Hannah's First Holy Communion

Hannah has always been a light in the world. She loves her faith and has shared it with so many people in her life. She makes us so proud!!  Today our little light received her First Holy Communion. Our whole family was blessed to be there-Caitlin and Matthew were altar servers and I got to help during the Mass. It was truly a beautiful and moving event!!  My favorite part was at the end of mass. Hannah walked up to the altar and announced the presentation of flowers to the mothers.  She was so poised and I could not hold back the tears.  Love that sweet girl...I pray that her Faith stays strong and her love for God is evident in everything she does. 

With her wonderful teachers

With the RE director❤️

Flowers for mom

Handsome boys

Freddy's afterward

Camera Roll Post

Free blizzards from Dr. Howell!

Hannah's (front and center!) artwork at the second grade art show. 

Puppy watching Caitlin play soccer-

Post glow run-Matthew was ninth overall (!) and Caitlin placed 3rd in her age group!

Angry baseball Ben

Silly selfies

My new favorite thing

Snake sharing

Best buds

Happy Easter

Half of the gang-not all smiling-

still a very happy Easter!

Snapshot

Grill is going, good smells are everywhere. The first lightning bugs are out and we have Mumford and sons on the Pandora. Hannah is doing her gymnastics routine, Matt is embarrassing everyone with his awful dance moves and Caitlin is keeping us all abreast of the middle school happenings. Matthew is switching between checking the grill temperature and working the rubix cube; Ben's asleep after a long day of being a six year old baseball star. As for me?  I'm just soaking it all in. Saving it up.  Savoring every. Single. Second.  Family time is the best time. 

Mountain Rock

Family fun at one of our favorite places....

Asheville with the Kids

We took the kids to Asheville! Super fun trip...here are the pictures.  Sorry no story to go with it today...blogger deleted the epic post I had written and now I'm tired.  Happy New Year!

Mountain Views

Family views

More views

So foggy!

Hotel pool shenanigans before bed

Gingerbread house contest winner

My personal favorite

View from Grove Park Inn

Waiting in the Lobby

Boys

Friendly game of thumbwar

Playground

King of the castle

Slingshot over the river

Hotel breakfast

Veg time...

Dinner out

Chocolates from Chocolate Fetish

Prizes from Curio

Latest addition to "the club"

Shopping at Mast's

Wonderland.  Not exactly the Disney themed store we expected...should have known better!  At least the sign was cool :)

Schroeder soup...No Caitlin's allowed!

People watching at Grove Park Inn

Ben