Vacation 2011

That's a lot of grandchildren!!!

What a blessing to be on vacation with my family, especially the lady in the middle in the red shirt, that's my grandmother (our bka Old Mamaw from Tennessee, that's what our kids call her)

 Love this picture of Timmy & Collin

 

 Love this picture of Grayson Faye

 Our sweet Shelby Leigh

 A picture of me & my sweet baby

 Shelby got picked to be in the alligator show at Fudpuckers

 What a  handsome boy

 I asked the kids to do something silly & this is what they come up with

 This is my Bubby, he and Timmy have been friends as long as I can remember, aren't they so handsome

 Love this picture, my Bubby, my parents & my baby sis

Okay, I know that is a lot of pictures to take in, it was hard to choose which one's to post. Timmy & I took over 200 pictures on vacation. We had the best time, yes all 19 of us, 10 kids & 9 adults, we kept joking all week that we were out numbered, ha! It will be a vacation that we will treasure for many years, the kids all had a great time  together, we all did!! We even went out to eat all 19 of us a few times, especially the day it was  Cooper's 1 year gotcha day anniversary. We are actually going to try & do it again next year, yes we are that crazy, ha!! Seriously I thanked God every day that we got to have this week together, what a blessing!!!!! 

Fun days with sweet friends & family

Our family of 6 got to spend a day with Timmy's big family at the park, everyone had a great time. Gotta love a big family get together!

All the kids had a balloon toss

 2 of my beautiful nieces

Waiting for the Fireworks at Uncle Troys & Aunt Amys

Cooper's 1st time with a sparkler, he LOVED it!!

 Playdate with Lucy, precious, she got little attention from my kids, ha!!

 Melt my heart

 Grayson Faye loves babies

Kristy, Lucy & me, Grayson Faye took this picture,

Love these 2 precious girls & thanks for a great playdate, can't wait for another one!!!!

Next post, hopefully vacation pictures! Hope everyone is having an awesome summer & making memories with their family& friends that will last a lifetime!!!

Blessings!

One year home!!

 Shelby made Cooper's homecoming poster

 Collin, Shelby & Grayson could not wait

 Our sweet baby boy did a lot of this his 1st couple of days home

And now, he does a lot of this for a boy 1 yr ago today was unsure of going to the pool, unsure of alot of things, now can swim like a little fish & loves keeping up with his bubby & sissy's. Cooper has been home for 1yr, but for us it seems like he's always been with us, we love this sweet boy more than words & cannot imagine what life would be like without him, he's our super Cooper. We love you sweet boy!!!!!!

July 12, 2010, Gotcha Day!!!

Meeting our precious boy for the very 1st time

There they are, those big brown eyes that melted our hearts

Words cannot not be found how I felt holding our baby boy for the 1st time

Okay, I know today is not July 12th, we have been on vacation & my hubby & I decided not to take a laptop on vacation & text very little. But let me tell ya we celebrated big on our baby boy's gotcha day anniversary. We played at the beach all day, went out to eat with all of my family over looking the bay in Destin & had ice-cream.

Words cannot describe how much we love this sweet boy & what a BLESSING he is in our life. We thank God for him every day & cannot imagine our lives without him!!!!!!!!!

We love you Cooper Charles Habtamu!!!!

A special 4th of July

Happy 2 yrs home sweet Lola Joy

 What a beautiful homecoming this was!

We love you Lolee, your are a true "Joy" to everyone around you. We feel totally blessed to be a part of your life.  God's promise, wow!!!

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for JOY and I will give thanks to him in song.  Psalm 28:7

Trust in "HIM"!!! The Stanley's did!!!!!!

Sorry this has taken so long, Shelby's 5th grade graduation

Shelby & Keegan, they had a blast together on their 5th grade D.C. Trip

Shelby and Darci, don't they look beautiful in their black & cream dresses

 Shelby and Brennan

 Shelby and Jack Austin, these 2 have been friends since they were like 3 yrs old

 Shelby and her Grammie

 Thanks Grammie for taking this picture of the 6 of us, every one's looking in the same place, ha!!!

 Now in Middle School, ugh!!!

Our sweet Shelby Leigh is officially in middle school. Wow, it's seems like she was just graduating from kindergarten, ugh!!!! We are so proud of the young lady that she is, she has the biggest heart, full of compassion & she has this save the world kind of personality, we remind her that those are the qualities that teachers/people will remember for years to come. We love you sweet Shelbers and have no doubt that you will continue with the same sweet, loving, loves everybody kind of personality that you've always had & will be a good example to others.



Timmy & I will have TWO in middle school and TWO  in pre-school, wow, it's kinda crazy around here but we wouldn't have it any other way & We feel totally blessed!!

Shelby's 5th grade D.C. trip

The National Cathedral

Mt. Vernon
Shelby & 2 of her best buds at Mt. Vernon

Shelby & I took this from George Washington's back porch

Mt. Vernon

Some of Shelby's friends

World War II Monument
Shelby Leigh in front of the White House
The Washington Monument
Me & my girl
Shelby in front of the Lincoln Memorial & Shelby's favorite president Shelby & some of her buds at the FDR Memorial

Shelby in front of the Wright Brother's plane
Shelby & her friend at 1 of the Wright brothers displays
Changing of the guard
Tomb of the unknown soldier
The Eternal Flame
Arlington Cemetery

Shelby & I had a great time on her 5th grade trip to D.C. The places we visited & the history that we got to experience was very surreal, Mt. Vernon was our favorite, we could have stayed there all day. It will be a trip that we will never forget. I feel totally blessed that Shelby has such a great group of friends. Thanks Shelby Leigh for letting me tag along, love ya!!!!!!