Edmond's best kept secret!

My little jail birds!

Time for sup!

Rocking on the porch after a day in the fields!

Yesterday, we had "Wild Wednesday". "Wild Wednesdays" are Wednesdays during the summer that some friends get together with our kids & do fun stuff. Yesterday we went with the Cox's to the Edmond Historial Museum. Inside they have a Children's Museum that we had never been to. It was so fun!!

The girls dressed up in pioneer clothes, shopped & bought crops at the General store, visited an old fashioned bank, even got arrested & put in jail for robbing the bank's vault!:) They had train tables & a teepee & an art table!

They had so much fun that we went back again today & brought the Schmidt's to join in the fun!

The best part about it is it's FREE!!

Dressing up & pretending are so fun!!

"Clothe yourself with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light." Romans 13:12

9 years!

Today, June 24, 2009 is Scott & my 9th wedding anniversary!
I can remember it like it was yesterday! I planned EVERY detail to the letter! It was my dream wedding....in some ways.

I didn't plan on coloring my hair green two days before the wedding.

I didn't like the fact that my childhood dog was really sick on the brink of death on my wedding day! (Rascal went on to live 4 more years. He died a sad death just a few weeks before Lydia was born.)

I didn't plan on my dress being stained in the limno because Scott spilt the bubbles on the red leather seats & it stained my dress RED!

I didn't plan on my candle I would use to light the unity candle won't light. We both used Scott's candle to light the unity candle. (My cousin had trouble with her unity candle too at her wedding 2 months later)

I may not have planned for ALL those crazy things to happen but I loved every memory of that day!

9 years later, we have been blessed with our two sweet daughters, Lydia, 4 & 1/2, & Caraline, 2 & 1/2. I get to be a stay at home mom & love every minute! Scott is a perfect daddy to his little girls!

We really are the Blessed Boyle's!

"There are three things that will endure-faith, hope & love-the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13:13

swimming at Lana's

Caraline liked climbing the ladder

Daddy helping Lydia kick

I think those googles are on upside down!:)

Lydia, Daddy & Caraline in the water!

Lydia has never been in a "swimming pool" bigger than a wading pool in our back yard. Scott & I are really overprotective (sometimes to a fault!) so when Tori invited us over to swim in their "big blue pool", I didn't want to say "no" for fear of sounding ridiculous!

I didn't know if I could really help Lydia in the pool & keep an eye on Caraline! So Scott decided to take the afternoon off so he could go with us to Tori's to swim.

Lydia LOVED the pool! It wasn't as deep as I thought it would be, which was a relief. She wouldn't put her face in the water but that's ok!:)

Caraline just liked to climb the ladder. Then she decided that she was going to take off her swimsuit!

We had a great time & I didn't have to put on a swimsuit!!:) I got some GREAT pictures for the scrapbook!

"Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea-the Lord on high is mighty." Psalm 93:4

Friday Five 6/19/09

It's time for the "Friday Five" where I say five random things about anything I want!:)

1. This week was VBS at Henderson Hills Baptist Church. I LOVE this church! It's a large church, but the more I get involved with bible studies, small groups & VBS every year, I get to know more people or a least recognize their faces. We ALWAYS love VBS! It is a great time for the girls & I really enjoy working with different people every year & get to know them. I got to work with Brandi Vincent who is really nice. I enjoyed getting to know her & chatting with her.

I love working with the kids! They are so sweet & I love to see them listening to the bible stories, sing praises to God & filling their hearts & mind with God's word!

It was a busy week, but we had a great week!

2. I've decided that I need to be more disciplined about exercising! My husband is "obsessed" with the gym! I wish I had a little more drive to work out. I find it hard to find the time. But I'm going to try!

3. Next Wednesday, June 24, will be Scott & my 9th year wedding anniversary. I can't believe we have been married that long & we have been together for 11 years! There are times he drives me CRAZY, but I know that HE is the ONLY man for me & I don't know what I would do without him!

4. I can't wait until my sister has her baby! Tori will be 31 weeks on Monday! She & Russ are going to a birthing class tomorrow! It should be an "eye opening" experience! She may decide that Sadie can just stay in there!:)

One time someone said to me "They are easier in, then they are out" I thought that was a horrible thing to say to a pregnant woman!! (But now I know what she meant!)

5. We are busier in the summer than we are during the school year! We have something to do every Saturday until August 1st! We have THREE baby showers, birthday parties, vacations, births of babies... busy, busy, busy! (& with all that, I'm trying to potty train Caraline!!)

I find rest in the Lord!!:)

"The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives." Psalm 37:23

Elwyn's 70th birthday

June 18th is Scott's dad, Elwyn's, 70th birthday. We wanted to celebrate! Scott's mom invited 60 people over to the house for a cook out on Saturday June 13th. I think we counted a little over 40 people came to help us celebrate. It was like a family reunion! Lots of people we hadn't seen in a long time & a few I wasn't sure I knew.

I didn't get too many pictures because I was having to run around after Caraline since she thinks she can do everything the bigger kids can do!

We all had a great time!

The Lion King

Scott surprised me on my birthday by getting me tickets to see the Lion King performace in Oklahoma City. I was so excited to see it! I always wanted to see it because I thought the costumes would be amazing...and I was NOT dissappointed!! It was incredible!! I've been to MANY performaces, but never one so impressive as Lion King!! People not only clapped, but whooped & hollered after the opening number & the curtain drop! It was amazing! I was left speechless!! I now wish that we would have brought Lydia to see it too....hopefully it will come back soon & we will take the girls! We will be awe-struck! I know I was!

I loved it so much that I paid $25 for a Lion King T-shirt! I've never bought a shirt at a performace before! That's how awesome it was!



BRAVO, Disney's Lion King! Well done!! The costumes were breath-taking!!

Preschool friends

Annie, Lydia, Allie & Brock

Hayden, Mark , Julia, Ella, Lydia, Cooper, Ava

Eli & Lydia...Eli was Lydia's first friend

Eva & Lydia...Lydia really liked Eva

Ms. Debbie, Ms. Marsha's assistant