SuMmEr Is FiNaLlY.....Here

 Summer is in full swing here and it didn't come a minute too soon! Anna had her 5th birthday in June which means she will be going to SCHOOL next year...yikes!!!! I can hardly believe it has been 5 years since that little ray of sunshine came into our lives. Not much has changed here recently...we are all just a little bit older. We are still praising God for the blessings he continues to pour out on us daily!

Anna and I have been busy doing fun activities like going to the library's story time and puppet show's every week. Not to mention the TONNNS of books we have been reading! We have also been able to go to the Grand Caverns in Grottoes which was really neat...I love Summer because there are always so many fun things to do together (if you can deal with the heat).

We are leaving Saturday to go to Lake Anna for a week with our friends the Hostetler's...we are very excited to be able to have this vacation as a family with our buddies:)...I will post some pictures when we get back.

This is the tree I have been sitting/laying under outside and read while Anna run's widely doing as she pleases...it is actually really cool under there!

 Our little cousin Luke came to visit and stayed with us for two weeks! He and Anna had such an awesome time together...and it was so nice because Luke lives in GA and we live in VA...so we don't get to see him as often as we'd like. On the 4th of July we took a little trip right up the road to the Frontier Cultural Museum.  It is a really cool place where you can explore how different countries such as South Africa, Germany, Ireland, etc... lived in the 1600's-1800's but most importantly *~AMERICA the beautiful~* There were all sorts of festivities going on there that day to celebrate the 4th. Here is a little info on the FCM:  
The Frontier Culture Museum tells the story of the thousands of people who migrated to colonial America, and of the life they created here for themselves and their descendents. These first pioneers came to America during the 1600s and 1700s from communities in the hinterlands of England, Germany, Ireland, and West Africa. Many were farmers and rural craftsmen set in motion by changing conditions in their homelands, and drawn to the American colonies by opportunities for a better life. Others came as unwilling captives to work on farms and plantations. Regardless of how they arrived, all became Americans, and all contributed to the success of the colonies, and of the United States. Here are Joey, Anna, and Luke holding the weirdest looking chicken ever...I want to say this was @ the German settlement. 

American settlement 1800's

England

England

East Africa

Ireland

 Here are more random photo's from this SuMmEr so far*****

Anna, Nathan, and Luke @ the fireman's carnival in Waynesboro

Cousins playing barbies in Papa's pond

Slumber party

One of Anna's best buddies, Marie

She always wants to have her pic taken on the target ball...

Ice cream face

One of our many trips to Philly

It was finally warm enough for the park!!

Love and Kisses!!!