Another Great Day at the Lake!

In June, we went back to Center Hill Lake and rented a pontoon boat.  Aunt Lori and Uncle Bill along with Aunt Karla and Uncle Mike joined us for this fun day.  Mr. Gary let us borrow his jet skis and boy did everyone have a good time flying around on those!  Uncle Mike even threw himself off doing a spin stunt!  Aunt Karla said there was no way she was riding with him!  The weather was perfect and we had a great time being together enjoying the sun, the water and lots of laughs.  We are so blessed to have days like this...and friends who share toys! 

 The kids feeding the turtles at Center Hill Lake.  Good thing we brought extra bread - they were hungry lil guys!

Danielle doesn't want to sit around - she's either jumping off the boad or zooming around on the jet ski.  Uncle Bill thought he should play it safe and go slow - Danielle had other things in mind....she grabbed the throttle, said "No, Uncle Bill - like this" and they took off towards 60mph!  Oooff....she's gonna be trouble!

John Tanner and Aunt Lori gettin' some rays on the boat!

Danielle on the jet ski with her aunts Lori and Karla.  WooHoo, watch those babes go fast!
 

Cousin Adler comes to visit!!!

 Lil' man Adler comes into town to celebrate Danielle's 6th birthday.  We were so excited to have him and Aunt Sara here all the way from Sarasota, Florida to share in the fun of Danielle's birthday party.
We had so much fun at the swimming pool, playing in the backyard, having light saber fights, blowing bubbles, reading stories about the Moon and playing at the gym for the party!

 Danielle and Aunt Sara work on the giant Princess puzzle.  Can they get it all together????

TaDa!  They did it! 

Adler is multi-talented.....he can float and wink all at the same time.  What a cutie!

Adler giving JT bunny ears....or maybe it is antenaes! 

Adler's BIG splash on the water slide!

Danielle loves nothing more in the summer than to make a water park out of her playground set.  Here she is coming down the slide onto the slip-n-slide mat to scoot across the lawn in a watery bliss!

Summer Angel! 

Adler blowing bubbles on the deck, trying to get them to land on JT. 

 My sweet boy enjoying the summer afternoon on the deck watching his sister and cousin Adler be silly.

Don't really have words for this pic - just kind of speaks for itself.

Sweet Murphy Brown.  This is my mother's 9 year old chocolate lab.  He is the bestest dog and takes good care of Mimi.  We love when he gets to come visit.  He has such sweet eyes and is so handsome!
 

Danielle's 6th Birthday Party

For Danielle's 6th Birthday Party, she chose to have her party at Let It Shine Gymnastics.  She and her friends had a great time on the Zip Line, Trampoline, swinging from the Rope Swing and  dropping into the Ball Pit, bouncing in the Bounce House and to finish up the day, Danielle got to swing in the bungee swing above all her friends while they tried to grab her feet!  She was very excited and had so much fun with everyone.  This is her Princess Cake she chose from Publix. 

Danielle listening to the kids sing "Happy Birthday" - we really didn't have room for candles on her Very, Merry Princess Cake!!!  Happy 6th Birthday to our little princess!  She is growing up way to fast.

 

 Danielle in the bungee swing with all her friends

Danielle's 6th Birthday!

 Danielle's first present opened this morning....her very own little Titi carved for her by Papa!  She was so excited that she carried it around everywhere we went for her special day.  Mommy took the day off from work and Grandma watched JT so Dani and I could spend a fun filled day together....just us girls!  I had lots planned for her - first Mother/Daughter manicures and pedicures (her first), a new Summer "Bob" haircut for her, lunch and shopping .  We really made a day of it and it was precious to me to spend some one on one time with just her.  Memories were created that I will always cherish....my special day with my 6 year old!

 Danielle's pedicure - getting her feet "flip flop" pretty for summer!

Danielle sits in a "princess" salon chair, just her size, to soak her feet and get her pedicure and manicure.  She likes the bubbles and massaging chair! 

 Danielle's new manicure with sparkly blue fingernail polish!