Lazy weekend

We had a lazy weekend and really enjoyed not doing too much especially since we've been on the go the past 3 weeks. It was nice to have a break and rest up! Here are just a few pictures to hold Pete and Nana over until we see them in a few weeks at the beach!

Wrestling with Daddy : )

We had some friends from church over Sunday afternoon for lunch. Our girls played-- Kinsey watched Elizabeth's every move and laughed at everything she did!
While the girls were playing, Jacob was getting a Sunday afternoon nap in!

Sleeping beauty : )


Kinsey loves the water!

Well I had a video I wanted to post but blogger is taking forever or maybe I'm just not patient enough tonight...so I'll just try again in the morning!

VBS Fun!

We finished up our VBS last night at church. Everyone had a great time and we had a good turn out! This year our theme was Noah: God's Faithful Builder so several of the men built an ark in the front of the church as a prop for the puppet stage. The kids loved it! Ryan played Noah in the skits each night and was puppet Noah. He did a great job! Other than being completely worn out, Kinsey did great and went to class for a little while each night but then it was time for Mama...she's become just a little clingy lately.

Us is our matching shirts

The ark with some of the animals...

Noah in the window of the ark.

Happy 1st Father's Day!

We had a good but busy Father's Day yesterday! We drove to Paris to go to church and eat lunch with Ryan's family. It was good to see everyone but just didn't get to stay long enough. We had to hurry back for church here last night for our VBS kick off.

Ryan's 1st Father's Day!

Dear Dada,

Thanks for playing with me, taking me for rides in my stoller, and for always making me laugh! I am the luckiest little girl in the world to have you as a daddy! You're the best!

Love, Kinsey

Father's Day 2009

Kinsey was entertaining everyone at the table : )


Helping Grandpop open his gift!

We missed you Pete! Hope you had a great day!

Kinsey at 8 months

Last Wednesday Kinsey turned 8 months old! As she's grown, we've really enjoyed watching her discover new things and develop with each new stage. She is such a sweetheart and has such a fun and happy little personality. These are just a few things about Kinsey these days...




She is so easy going and just overall happy!

She's starting to get her 1st tooth.
She loves to eat and will eat anything!
She is good at picking up food with her little pincher fingers and then straight to her wide open mouth it goes! I'm telling you she's got the eating thing down!
She loves to look at herself in mirrors and find others too!

She likes to wave....sometimes at herself but mostly at other people : ) (Check out that belly!)

I love the way she gets so excited when Ryan comes home from work...she kicks her legs and gets the biggest smile on her face! It's so cute!
She loves bath time...splish, splash!
She likes to sleep with her soft bear blanket under her arm.
She's starting to "crawl" if you want to call it that...mostly backward though.
She can say Dada and babble all day long but we're still working on Mama : )



We just love our Kinsey to pieces and are so blessed to have a healthy, happy little girl!

What a sweet little face!

(Gotta love that orange nose : )

Weekend at Gram & Grandpop's

Friday Kinsey and I picked Ryan up from work and headed to Paris to spend the night with Gram and Grandpop. It had been about 3 weeks since we'd seen them so it was time for a visit! We had a great time and Kinsey got to put smiles on all of her great-grandparent's faces...I just love the way they light up when they see her! We had a great time and can't wait to do it again!

Kinsey in the pillowcase dress Gram made for her.

Relaxing with Grandpop

Kinsey and Margaret


Kinsey playing with Mac...he loved it!

Kinsey and Mama Mac

Snoozin' with Daddy...check out those chunky legs : )

So Proud!

I'm going to take a minute and brag on my wonderful husband because I'm really proud of him! Ryan would probably be embarrassed if he knew I was posting this but I'm going to anyway. He's been teaching the teens at church on Wednesday nights for over 2 years now. At times he's gotten a little discouraged because some of them don't take Bible class as seriously as they should and he feels that he might not being getting through to them like he would like to but I've tried to reassure him: 1) a lot of it is their age and 2) they are listening more than he thinks. In just the last few weeks he's been wrapping up a study on the steps of salvation and being baptized. Most of the kids have been baptized but there were a few that hadn't made the decision yet.


This week we've had our gospel meeting at church with a guest speaker that has done a jam up job....very straight forward and to the point gospel preaching! It doesn't get better than that! He's preached on baptism and making sure you're ready for judgment day. Tuesday night on the way home I told Ryan that I had been thinking about Katelyn and Evan (two of the teens in his class that hadn't been baptized) and hoping and praying that they might be touched by one of the lessons this week. Well, God was answering prayers because last night we got to church and found out that Katelyn had decided to be baptized after the service was over! I was so excited for her and her family but hated that we missed being there for the baptism. Although Ryan didn't say much, I think he had a little bit of a sense of accomplishment...all of his work in preparing for Bible class and in planting those seeds in the teens had help to reach a lost soul. I realize that Katelyn's decision to give her life to Christ wasn't solely because of Ryan's Bible class but I'm so proud that he was able to plant those seeds! Whether he realizes it or not the teens really look up to him and enjoy his class. I'm so proud of you Ryan! Keep up the great work! I love you!


I know at times it is easy to get discouraged in our daily Christian walk but we have to remember that we are to plant seeds and water them but ultimately God gives the increase- 1 Cor 3:6. Praise God for loving us enough to send His only Son to earth to suffer and die so that we might live!

BIG NEWS!!!

I'm going to be an AUNT!!!

Aaron and Gena called us on Friday night to tell us their big news! In case you couldn't tell, I'm just a little excited! I've been checking Gena's blog all weekend waiting for her to post something so I could too! We are just so happy for them and can't wait for them to be able to experience the joys of parenthood...they are going to make wonderful parents!

We had so much fun with Nana last week playing and just hanging out! Thanks for coming to see us...we can't wait to see you in a few weeks at the beach! (Thanks Pete for letting her come...we missed you lots!)

Nana reading her new book from Aunt Callie

Watching Baby Einstein

Playing the "drums"

Nana made Kinsey a pillowcase dress for the summer! It turned out so cute!

Some good friends of ours from church had a baby boy yesterday. When we got word that he was finally here I asked Kinsey if she wanted to go meet her "boyfriend" later to which Ryan replied, " That's not funny." I really don't think the poor girl will be able to date until she's at least 30 years old! Anyway, we went to see them last night and he is such a pretty baby. They are all doing well and we are just so happy for them.

Jacob Dudney Brown

Summer Time Fun!

This weekend Ryan aired up Kinsey's froggy pool so today we tried it out for the first time! I think Kinsey had fun and we sure enjoyed taking pictures of her!

Miss Priss!

Having fun with Aunt Callie

She was too cute in her little sailor outfit for church yesterday not to take pictures! Gotta love cute hand-me-downs!