Chloe at 13 months

Avery and Shannon at our Mother's Day picnic.

Happy Mother's Day! Anthony and the kids completely surprised me with this PINK Kitchen Aid mixer! The first thing Avery said was, "Can I inherit this someday, Mom?". We later decided that maybe it would be better if we could just live together and both use it:)

YIKES! While Anthony was away last week, the kids and I were out front planting flowers, when Avery spotted this snake. We were all freaked out, especially as it lunged and hissed and tried to bite Jake 3 times! After calling neighbors, they informed me that it was probably a poisionous Copperhead. Upon hearing this, AJ gathered the girls and went inside and began praying for me as I screamed in horror as I killed it with a shovel. We are so thankful no one, not even Jake was hurt. It was just another reminder (as the 20 fire ant bites I got two weeks back) that our yard can be a dangerous place!

This is a full length shot of the (what we believe to be) Copperhead snake that slithered around our yard.

On a happier note, NC is full of beautiful creatures as well! This is a beautiful pink and yellow moth we found flittering around our front door:)

AJ is 7! I can hardly believe our little boy is already 7! Time goes by so quickly! God bless you, AJ!

AJ (aka Luke Skywalker) walks away after bombing the number 7:)

AJ's 7th birthday! We put a new twist on the pinata...we bombed it with water balloons! The kids had a wonderful time and the toys just fell out in the end.

Fun times with Daddy:)

A windy day for beautiful Averina:)

Chloe enjoying an afternoon at the baseball field. Note the little tongue hanging out...we just had her picture taken at Penny's and this was signiture in almost every shot!