Hope UMC

On July 1st, our family took a big step and change and left Avenue UMC and went to Hope UMC.  After 9 years at Avenue it was very hard to say good bye to so many friends.  We went trusting God was in control.  Hope is a much smaller church than Avenue.  It averages about 1/4 the attendance of Avenue on a Sunday.  However, we are beginning to feel right at home at Hope UMC.  It was tough to explain to Abbie that we were listening to God and leaving our old church and going to our new church.  After our first night of VBS Abbie told her daycare provider that her mom and dad have a new church but it is not her church.  Luckily,  this church has lots of young families with children the same age as Abbie.  Abbie has adjusted well and has made some new friends.  Abbie now calls Hope her new church!!  I am sure Abbie will come to love Hope UMC just as much as she loved Avenue UMC.   We are excited to Sunday School to begin in the fall so Abbie can continue to build new friendships witht he children at Hope UMC.   

Yard Work

Steve and I needed to do some much needed yard work on a Saturday morning.  Steve was cutting the grass and I was pulling weeds and trimming bushes.  Abbie was looking for something to do so I gave her a waterbottle and told her to go water the trees.  She loved it and spent 45 min. just spraying trees and bushes.  My neighbors thought I was nuts but we got our yard work finished and Abbie had a blast!

Vacation

In July we went to Massanutten, VA for a week of vacation with my family.  We had a great time.  Abbie loved swimming in the big pool each day.  She enjoyed playing bingo, minature golf, and the petting zoo. The highlight of the pool was learning to jump in and laying on a lounge chair eating Dora fruit snacks and drinking Capri Suns (things mom never buys).   I think the best part of the whole vacation for her was having the attention of her grandparents, 2 aunts, and 1 uncle.  She loved all the people to play with and entertain! 

Abbie's 3rd Birthday!

We had a friends birthday party 2 weeks before her birthday.  We invited her friends to come celebrate at the gymnastics studio that Abbie goes to each week.  The party was great.  The kids had lots of fun jumping on the trampoline, jumping into the foam pit, walking the balance beam, and swinging from the rope.  The only bad part of the party was their air conditioner was broken so the kids looked like they had went swimming by the end of the party! 

Easter

After a few stressful years of trying to do an Easter egg hunt and Daddy get to church as early as possible. I came up with a new plan.  We asked the Easter bunny to come on Saturday because Daddy has to work so early on Sunday.  The Easter bunny is so wonderful that he said he could do this for us! 

So,  the Easter bunny left eggs and a present for Abbie.  Then we enjoyed a nice family breakfast and a trip to the Phillies game!  Abbie loved finding the eggs and was very excited that some eggs had M & M's in them!  The Easter bunny left her a big bubble wand and a Bible too!

Easter Eggs

This is the first year we dyed Easter eggs.  Abbie dyed them 5 different colors.  Then we put stickers on the eggs to give each egg a face.  Abbie loved decorating the eggs.  We even survived the event without a broken egg!

Swim Day

It was a beautful, warm day!  Abbie and I were outside.  She was playing while I was cleaning out the shed. 
She saw all of her pool toys and decided she wanted to go swimming.  I told her that we were not getting out the pool because we were going on a trip tomm.  So she decided to turn a dirt hole into her pool.

She sat in the hole with her pool toys and played for at least 30 min.  I am happy that I have a creative 2 year old daughter!