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Happy Father's Day, Da-da!

"God Bless Daddy...Laughing or playing....

hugging or praying....

...thank heaven for daddies like you!"

Happy Father's Day!
Love,
Dalton
(FYI: Dalton got John a portable fire and ice pit. Da-da has had his eye on one of these for a long time.)

Side note: Yes, this is a potty chair he is sitting on! We are officially potty training this week! He has decided since this picture was taken that he no longer wants to sit on the potty chair, but wants to sit on the "big potty". I'm thinking he is telling me in his own way, "Okay I will do this mom, but it is going to be my way and how I want to do it!"

Work of Art

A set of water colors....$1.00

A set of paint brushes....$2.50

Roll of paper...$1.00

Dalton's first masterpiece....PRICELESS!

Playdate with friends

Dalton and I got to go to Conway to spend the afternoon with Lisa and Kristen. Lisa and I were college roommates and Kristen was a high school friend of Lisa's and practically lived with us too! We all have married and have kids of our own. Kristen has 2, Hagan and Morgan. Lisa has 2, Brayden and Dylan. We got together today for lunch and water play outside. The boys and girl all had a great time. We have already scheduled another day to get together in July. Can't wait girls! Here are some pics of the kids.

Doritos and apples....a delicious combination!

Hagan, Brayden, and Dalton

Isn't this the sweetest hug?

Sweet baby Morgan....baby Dylan was taking a nap. I wasn't able to get a pic of him on this trip, but will on the next.

This boy was absolutely exhausted! He fell asleep on the way home while he was "reading" and slept 3 hours once we got home.

"Crocodile Doc....Where Fearless Kids Shine God's Light"

These pictures were taken by Jessica Belote. I told her this set is as good or better than some professional photographer's sets in their studios. They made for great backgrounds for these pictures with friends.

Love this picture! His shirt is so true. This boy is definitely a "crack up", to say the least!

One of my favorite times of the summer is the week of Vacation Bible. John and I teach the station where the kids come to learn the Bible story for that night. The cool thing is that the curriculum is written to where the kids not only get to hear the Bible story, but actually get to experience the story. The station this year was called "Bible Bayou". This year the Bible stories were about Moses and the burning bush, the Plagues, Passover, and the Passover feast. The last night is always my favorite night because that is the night we get to present the Gospel message. On that night, we got to introduce to them some of the foods that are eaten during a Passover feast. John said that while he was telling about Jesus' crucifixion and ressurrection some of the kids and adults had tears in their eyes. I could definitely feel that the Holy Spirit was moving and hearts were being touched. I know mine was just by watching the kids and seeing them learn every night.
One thing I will remember about this year was the night we talked to them about the Passover and how God told the Isrealites to paint the blood of the lamb on their doorpost of their house and the angel of death would know to passover their house. We had 4 "houses" set up in the room and the kids picked a house and painted a stripe for every member of their family. As they painted they were encouraged to pray for that brother, sister, mom or dad. Talk about fighting off the tears everytime I heard these kids praying for their family. AWESOME! It's a lot of work every year, but moments like that prove to be totally worth it! Can't wait until Dalton is old enough to get to be a part of all this. He did get to come out of nursery at the end a few nights for the finale. He loved the music and the motions. I caught him last night, while the big kids were praying, with his hands together, eyes closed, and he said, "Thank you, God." I could not have said it better myself!

Our awesome Bayou. Notice the boat has "Oasis" painted on the back!

This has got to be the best set yet! ( I have been told I say that every year!)

"Goin' to Gran's...."

Dalton got to spend a week with Gran' and Pop while I was enduring my last week of work before the summer. His cousin, Jameson, who is 4 months older than Dalton, also got to go visit a few days with him. Gran' said these two boys were so sweet to each other. She said they never fought and shared very well. The first night they were down there, Pop and Gran' were trying to get them in bed and they were going to put Dalton in the playpen (because he is still sleeping his crib at home) and Jameson was going to sleep in a big bed with Pop (because he is already sleeping in a twin size bed at home). These boys went in the room where the playpen was and both said they wanted to sleep in the playpen. Of couse, they sweet talked Gran' and Pop into this! Pop said they were both asleep in five minutes and slept together all night! They also took naps together and slept together the next few nights too! These pics are keepers, I think! So precious!

Wearing Gran's glasses. Is this hilarious or what?

Gran' and Dalton took a field trip one day to Pop's work. Gran' said that when Dalton saw the star on the wall he said "Pop's star!" because that star looks like the one Pop's police car. That is Pop's hat he has on too! (Notice the words on the sign above his head..."CID-Narcotics Division". Maybe not the best photo opp. for a 2 year old?!)

Love this picture! Note the plant in the background...my dad has had this plant for the longest time. It's a silk marijuana plant! What are you doing with my son, Pop? Ha!

I'm not sure what Dalton is doing in this picture. Maybe he thinks Pop's desk is dirty and he needs to clean it up?

And here are these 2 sweet boys. I can not believe these boys are this old already! They had a great time at Gran' and Pop's and many more to come!

Take me to the Zoo!

We went to the Memphis Zoo on the first day of summer break with Gran'. Dalton was so excited to see the animals, mostly the elephants. We got to go to a sealion show, ride on the bus, and ride on the carousel. He was a trooper. We tried to talk him into riding in the stroller, but he was determined to walk and did walk the entire zoo the whole day. Needless to say, the boy was worn out by the time the day was over. I think he was asleep about 2 minutes after we got out of the parking lot. He said his favorite thing was the fountains. Most of the day, he was looking for the next fountain instead of looking at the animals!

Taking a bus ride with dad

Petting a boa python.

Nothin' like a ride on dad's shoulders.

Okay, this was pretty funny. Dalton saw this tree with a hole cut out in it and the cute little panda bear in the hole. On his own, he sat down in the hole and began posing for the camera. The boy is becoming very photogenic for the paparazzi!

I'm telling you...very photogenic!

Favorite part of all was the fountains! We go to the zoo and he likes the fountains...go figure. I think he will love Wild River Country!

Sealion show, but Dalton kept calling them dolphins. Close enough!

Before we even made it to the interstate....

....with only a few seconds between the picture above and this picture below....

....he is out!
Thanks Gran'! As you can see, Gran' could not let us leave the zoo without a some souveniers...a hat and a t-shirt. We had a great time at the zoo!