Beautiful Photos of my Beautiful Girls

I've really been wanting some photos of the girls together. So I asked a member of the youth, who fancied herself a photographer, if she could take some photos of the girls.  

The look so incredibly beautiful!!

And they're so incredibly funny when we try to get a photo of them together.  Since they were little, I have photos like these!

I think these are some of my favorites. 

I also wanted to take some individual photos of the girls as well.  But Bekah didn't want the photo to be in the blue dress so she changed. 

And then later I grabbed another cute photo of Bekah at home. 

Happy Mother's Day 2017

Happy Mother's Day to me!  We celebrated by getting some great family photos!

And also with handmade earrings from Lydia, pretty flowers, and a clean car courtesy of my family.

And then I convinced the girls to recreate this Mother's Day photo with me.  

Our Current Home Improvement Project

David's best friend, Shane, started working for a painter, and he and David got to talking about how easy it would be to repaint our kitchen cabinets.  

So we all pitched in a sanded the finish off the cabinet doors, Shane and David tackled the other parts of the cabinets. 

And in no time, we had a completely new kitchen!

I'll post before an after photos later!

 

A Pirate's Life for Me

8th Grade Promotion - Photo Choices

Lydia disagrees with my photo choices for her 8th grade promotion. 

Beware of Pirates

 

My Two Girls - In Emojis

So, this totally cracked me up, so I had to screenshot this conversation.  

David sent the girls a sweet note in our family group chat:

"Hey Girls! Just wanted to say how much I love you and miss you! I can't wait to get back to you! Have a wonderful Thursday and know that I'm thinking about you and praying for you all day!"  And then he sent several emojis.

Bekah responded with one kiss emoji.  Lydia responded with two texts, all caps, with six emojis.  Haha!! Their personality differences are hilarious!

 

Loving them for who they are...

...and who they will become.

 

Our 2017 So Far - April

Here's a quick rundown of our 2017 so far:

Rebekah applied for Columbia State Community College for dual enrollment classes.  Yes, she applied TO COLLEGE!

We took this cute picture, so it needed a place here on my blog. 

Bekah went on her first date.  It was a double date.  And we went to a movie in the same theater so we could be close by (and give her a ride...since we still aren't comfortable with her being in the car with new drivers). 

Mom sent me this text asking David to download Grandma's favorite son for the funeral, and she got her caps lock turned on my accident, and it just made me laugh so hard.  I love watching my mom struggle with technology. 

Chloe Cave did a presentation on David's missions for her school project. 

Since Bekah hasn't taken the SAT yet, she had to take a placement exam at the college.  She totally aced the exam! (Of course!)

Bekah sang on the youth worship team again. 

There was a scary incident with the police while Lydia and David were out at dinner.  I got this scary text from David (but also reassuring me that he did not jump into the fray on this one...like when he ran into a burning building!). 

I later found the story online, and later, when we were in the area again, we saw the bullet hole in the shop window!

Bekah got to celebrate her friend Savannah's birthday.  Her parents arranged for her to spend time with different friends in two hour blocks all day. What a fun idea!

And Bekah got to celebrate Rachel's birthday with her.  She chose to invite some friends for dinner and a photoshoot in downtown Franklin. 

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