Aubrey and her baby SISTER!

My reasoning for taking the ultrasound pictures to Aubrey's two year appointment is this: She usually freaks out when anyone she doesn't know tries to make her do anything. She wants to cling to me and cry at the thought of being taken from me. She likes familiar things, so I figured it would help. Well, ended up we didn't need to have these at all. It worked out well for the photographer though, because she was in training and they don't get to do to many maternity(ish) photo shoots during that time. It's just a "whenever they come in" sort of thing. I thought they turned out pretty cute!

4 generations

We were privileged to get to see Adam's Grandma (Profitt) Ballard for a little while this summer. She was on her way (via Aunt Dessie) to Dayton to stay for a while so we met up for lunch in Florence. She is such a funny lady! She was in knots about her haircut - I'm telling you, you should have heard the stuff she was saying she'd do if she got a hold of that hairdressers hair! Her humor was definitely passed down and likely even through to Aubrey! :)

Randomness from the summer

Just look at those beautiful baby blues!

Does life get much better than this?

Clean-up time! Aunt Stephanie must have been saying something interesting!

Two people that make my life complete!

June Happenings

Poor Aubrey ended up with some sort of a stomach problem while we were there. Thankfully, she loved grandma's potty and spent quite a bit of time there. :)
how did this end up being the FIRST picture?! The loveseat really was long enough for Aubrey...she just had herself crammed up to the end of it.

Bless their hearts for putting up with us for 10 days! We slept in the living room on the pull-out couch with an air matress on top of it. Aubrey slept on their love seat which was pushed up against our bed as an extra wall! Here, Grandma and Aubrey are enjoying being together!

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!With "peepaw"

On our way to Canton. Aubrey really got to know and like Mandy.

With Monique. She's our bud!

Keegan was my student our first year down there. I taught him 1st grade. What a kid!

I love this little girl SO MUCH!

Relaxing and enjoying apples!

With her toy that Grandma and Grandpa got her. She had so much fun with it!

This child loves lemons!

Adam specifically wanted to make sure he got some marinated conch while he was there. As you can see, Dad has other thoughts about the stuff!

At Seaharvest Restaurant

Momma and her girl on vacation!!

If you enlarge the pic you can see the lizard they are trying to catch. Aubrey liked the idea, but didn't want to follow through!

Tuckered out. Fell right asleep on Grandpa!

It's not true family time without a few games of Rook! Mom and I are the best...Dad and Adam just haven't figured out our ways yet. ;)

My sweet mother-in-law enjoying some coconut pudding.

Aubrey also enjoys the coconut pudding. It was made especially for her by Sis. Glenda. She made it for her when we lived down there and even though Aubrey was quite a bit younger, she still loved it!

Nikita - we're so proud of her. She plans to come to GBS this fall if everything works out for her.

Jarrett has a special place in our hearts. He was one of the faithful attenders of our youth group. He and Adam became very good friends in the 2 years we were there.

Well, lots has happened since I last posted. Summer is a busy time for most people it seems and for us, that is no exception. May is always a crazy month with IHC, VIP day (now, for us), graduations, etc. June, this year, took a different spin. We left June 4th and headed to the beautiful Island of Grand Cayman to visit Mom and Dad Profitt, see old friends and students and also attend WCA's graduation ceremony. We had a wonderful time down there and everyone was so happy to see Aubrey, especially. Can I blame them?! Anyway, several of "our" kids graduated this year and we really wanted to be there to help make their day special. We returned home on the 14th (15th early morning, actually!!) only to do laundry and repack our suitcases. We traveled with Faith Trio for the last 2 weeks of the month. They are not only a great sounding group, but they are so much fun to travel with. Aubrey really made some buddies in the van those 2 weeks. Seems weird that after being that close with the group we aren't going to see them anymore this summer. They'd better not forget us! ;)

Fun Stuff!

A while back my parents got this rocking chair for Aubrey. It's so cute and just her size! She will enjoy this for years to come! Thanks again, Mamaw and Papaw!

We've been looking on Craigslist for a little while now for something like this for Aubrey to climb around on. Well, when I received the email that it was still available I hopped in the truck and headed to Florence. Aubrey was SO very excited to have her new "toy"!! :)

Family!!

For some reason I can't get this comment above the pic. Oh well. This has to be my favorite pic of my 2 favorite people in the whole world! :)

Suzie sportin' Aunt Val's shoes.

Aubrey and Olivia watching Suzanna play in the closet.

My baby girl!

My niece, Olivia, getting ready to go home. She was so sleepy!

Eric, Meg and baby Will! :)

Wouldn't you know it...the little girls look great and I'm the one with my eyes about closed!

What a sweet little guy - Will. So happy to have him in our family!

This past Sunday night was Dr. Taylor's last camp meeting service to preach at here at GBS. Knowing this (and the fact that Adam and I were supposed to sing, which didn't happen :), I invited my parents to come down for the service. My dad served with Dr. Taylor on the board quite a few years ago (I think!). I knew that he loved and respected him and thought they might want to be here for that. Anyway, Sunday afternoon I heard they were coming. I was so excited to see them. And then I didn't even get decent pics of them! Anyway, Aubrey was so excited to see them when she woke up from her nap and even cuddled with pappaw for a good little bit, which she rarely does. They kept Aubrey for us while we practiced again before the service, which was very helpful. Right as the service was getting ready to start I looked at the door and saw my brother and his family. This was a complete and totally awesome surprise! Aubrey was again tickled to death! All I can say is I'm glad I had to be on the platform most of the service, so I didn't have to sit in the 3-ring circus that was likely taking place in their row! Mom said they were very good. After service I was privileged to entertain my family and Grandma Yount (not that she's not family, but you know...), as well as the Alley's. It's not something I get to do very often as I'm usually the one going to mom's house, etc. It was fun. I'd like to do it again. Seriously, guys! Anyway, it was also great to have the Alley's in my home. I can remember our family holding revival services for them when they lived in WV. We would stay with them so I told Sis. Alley it was about time for some payback from me! :)

Happy Easter!

Finally, here are a few pics from our Easter. It was quite different than any other Easter I have celebrated, but hey, who says they all have to be the same?! After singing in our church's cantata we came home to find our house full of flying ants. Joy. Making a longer story shorter, Adam worked hard to get them all killed and cleaned up. Our house was then filled with chemical, so we ditched the lunch plans and decided to grill out and eat on the porch. (Don't have a table out there, but the chairs are comfy and our laps held our plates just fine!) After our lunch we grabbed the Easter basket that Aubrey had received from church the week before - she didn't know it...it had been kept on the counter all week - and headed back out to hide the eggs. She wasn't too enthused, but after finding that there was chocolate in there, she changed her tune a little! She LOVED eating the chocolate. The first pic shows it all...chocolate all over her face! :) Anyway, it was a good day. He is Risen. He is Risen, indeed!

These pictures are just in case you forgot what Adam and I look like. As I mentioned in the post earlier today, the pictures are from my phone, so that is why the quality is poorer than usual. The picture of Adam was taken when he was speaking at the Aldersgate Academy Junior/Senior Banquet on Friday night. He did a great job and the kids loved it! The picture of me was taken (actually to send to my mom) on the way to the banquet. Mom made my dress for Sarah Ann's wedding several years ago. I'm glad it still fit! :)