & Uncle Tyler.



Angie & I went on the Kingston Ferry for a memorable cruise.

Grandma & Lily time by the water in Edmonds.


Mama & Auntie got some much needed pampering.

Olivia & Lily