Abby's freind...

Yesterday Jordan had the opportunity to go to Joplin, MO and help with the clean-up effort. One of the guys he deployed with is from Joplin and still has lots of family and friends there, so Jordan and another guy didn't think twice about loading the Tahoe up with water and chain saws and driving down. Of course they didn't ~ not only was a friend in need, but I think all boys have a little "hero" in them ;)

Anyways, while Jordan was away, Abby and I played. We started our Sunday at church and then after a nap (for Abby only, unfortunately) I surprised Abby with a play date! Her best friend from Pam's invited us over to run in the sprinkler and play in the pool. Loren and Abby are adorable ~ I had my first opportunity to watch them play at Loren's 4th Birthday party a couple weeks ago (at Wonderscope). It was so fun to sit back and watch her with her friends.  She is really growing up quick and she's becoming a pretty amazing little girl, if I do say so myself.

Here are a few pictures of Abby and her friend Loren, sent to me by Loren's mommy, as my camera still has a dead battery (seriously, how can a charger be so hard to find?!)...

 Loren and Abby being Doctors. 

 After swimming, they were both texting their daddies

Cheese!

Wow... it's been a LONG time!

So yeah, it's been a LONG time since I've blogged, and I apologize. Life has been crazy, though I'm not sure why. Lots of babies have been born ~ my niece Annie, and two friends' babies ~ Carly and Stella. Okay, I realize (for those of you who know these people) these babies were born in February and March, but I haven't posted pictures or blogged about it.

These little girls are beautiful ~ all three of them! And, Abigail LOVES them ~ all three of them! It's pretty incredible. She loved looking at them, holding them, kissing them, I could go on and on.

Abigail, Me and Baby Stella

Baby Carly and her mommy

We've had dinner with friends...

Bear, Abs and Rea-Rea

Super cute outfit, not sure about the silly smile, though!

My sister got married in early April and it was a beautiful ceremony! Her photographer, Tree Jacobson, was AMAZING! My camera was dead, but honestly, her photographer was so good, that I don't care. This is the awesome slide show of the wedding pictures! Aren't they great!?

And, this one was playing at the reception (there are a couple pictures of Allison and I, and I think Abby looks a lot like her mama!).

{I tried to embed the slide shows into this blog post, but I couldn't figure it out ~ sorry!}


We went to Mercer for Easter, and Abigail had SO much fun playing with Mason. They are finally at the age where they can play together and it was adorable! They hunted for eggs and flew kites. My camera was still dead, so again, no pictures. My sister-in-law is getting me pictures, so until then, you'll just have to take my word for it on how cute these kiddos are!

Okay, I am promising to be better at updating the blog (and am searching for the charger for my camera battery).