Dogs, Birds, Family

Aunt Tara and Uncle Will came for the 4th of July weekend and brought Olivia some crocks. She LOVES them and was showing them off for the camera.

She likes Jackson because he's just her size. Who's going to lick who first?

Grandaddy helping her put shoes on....and off...and on....and off...and on...and off.

Olivia gets so excited to see the ducks and geese on the water. She also gets giggley when the birds fly close and eat from the bird feeders.

What a month!

What a chore to move! Yes, that's right. We are no longer Missourians....we are now Tenneesseeans! God sold our house on the first open house we had in the spring to the first person who walked in! Justin has also been looking for an administration position in Education for the past few months. When we left on June 30th for Tenneessee, Justin had one interview set up for the day after we got here. God really knows what he's doing! One interview is all it took! Justin got the position! He is now the assistant principal at Farragut Primary School in western Knoxville!!! He'll start next week. So that puts us in a superfast search for a house....which we know God will provide as well. In the meantime, we are staying in the basement at my parents' house in Dandridge, TN. It's not finished, but at least all of our stuff fit in! It's been quite a busy month, but it's also amazing to see how God works as you trust him with more areas of your life!

Here are some pictures of a family visit to the Lake of the Ozarks in MO before we moved.

Happy Father's Day!

...is this the start of a yawn?

See my foot?

I think Olivia would have perferred no life jacket!

Olivia chillin with Luci before we moved.

Fry me up! I'm sweet!

Where's Olivia?

We found an outfit that I used to wear as a kid on one of the cabbage patch kids mom gave us. It so happened to fit Olivia now!

See my shoes?

These pictures are from a super cool hiking trip we took this past weekend just outside of Gatlinburg, TN. We hiked about 2.7 miles up the mountain to Rainbow Falls, had lunch, then went another 2.7 miles down. Olivia sat this one out with Grandma and Grandpa.

We crossed 2 bridges like this.

Justin is in the picture on the left to give you an idea of how big the waterfall actually was. Of course, the picture doesn't do it justice.

This was the view as we ate lunch.