The Sweeneys: July 2012

Fun on the Fourth

Our families are such a blessing. We all gathered for some fun and lunch on the Fourth of July. We all love a good excuse for a party! Andrew's grill is broken, so we opted for a Fourth of July Fiesta this year, complete with white chicken enchiladas, rice, and beans.

Thanks to the Crosswhites for sharing their family dinner with us... and then their VIP view of the Ballard Park fireworks display.

Eva Brooke wasn't too sure about the fireworks at first, but she has been talking about them EVER SINCE!

VBS 2012- God's Bible Safari
I was the VBS teacher for Eva Brooke's class this year, and those kids were precious. Eva Brooke really got into it this year, and her excitement just warmed my heart.

We were so glad to welcome our sweet neighbor friends Annelise and Alice

Eva Brooke was even the Star of the Day one night for bringing the most visitors to VBS

Rolling her gospel chariot...

An action shot of EB and Charlie

Playing on the church playground on the last evening of VBS

EB actually cried when I made her go home on the last night! She had a blast!

Grandmother's 89th Birthday Celebration

We traveled to Decatur, Alabama, to my cousin Frank's house to do some celebrating for a super-sweet red head. Frank, his wife Tracie, and twins Dylan and Lindsie have a new beautiful house that they are always willing to share for family gatherings.

Wishing you many, many more!

Lindsie was so sweet to show Eva Brooke her very-cute-pink-room and share her toys. EB wouldn't even look up for a pic. Again, had to make her leave. My girl usually tells me, "home Mommy, home," whenever we go somewhere. Lately she's found she can have fun some other places!

Snapshots from July

Yep, found her like this. Smart girl. Nothing is safe anymore!

Pool day with Angie, Hunter, and Emily. Thanks to Angie's awesome mom who brought us pizza to the pool! So much fun!

Apparently having some sort of discussion about the water dripping from the shower.

Again, EB likes the shower as much as the pool!

Often stands on her tiptoes (like her Aunt Beth used to do).


Well...she's not using it, so the puppy might as well :-)

My little mini-tornado!

The child LOVES ice cream

First Pull-Up. Thought this would be the groundbreaking answer to potty-training, since they are supposed to have a cool effect when wet. Didn't phase her.

My sweet Andrew unplugging the drain during a downpour. Now I know why they say FLASH FLOOD.

Thanks to the folks building a house two lots down, we got some extra topsoil... P.S. Due to some heavy duty drains, everything was back to normal within minutes. Whew.

All into Gilbert (cat) and her babies.

She loves Pop's Sunbeam bread!

Having a little cupcake treat at Gigi's. We were ordering EB's birthday cupcakes!!

After a sugar-rush, I took my baby to Kohl's. I'm sure most of the shoppers that day wanted to kick me for giving her that cupcake. She has never been that terrible!!