More Updates: July!

In July:

• Fourth of July Family Gathering with Brad and the Ferrells!
• Avery's friend Ava's dress-up-princess birthday party
• Michael growing out of his baby bed and into a big boy room with a big boy bed, big dresser and sidetable
• Pool party at Grandparent's house with the Shippy boys
• Family summer weekend trip to Glen Rose for Fossil Rim and to Kingsland for Lake Getaway with my dear highschool friend Leslie and her family
• Birth of Stacy & Todd’s twin girls Elizabeth and Bethany
  

Uncle Brad takes Mike for a sky tour!

Aunt Helen with her first grandson Evan

Avery is a true fighting princess at her friend Ava's fourth birthday party.

So many princesses and each are left waiting for their prince.

At the pool party - bubbles and watermelon are all you need for a backyard party!

Our Four Day Family Weekend!

Here we are at the beginning of our tour of Fossil Rim.

Feeding the animals brought this one close encounter! We saw the giraffe, zebra, rhino, deer, turkey, wildcats and much more...but you can see those animals on the Fossil Rim website~we'll save space here for our wild ones!

Now...the rest of our four hour drive takes us to the Lake House!

Two Hot Mommas!

The kids go for a dry run.

Two Too Too Cute Friends!

Gearing up for a boat ride on the river.

Dave decides to show the kids how to wake board - or skurf as we call it.

Yea! Dave's still got moves on the water!

Relaxing on the lake and river water was phenomenally relaxing. Just what this busy family of four needed. This was the first both the Cope and Sutera families of four got together to let everyone play! A great time was had by all. We capped the evenings off with glow-in-the-dark sticks while the neighbors shot a few random fireworks over the water. A charming church Sunday morning was the cherry on top of this fabulous weekend. I look forward to going again!!!

These sweet girls belong to Stacy and Todd. They look so much like their older three brothers!!

A sweet way to end the month of July.