Our Story Continues...

In our every day routine, it doesn't appear that much happens besides laundry, 3 meals a day and our nightly bed time ritual.  But then you look over the photos that we snap throughout the month and you become aware that we do so much more like clean up tree debris.  It only took a weekend to clean up the backyard from the storm damage we received in June.  Notice that Carson is supervising Dad's hard work with his milk in hand.    

We practice holding our baby sister in different ways.  One day we will be baby-sit someone else's priceless children and maybe even have one of our own. 

We get our very first hair cut.  We were nervous about loosing the curls and as you can see, our fears were unfounded because they didn't go anywhere. 

We celebrate the Fourth of July with a rained out BBQ with our friends and the kids play with sparklers.  Carson was not impressed with the noises they produced so he happily spent most of his time watching a movie in the sunroom in order to escape. 

We GROW!  This is hardest and most unbelievable thing for me to grasp.  These precious children are cute and cuddly one day and running around before we know it.  Allegra will soon be following suit which is exciting and sad.  Regardless, we celebrate another day and another month with her.

 We attend birthday parties which give us opportunities to try new things like the climbing wall.  You should not be surprised that this five year old could scale half of the wall.  I give it another year and she will be at the top ringing the bell.  Year 7, we are heading to Mount Everest.

We go swimming and Mommy gets braver to put her baby girl in a swimsuit and let her join in on the fun with all of her friends.  We are so blessed to have friends who will share their time and their pools with us, which makes it incredibly easier to take 3 kids swimming.

We teach the kids the value of hard work and that everyone has to pull their load in the Knoll house.  So when it's time to vacuum the car, everyone pitches in.

We go to the library.  We may go to check out a few books but we all know the true reason for the visit is so we can play in the fountain and yes, Carson was thirsty enough to drink the water.

And we give each other a break!  Raising kids is hard work!  Our kids are up early, constantly requiring drinks, the potty or something and they are eager to learn from our example, so there is no down time besides a few moments that our spouse let's us escape.  I attend a girl's game night once a month and Kurt got to go white water rafting in June with his buddies.  Since this wasn't his first rodeo, he was courageous enough to show the newbies how to "ride the bull" and go head first in to the rapids of the Ocoee River.  And the summer is not over- stay tuned for the next adventure.