the prettiest time of the day

This one is for you, Glenda!  :) 

Its gonna be long, but how do you decide b/t all these pretty pics taken during the prettiest time of the day. 

Oh, I've loved breaking out the side walk chalk this week.  There is something so wonderful about it!

 This is Lily's happy face when she sees her dog who she left outside the afternoon before...

 Lily checks out brown dog...

 But then she realized there is a "bug" on her dog... OH NO!  At closer look, it was a baby slug... gross!  

 But she recovers and watches Pete swing.

Going really high... do you see him?!  I've heard swinging is good for muscle tone, it sounds a little like a stretch but I can hope!!  We are also gonna try working on swinging sideways or straddling the swing to work on obliques.

 This is a picture of happiness for this boy's LIFE!  Bright sun on my face and a tight hug from my boy whose life has not been easy but IS a gift!  

(and sorta interesting/appropriate that the shadow is a thumbs up.)

 

 

 

 

And we've been working on "apart-togethers"... required in between your turns on the swing.

 We listened to "If our God is for us" by Chris Tomlin over and over in the van yesterday on our trip to Target (praying it, claiming it, singing it for us and those we love!)... I'm always trying to get them to "raise it up!"... here is Peter doing that at my request.  ;)

 And another side note... our girl is a monkey!  :)  This is one of her favorite things to do!