Carlie is 10!

10 years ago on June 18th, our family was blest with a beautiful, small(compared to her sisters), bundle of joy! Carlie has been an energetic, happy, fun, caring, sweet girl for all of her 10 years. Being our youngest, we tend to still think of her as our baby, even though she tells us she is getting older. How could have 10 years gone by so quickly? DOUBLE DIGITS! I am still in shock. Carlie is terribly excited about this milestone in her life. I as a Mom am a little sad that she has to grow up.....

Here are 10 Things we love about Carlie:

1. She always says "I love you Mom" several times a day.
2. She is full of energy-if the energizer bunny is looking for a replacement, she is your girl!
3.She loves Jesus with all her heart!
4. She is a friend you want to have-she will take care of you and love you no matter what .
5. She is extremely talented on the Wii, Playstation, Nintendo DS...and competitive(must get that from her dad) .
6.She is a terribly picky eater..but with all her good qualities, we can overlook that.
7.She is musically talented..singing,piano,violin, dancing.
8.She truly cares about other people and their feelings.
9.She always has a smile on her face, even in the morning.
10. There is no one else on earth like her, and we are so glad she is ours!

Happy Father's Day

Tim we all want you to know that we think you are a GREAT dad! You show such extreme patience with all your girls (and we know that can be hard), are willing to help with whatever or whenever, and still act like a kid at heart (especially when competing on the Wii or Playstation)! We love you and think you are the best!

It's A Sad Day.......

As many of you know, Carlie is a, shall we say, challenged ( um..picky) eater. We were thrilled this winter, when we could all go to Panera and eat together, usually Carlie requires a separate restaurant drive by. Carlie found out she LOVED Panera's Tomato Soup! It became her favorite restaurant! It was a SAD day last week, when we went and found the Tomato Soup has been removed for a Summer seasonal soup. Carlie just had bread that day. I told Panera they had broken my child's heart. We are hoping it returns this Fall!

Doesn't she look so happy!

Charter School Smith Island Adventure!

Carlie's 4/5th class got to go on a 3 day trip to Smith Island, an island in the Chesapeake Bay. While they were there, they got to learn all kind of things about the bay,crabs,marshes,and water. What a wonderful experience! Enjoy the pictures!

The Awakening

The National Harbor is finally open...to some extent. They have brought in the sculpture "The Awakening". I had seen a movie years ago with this sculpture, and was excited to see that they had moved it to the National Harbor. The girls enjoyed climbing all over him.

SOCCER

The girls are all doing Spring soccer this year. Ashley and Bethany are on the same team, which makes getting them all to practice a litte easier. Ash and Beth's team is called the Pyromaniacs...yes Ashley chose the name again this year.

Both of the girls love to play Defender, but Bethany has ventured up to being a striker and almost scoring a goal.

Carlie is on the U10 and still plays co-ed, although her team is a majority of girls. I feel bad but I don't even know her team name, I have not got to see any of Carlie's games yet, as I have been gone every weekend. Tim tells me she does great. I am looking forward to watching one this weekend!


Ashley is into wearing crazy socks. Especially crazy argyle ones!

DiscipleNow 2008

This past weekend, our church and 2 others hosted Disciple Now. This is a weekend event where youth kids get together to get fired up about being a Chirstian, and to dig a little deeper into what that means. We had a fabulous speaker for the weekend, Jacque who really laid out some great messages for the kids to think about. Also he was extremely funny. We hosted a group of 8 middle school girls...need I say more!

Our girls really enjoyed the weekend and learned a lot. Here are some pictures of the girls during their free time that weekend.