While the kids are asleep:)

 Shay is the bartender...the bar is always open;) 

 Cheers for Ben's Birthday!

Monitoring the children from the garage:)

Games!!! (g-ma is not drunk, she is laughing at herself for playing the game as if she is at the bowling alley:)

We stay up WAY too late at the lake.  Most late nights consist of games & shots. (only if you want to;)  One by one the group trickles off to bed.  I am typically one of the last ones standing.  I guess its in my nature not to want to miss out on the fun.  Fun is definately in the equation at the lake!  Good times!

Hospital...

A certain someone in our life was in the hospital having surgery a couple weeks ago.  That certain someone is very special to us and she is at home now in recovery mode.  We are so thankful that everything went good and she is at home taking it easy.  I spent a few days at the hospital and the girls joined us there a couple times.  It's a bit much to have little ones running around the hospital room but they did a good job.  They especially loved sitting on the hospital bed.  In the last picture Liv is icing her head;) 

the box that daddy built...

Lateaf built the girls a sand box from a DIY project found on pinterest.  I showed him the idea and he ran with hit adding some of his own character:)  The blue tarp is there to protect us from the rain, which we have had slim to none of, but we're ready in case:)  Eventually we will put outdoor fabric over the top of it.  The girls love their very own sandbox!

Concert in the park

Last night we ventured out to our nearby park for a free concert in the park.  It was a beautiful night with a couple drops of rain.  I had a blast listening to the music and watching the girls run around in the grass.  At one point Liv went up to this much older boy who was pulling the grass out in clumps and throwing it up in the air.  Liv joined him.  Harper went over there too and then looked back at our reaction to see if this was ok.  We shook our heads no and at one point I looked at Teaf and said, "I mean it's not ok to pull the grass and throw it in the air right?"  He agreed. :) We then had Harper attempt to bring her sis back to us.  It was pretty cute watching her try to guide her sis away from the boy.  It was a success.  I especially enjoyed the people watching.  There was this couple (in their 60's) who got up and danced a few songs.  It was really sweet to watch. 

Wedding season...

 eatin cake with daddy

 cheesin

 and more cheesin

 sistermoon

 what a great picture of the g-rents:)

 Cousin Ian & Kristen

Shay & Jay

Cousin Eric married Emily a couple weekends ago at the Durham Museum.  It was a beautiful wedding and a lot of fun.  I didn't take many pictures and didn't even get one of the bride and groom.  The girls had a BLAST dancing the night away.  They were dancing until like 11pm. -LATE-  Liv was all over the place dancing while raising the roof.  Harper too was a dancin machine and was even trying to break dance.  Yay for wedding season:)