A Few Funny Ancelet Kid Stories...

Abel story:
In looking for a 10 dollar bill this morning and telling my kids we'd leave for the swim team pizza party once I found it, Abel tells me he has it... Breaks out a lunch box (which he packed w 5 granola bars and 3 mystery fruits from a tree in front of the pool)... He pulls out $100 dollars. He got into my bank deposit to have some snack bar money!!! What????
I am so thankful I lost $10 in order to find $100!!! Note to self... Keep EVERYTHING out of reach of Abel.


Addie story:
It was bed time this past Saturday night... Avery was having a friend spend the night and Addie came in my room and said "Nobody likes me"... I figured it was because her sister and her friend maybe weren't paying attention to her. I said "I like you... in fact, I love you. Why don't you come crawl in bed with me and let's hang out." She walked out and decided to go cry to her daddy. Ted was finishing his prep work for the sermon on Sunday morning and Addie went to him... "Daddy, nobody likes me." He said "Addie, why do you say that?" and she said (as she was crying) "no one likes me because I am so different". He said "What makes you different?" and she said "Everyone else was born in Texas and I was born in Tennessee". REALLY? (did I mention that my sweet Addie tends to be a little dramatic). Ted reminded her that though we (being him, me, Avery and Aidan) were all born in Texas... but Abel was born in Ethiopia. So you both weren't born in Texas and It makes you special... not different.
She didn't buy it.

Another Addie story...
Today I was braiding her hair and we were heading out to meet friends for icecream. I said "You guys need to be on your best behavior when we go to Chic Fil A". She reached her pinky back to me... I instantly got where she was going with it... She was giving me a pinky promise that she would be on her best behavior. I said "Addie! A pinky promise?! Thank you!" and she replied "this pinky promise is JUST GOOD for today". :-)

I seriously have something happen just about every HOUR that I could write down.. I never do. I need to. I decided to start putting them on our family blog so we can remember these things that happen. Life goes by too fast!!!

I love being a mom... it is such entertainment! and hard! and fun! and trying!

On the blog again...

I can't wait to get on the blog again...

I have been a HORRIBLE blogger these last past... WELL, A LONG TIME.

Here are a few highlights from our summer....

1. This summer we have LIVED at the swimming pool.

All of the 3 big kids are doing swim team. Tonight we actually have our last swim meet. I can't believe it's already ending. They have LOVED doing swim team and I have loved spending time w friends at the pool. We have several families from our church that go to our pool. It's been fun having lunch out there just about every day and sometimes even taking our dinner out there.


This is Addie and Audrey (above).

Aidan has been a GREAT swimmer this year. I can't believe how daring he is. He loves doing flips off the diving board and he is really doing well in swim team. He has brought home lots of ribbons. Avery and Addie have too. I would say though that he is our fastest swimmer.


I love Abel's hair at the pool. So fun and curly.
Sad to say... he looks like this (below) very often. He is definitely going through the "twos". WOW. He's so cute and he knows it :-)
2. CHARLOTTE IS MARRIED!!!
On May 30th - we were ALL in Charlotte and Critter's wedding. I was the Matron of Honor, Avery and Addie were flower girls, Aidan and Abel were ring bearers... and Ted married them. It was a wonderful day! BEAUTIFUL WEDDING!!!!


3. We had an AMAZING vacation with friends (The Horne Family) at North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. It was an incredible 7 days of total relaxation (unless a kid was throwing a fit :-). We enjoyed beach time every day, great food... either that Angela made (pre-made) or at a restaurant in the area. We all went to see Toy Story. I did photoshoots for the Horne's and their extended family (they gave us a condo for a week in exchange for the photos). We watched movies. LAUGHED A LOT and just had a great time!!!





4. We also went on a mission trip to Kentucky (see post below for the slideshow of our trip).

5. I've done pictures at 1 big wedding and two small weddings this summer. Also, I have been a second shooter with a friend who has a photography business. I also have three more weddings coming up - BUSY TIMES!!!

School starts on Aug 17th. The kids will be going to "part time" school. (that's what I call it). They will go to school 3 days a week and homeschool 2 days a week. Avery will be in 4th, Aidan will be in 2nd grade and Addie will repeat Kindergarten.
SCHOOL YEAR - HERE WE COME!

Family Mission Trip

Our family went on a mission trip this past week (3 days) to Cumberland, KY. Our church had a group go (they went for 5 days) to run a day camp for kids in the Cumberland, KY area.

Here is a slideshow from the days we were there...



We had a great week. Our kids (Ave, Aidan, Addie and Abel) had a great time and asked if we can go for the whole week next time. They loved being in those kid's world and participating in the camp. Our church did crafts, games, story time, helped in the kitchen, helped w the music... it was a great week ministering to the kids of Cumberland, KY in the name of JESUS :-)