August

August startd out with Kayla's swim lessons. She loved every minute of it and never wanted to get out of the water. She had no fear of anything. The first time she jumped off the diving board I did not have my camera and she did it with out a life vest, the next time she had the life vest on since the other kids had one on.

Graice and Paisley watching Kayla. Gracie wasen't old enough for the level 1 class and she did not want to take the mom/tot class. So next year she will take swim lessons.

Gracie loves to take pictures so while we were watching Kayla Gracie decided to pose her dragon and Paisley's baby and take pictures of them. Here is one of each from the many she took.

Also, in August our beautiful blondie Paisley turned 2. I can't believe how fast then grow. She keeps me so busy. She gets into everything all the time and if I block her from getting into something she will find a way, just like opening the dishwasher and climbing on it to get to the counter and get a cookie. She climbs everything!!!!! She goes up and down the stairs without even holding onto anything. She climbs up our slide and thinks she can walk down it. She will climb a gate no matter how high it is. One day she tried to go across a high beam at Gracie's gymnastics. She has no fear of anything and tries to do everything her sisters do. She is very loving and sweet. She is so fun to watch when she tries to copy Kayla dance or Gracie tumble. She is always singing, sometimes we can't understand the words but we can always pick up on the tune of the song she is singing. She is also, the biggest mommas girl I know, sometimes to much. She is a delight to have in our family and we are so blessed that we have her forever!

Opening presents.

The cake that Kayla and Gracie made for Paisley.

Then came Hurricane Irene. We did not get hit to bad just alot of rain, wind and lost power for a day. Not bad at all compared to other areas around us. During our power outage we played monoply with the kids and then Kayla and Gracie dressed up and had me take pictures of them.

Here are some pictures from the storm. The first one is part of a park by our house where the water flooded almost all of the park. The second is of a different part of that park and the pavillion that is under water. The third is the power lines that were down by our house. And the last 2 are of the creek that runs through our back yard. It continued to rise for a few days after the storm taking up a portion of our yard.