More fancy pictures

Sweet Mollipop! She had the best time at the Botanical Gardens! She loves the butterfly house and squeals with delight whenever we go in there. She tries her best to catch them, and the last time we went, one actually landed on her shoulder. The look on her face was priceless!
I love this one of Emily and Matthew. They had the best day together today....a nice break from the fighting. Their favorite part of the garden is the big bugs exhibit. They love petting the turtles and "feeding" the butterflies. They also love playing in the water fountains in the children's garden.

All dressed up...

My good friend Erica took this photo at the Botanical Gardens when she was visiting. She got lots of good pictures, which is a miracle with these three! They look so big!

We are having fun playing in the water out back almost every evening. Nana was here last week helping while Daddy was out of town. Thank you, Nana! We miss you!

This week we will be traveling to Kentucky to meet up with Melissa and Abby for some fourth of July fun at Jellystone Park! Summer is flying by for the Broomes!

Summer Lovin'

Emily found her first love in Florida. She and Sawyer (from Columbus, OH) were inseparable and even got to go to Disney World together. This is them, walking through the park....so sweet! They were the cutest together.

Here's to you, Daddy!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy! We are so blessed to have such an amazing father who loves us so much! Thank you for representing God's heart to us. We love you all the way to the moon and back.
All our hugs and kisses,
Emmy, Matthew and Molly

Happy Half Birthday, Molly!

We got to celebrate Molly's 1 1/2 birthday yesterday! (around here we look for any reason to eat cake!) She was so thrilled that we all sang to her. She is getting so big so fast! She is outgrowing her summer wardrobe already. She is talking a lot these days, and it's sooo cute! She will repeat anything and LOVES to sing. She adores her "Memmy" and "Bubby" and is such a joy in our lives. I don't know what we'd do without our Mollipop. She is a pure gift from God.

Happy Days

Seriously....could the girl be any happier??? She was in heaven when we were at Disney World. She wanted Minnie Mouse ears as her souvenir and she wears them around the house all the time....it's the cutest! She is about to lose a top front tooth, so here's documenting her current smile before it changes again! How is it that we have a first grader?
One of my favorite times of the day is nap time. This picture was taken as Molly and Matthew were snuggling in our bed and getting ready to go to sleep. They love to nap together and during the school year, I would often join them. Now that Emmy's home for the summer, things have changed a little. Matthew naturally wants to be more of a big kid when he's around his older sister. I also find that I have to sneak in my one-on-one time with each of them when I can....so, not so many naps for Mommy. What happened to summers being lazy?

The Happiest Place on Earth

Well, because I enjoy seeing everyone's blogs and because I need to find an effective way of keeping in touch I have decided to try this out. I am hoping that it's as fool-proof as I've heard. Seems ok so far.

We began VBS this morning.....fun and chaos! Gotta love it! The kids are very excited and I am helping out in the nursery with Molly. Matthew and Emily seem to be very comfortable in their own "big kid" classes. I'm sure we'll all be worn out by the end of the week.

The picture above was taken in May. We got to tag along on one of Joey's "work trips" and stopped off at Disney on our way home from Cocoa Beach. It was magical. It was so much fun to watch the kids' faces....especially Emily's during the fireworks show at the castle.

We have decided to settle in here in Huntsville after much prayer and consideration. It is bittersweet as we really love it here and know that God has good things for us here, but we miss our friends in Houston tons! We are looking for a house and hoping to get settled in before the school year starts for Emmy.

Ok, hopefully future posts will be shorter. Miss you, love you!