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We had a fun day today!

Ben's little brother, Boaz, got baptized in the ocean.

Then we went back to my parents' house and Ben and Georgia swam in

the pool for a while.  She has become much more of a water baby than we

would've anticipated a year ago.  She loves it!

And when we got home, Ben helped Georgia try and figure out her new

tricycle (that she got from Memaw and Papaw for her birthday)!

She loves it, and I'm kind of sad because of how grown up she looks on it.

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After years of wanting and trying to do a family photoshoot, we were finally

able to do a quick one with Ben's brother and his family on Sunday!  Although

it was super hot, they were all very good sports and we got some great shots!

This was one of my favorites :)

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After dinner, after the fight, on Saturday :)

I don't think I've posted any pictures of Amanda on here... she is

our sister-in-law (Ben's brother's wife).

It was a really close fight.  Going in Ben's favor until the very end.

I am so proud of him.  We all are.  He put up an amazing fight, and

he's ready for the next one (which he's already got lined up).

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These flowers were given to us by my father-in-law.
I wrote about them on our family blog when I posted our Easter pictures:
I absolutely love these flowers. At our last house, we had a huge bush of them at the end of our
driveway, and I was really sad to leave that bush behind. I used these flowers in Georgia's Easter
basket last year, and I really wanted to use them again. Ben said his Dad had a couple of the bushes,
so he would get some flowers for me. Well, Jeff (his Dad) gave us an entire bush! Needless to say,
I'm very happy :)

and I wanted to share what Jeff said in a comment on the picture I captioned that with:

Although this is not the exact plant, Spirea has a special meaning to me. My Mom dug hers up from

the home she loved in PA, brought it to Florida and planted it in the house we lived at in [said town].

When they sold that home she dug it up again and it is planted behind our house. She obviously really

loved Spirea. The transplant is a Northern variety and doesn't bloom as well as yours will, but it is

Spirea and still has a special meaning. When Ben asked if he could cut some flowers off of it, it was

an easy decision. You never got to meet Bami, but she really loved Ben and she would have been so

thankful God picked you to be his wife. And she would be pinching Georgia's, and what other babies

God may bless you with, sweet cheeks! She loved the babies even more than flowers! It was an instant

and easy decision to share a little of her love of flowers, that is part of our heritage, with the girl she

never got to meet. Yet.

Sorry for the masses of words... I just thought it was sweet and wanted to share.

And then Oliver.  I laid down for a bit on this day, and all three cats joined me :)

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So I've got a story for you today.

See that crazy ant hill?  They're going crazy because Georgia stepped on their home.

She somehow only managed to get 2 ants on her and no bites.  I saw her right as she was

going to step on it and rushed over, ready to rip off her shoes and get millions of ants

off of her.  But no need!  I just brushed 2 ants off.  So thankful.

But then, I wanted to get a picture of the crazy ants going crazy, so I'm doing so, and I

suddenly hear Georgia crying.  I turn around to see her sitting in the pond.  She had walked

right into it because it didn't look like water with the algae on it and plants in it.  Thankfully

she was only about waist deep, sitting on the edge of the pond.

Naturally, I ran over and as I'm doing so, the kids yell "There's a gator in there!" so I run

faster, grab her arm and pull her out.  She was quite scared and I was right there with her.

Ben brought out a towel and we wrapped her up.  She lost one of her shoes in the water,

but Ben found it and got it out.

After I got her out of her wet clothes and diaper, she was fine again and had some reading

time in Memaw's chair by the window.  With that apple toy.  She loves that thing.

Also, I'm 10 weeks along now!

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We had a great time at Ashlynn's 3rd birthday party!

It was extremely windy that day.  I even lost my balance a few times.

Georgia loved the Hudson's new doggy :)

She also thoroughly enjoyed her yummy cupcake!

Happy birthday, Ashlynn!

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Some child friends of ours (including Ben's 6 younger siblings) put on a play

of Pilgrim's Progress all on their own, and on Saturday, we got to see it!

We were very impressed with everyone's performance, they did a wonderful job!

Afterwards, Georgia thoroughly enjoyed playing with her Aunt Provi and Aunt Beri.

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A large amount of Grandad Brower's descendants!

Being goofy, of course :D