last weekend and today...

today we went to the pool. our, or rather my, first swimming experience of the summer. we had a lot of fun. there is a big pool and slide for the older kids and a little play area for the little ones. we went with some friends from our congregation. mckinlee had fun with her friend...
and even more fun with her friend's little sister! she followed her around and was so sweet to look out for her, take her down the baby slide and hold her whenever she could!

you can't tell from the picture, but i am so burned :( the tops of my feet are bright red and i'm putting aloe vera gel on every few minutes! ouch~

q was so tired after all the fun, she fell asleep in mckinlee's arms. it was so sweet and mckinlee felt so grown-up to get the baby to sleep! (she's practicing to be a good big cousin :)

last weekend we had such a nice time at a welcome home party for mom and les at aaron and peggy's beautiful river side home. several people were out on the dock fishing and it looked so peaceful and pretty!

mckinlee and brooke had a great time playing and eating. i love these huge wedges of watermelon--so summery!

how sweet is this? mama jeanne and grandaddy taking it easy in the rocking chairs right before we left.

i rarely have any pictures of myself. so i made sure to get some with my mom...

and my grandma~2 beautiful and sweet women!

the band was playing up on the patio. i happened to look up and see mom and les dancing across the yard. it was so cute. they looked so happy and i was happy to see them.

i have a lot of pictures to post of various things. i will try to do more tomorrow.