Beau's 8th, week long birthday!

My sweet Beau bear turned 8 years old!  I cannot believe he has grown so fast.

His life is the sweetest treasure.

We celebrated family birthdays together, starting with Beau.

I love the deep thought before making a wish...

 Uncle Mase and Aunt Chrissy with Beau and Naters.  

Love them so!

 Greg, Beau and myself have birthdays with 5 days.  Annie B always makes us our favorite.

Apple pie, cookie cake and lemon ice cream pie for me!! 

Momma Annie is the best!

These two are peas in a pod.  Little Annie and Brooks keep us laughing.

 Sweet sis

CELEBRATING BEAU AT SCHOOL!  

Beau's friends went around and encouraged him.

 They love how creative and kind he is...many said he was such a good friend.

Everybody loves the Beau-man

 Beau and 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Burleson

 Beau ended the evening with a story about "The Boy Who Changed the World"

Just like a Beau....and boy who  WILL change the world because of what's inside.

This was a fun day at the Science Museum.  

We basically had the place to ourselves, so fun!

 This was Brooksters first time and had painted his face like the Hulk!

 Brooks won the heart of the science guys and his show!  Brooks, once again told the audience one of his favorite jokes. Beau was proud since he made this one up. :)

"what did the vaccum say to the crying baby?"  "suck it up!"

So sweet, I know :/

Beau teaching Joy all about legos!

Heather and Brooks watching paper fly

The wind tunnel is awesome!

Egg decorating, friends and sweet Harper

 

 We had a fun time decorating eggs with the Hartsock clan back around Easter time.

Silly boys.

 Naters and Sutt Sutt

 This is sweet Harper Florence from Ghana, 

she was wonderfully birthed by the Lord into the Hartsock family just a few weeks ago. 

 I love this pic of her and her momma.

Joy and Harper having a bonding moment.

Super Heroes!

I mean, these pictures pretty much speak for themselves.  

Bennett boys rule.

Bennett boys are always on an adventure.

Bennett boys will save the day. 

Bennett boys make life fun.

Bennett boys are full of the fear of the Lord

and FULL of Jesus.

Bennett boys WILL PROTECT YOU!

 Oh, watch out!!

 Outfit change 101...and Robin is very cute, I mean intimidating--be careful!

The real super heros taking a break from a long day of adventuresome fun!

Mary Poppins

This was such a fun weekend!  

We traveled to Ft. Worth, spoke together at a couple of churches, led a homeless man who just got out of jail to the Lord,

 and enjoyed a sweet gift from a friend to see Mary Poppins.  

Each year, with each get away, it gets better and better.  

So thankful for my best friend and every second of life I get with him.

SO THANKFUL.

ah, there they are Bert and Mary...they were amazing!  Greatest play I've ever seen, loved it!!

Joy-10 months

JOY ELIZABETH BENNETT

10 months old

Delightful

songbird

loves dogs

loves ducks and trying to "quack"at them

has the fastest crawl of all three of her brothers

gives the best morning hugs and cuddles

discovered lemons and love them

has officially had 12 legos pieces rescued from her mouth

still adored by her bubbas and is crazy about Daddy

she moves to any beat, loves to worship on our dance party nights with both arms up in the air

please stop growing so fast...

 sweet profile

 This is a famous Joy face....can't wait til she can tell me what she's thinking

 loves bath time!

 She pulled up and played hard at the Science Museum

 She could swing for hours

 Joy can throw down bananas like  nothing I've ever seen...not laking any potassium.

 Sweet Beau bear helping me get out the door by dressing Joy and getting shoes on.  He's good, real good, and I love how God trusts him so much as the biggest bubba.

 the boys love including their Joy bean

 she desperately wants to walk!

 those eyes melt us.

 first time at the OU duck pond, 

she didn't take her eyes off those ducks and did her own quacking

 Wow this little lady like her lemons.  

 finally learned to suck out the baby food, such a great accomplishment, 

and such a happy day for mom!

 Joy giving Brooks a hug

There it is again...that face :))

Mom's 60th surprise limo!

It was SO fun celebrating my Mom's 60th birthday with all her kiddos together!

She was surprised to say the least. :)

 Party face on!

 She's the cutest thing ever....and oh so fun!

 My mom's best friend Jana and her husband Gary joined us

 Greggy is breaking out the bubbly.

 She opened lots of fun gifts throughout the night. 

She is a huge fan of Pioneer Woman and her cookbooks!

 The girls.

 my bestie.

 Thanking God for my momma and delish burgers.

 As my Dad always says "old friends are the best friends"

 Chocolate fondue time!

 My beautiful sister-in-law

 Chris made a sweet video for my mom...a tear jerker.

 She's radiant, always has been, always will be.

 We all went around the table encouraging and honoring my mom, not a dry eye at the table.

She is one faithful, steadfast, selfless woman of God.  She loves her family with all her heart.

She is the most beautiful 60 year old ever and would lay her life down for anyone.

My mom, she's the best!

 They have been through a lot, and love each other more than ever.

 Cheers to Annie B!!

 We ended the night with the greatest limo dance party ever and lots of laughter!

 Just some fun pics with my hubby through the night.