"SHE IS CLOTHED WITH STRENGTH & DIGNITY, & SHE LAUGHS WITH NO FEAR OF THE FUTURE." -PROVERBS 31:25

Monday, October 31, 2011

planet fun

"when your inner image of the Jesus who lives in you becomes bigger then your image of the problems around you, you'll conquer any challenge the devil brings your way." -2 corinthians 4:7

this year, instead of labor day weekend, the whole family gathered at our house in holden beach the last weekend in october. unfortunately, lauren couldn't make it, but we were thinking about her and missing her the whole time!! (cant wait for Christmas!!)

most everyone arrived late friday night, so the festivities began on saturday morning. chris had the idea of taking everyone to planet fun. oh what fun it was...

katie and brooks were super excited!



not sure what was happening here...

as soon as we got there, we went straight to the glow-in-the-dark putt putt! the pictures didnt come out so well, but here is one anyway.

ellie was definitely having fun!

we played pretty much every game in the whole building.









yep, i got ricky to do DDR with me.













later that day, we all relaxed in our sweatpants while mom and dad prepared dinner. there was also a beautiful sunset outside - i love holden beach sunsets!







yay for grilling!

dinner was so so yummy!

after dinner, we played board games, watched hockey games on TV, and passed around little ellie.

oh, and some yo gabba on the laptop was necessary.






time for bed! stay tuned for sunday at holden!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

my little buddy B

"you make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." -psalm 16:11

this past year, i have had the wonderful opportunity to nanny for an awesome little kid - branson szwed. last week i went to B's house and took some pictures of him with his family. this past month was his 1st birthday and he was just starting to walk really well the day i took pictures of him! he is absolutely adorable and such a little sweetheart. hope you enjoy some of my favorite photos of the day!

meet the szwed family.





walking like a pro!

peekaboo!















driving the car.













mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the cutest of them all?





ding dong! B is home!







thank you szweds for sharing your beautiful family with me! looking forward to many more hangouts with B!