There were 13 stations with different activities...the dress-ups were the most popular with Vivian and Kate. Vivian went to do other things, but was always right back to dressing up after only a few minutes. She loved that.

 Queen/bride Vivian

  Butterfly Kate Kate

 Diva Julia!! She wore that piece of orange material on her head almost the whole time :)

 We sat at a round table together to work with clay. Cohen concentrated pretty well.

 Mason

 Kate liked trying out the tools.

 Julia

 Jax and Lilah

 Hi, Caleb!! Cutie!

This will be something we can do every now and then, and would be fun for Aaron to take them on a daddy date to do on a Saturday. I think if there's more one-on-one or two, you can focus more on specific projects. We also painted and drew, and did puppet shows. 

Hooray for the Taubman Museum of Art!

K in the front: Mom, do I have to do this?

Vivian is at the top right corner.

She switched back and forth from crying and coming to sit in my lap, and deciding she wanted to try again. Each time she got back up there, she stood there with her finger in her mouth, looking at the floor :) 

Vivian had a thing for putting her hands in her pockets. But once she got into the songs, they came out and she was doing all the motions.

Two-year-old in front of tons of people: hmmmm...very unpredictable. But memorable!

They really loved preschool this year. Bethel has been so good to us! However, for convenience reasons, they are switching to another preschool for next year (it's so much closer). We will miss the director and all the teachers and friends at Bethel, though!

Salem can now be thankful for a brand new Chick-fil-A on Main Street :)

We have been watching it being built for several months and the girls (who am I kidding...me too) have anticipated its opening. Yesterday was the day! Of course we didn't go, but we did drive past on Wednesday to see how much fuss there was. People were camping out to be the first in line on Thursday morning so they could get free sandwiches for a year. 

We look forward to many lunches and playtimes at the new hot spot!

On Sunday afternoon we spent a few hours at the Salem Red Sox baseball game (thanks, WDBJ7 Deal of the Day for half price tickets!). The girls were pretty hyper and had a grand time. They tried to follow along for the first few innings (Is he going to hit the ball or miss? How fast is he going to run? He did it, Mom! Look how high the ball is!) but then focused more on snacks, dancing, and making friends with the little girl in the row in front of us for the rest of the time.

Awesome family day.

From left to right: my Dad, Aunt Stella, Aunt Julie, my Granny (Mary), Uncle Paul, Aunt Vickie

On Saturday on our way home from the beach, we stopped in Lucama for the Flores family reunion. My Dad and Stephen met us there also. It was a great afternoon for eating good food and playing outside! I actually didn't know many of the people there, but of course my aunts and uncles and some cousins were there so we stuck together :)

It was encouraging to see Vivian and Kate recognize family (they're getting old enough to start putting all the pieces together...) and play with their cousin Hannah.

The shoes were Kate's favorite part of the afternoon!

Of course the dress is gorgeous and we were so honored that we were able to see it. The girls were so excited to do this with me...a wonderful thing about having girls :)

It's hard to sleep in on a Saturday morning when a special little girl keeps piling toys on top of your head :)

Hint, hint, Daddy: wake up, I'm ready to play!

The face and intonation of the voice that Vivian uses when she is explaining something to Kate or asking her a question (or trying to convince her of something) is priceless.

 Caleb is getting so big! He stuffed his face and all around his face with the yummy desserts that were served. His tiny two-week-old sister Presley was there, too, for me to steal for kisses.

 Our friend Cole has a big personality :) Vivian declared afterwards that Cole is her new best friend.

 I walked around with my camera and found Nic and Jeremy helping the kids on the seesaw.

 I think Cole wanted to get off, what do you think?!

Vivian and Addison on the swings. Addison hung out there for a while...no doubt she loves to swing!

We are going to the Bahamas with most of this group in June for the Interstate Batteries Convention. Can't wait!

 John and Scottie joined our picture so we wouldn't take ourselves too seriously :)

 One of Aaron's great friends, Tony, goofing off for the camera...

 I promised Vivian I would take a picture with Kaitlyn so she could see her dressed as a bride.

Congratulations, friends! 

We have two more weddings in our church body this summer...an exciting time!

Thanks to Joey and Tasha for keeping the girls for us that day :)

Sorry to leave you for a whole week with such a pitiful picture to look at (Kate's tears). Does this make up for it?!

I have some updates: a wedding, cookout, last day of Bible study, etc...be on the lookout!