Napping and 'Nastics

Hi all! Here's a couple of pictures of what we've been up to lately...napping and 'nastics! Gymnastics that is! Aubrey Claire has been taking gymnastics this summer and loves it!!! They've learned some basic tumbling, walked on the balance beam, bounced on the trampoline, jumped in to the foam pit, and had a blast with her friends. As for sweet Maggie, she's hanging out, getting bigger, smiling and babbling away! We are heading to the beach soon, so there will be some vacation pics to follow!

Aubrey Claire on the balance beam with Miss Jamie

Soooooooo tired.....

Workin' in the garden with Daddy

One of Aubrey Claire's favorite ways to spend the day is working in the garden with Daddy. She puts on her boots and takes her little tools out to the garden to work. She helps him plant the veggies - she helps him water the plants - and when its time to harvest, she's ready to pick! Here are some pics of her showing off her cabbage and helping Corey pick the turnip greens. And yes...at our house, we wear a dress to work in the garden! :)

Mother's Day and Dedication

This Mother's Day was made even more special by dedicating our sweet Maggie Mae at church. We stood up there as a family making public our committment to raise Maggie Mae to know and love Jesus Christ. As parents, we are the most influential people in the lives of our children and our home is the place where the foundation of their faith should be built. Corey and I take that responsilibity very seriously and it means so much to express that on a day like Mother's Day! After the service we had our family over to our house for a luncheon to celebrate. Aside from being Dedication Sunday for Maggie, it was also Paige's first Mother's Day! What a sweet, sweet day!

Maggie and Mommy

Pastor J.J., Corey, Aubrey Claire, Maggie, and Amanda

Paige, John Henry, and Piper

Yum!!

Easter 2011

The Kennedy Family - Easter 2011

Applesauce Class

My Meme and Poppy have been spending the Winter/Spring down here in Alabama to get out of the cold West Virginia weather. They arrived in January and were here for Maggie's birth and they were able to stay long enough to see my sweet niece, Piper, born too! (Pics of her to follow soon) One thing Paige and I wanted to make sure we did before Meme and Poppy headed back home was to learn how to make his famous applesauce. So we had our own little applesauce class at my parents house. Between the two of us, we made 7-8 jars! Hopefully when all of this applesauce is gone (and trust me, it won't take long - its YUMMY!) I'll be able to make it on my own!

Peeling the apples

Paige filling her jars

Taking a break with Maggie Mae (a future applesauce fan)

The finished product!