The Maynard Family: August 2009

Yes, that is my child!! Look at that face!! I was terrified, but she loved it and kept asking for more!!!

August is a month full of birthdays for the Wood/Maynard family! Those with birthdays include Evan and Emma (our niece and nephew), Caroline (our niece), Thomas (my cousin's little boy), Anna Claire (my cousin), Mary Beth (my cousin), Stephanie (my sis-in-law), and T (my uncle and boss). We've been busy celebrating, and, as you will see, enjoyed every minute of it!

THE FOLLOWING 10 PICTURES ARE FROM EVAN AND EMMA'S 6TH BIRTHDAY PARTY! RYAN AND STEPH RENTED THIS HUGE WATER-SLIDE FROM 10AM-7:30PM AND SET IT UP IN THEIR BACK YARD. WE WERE THERE LITERALLY ALL DAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LEAVING FOR A WEDDING. I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH FUN WE HAD! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND RENTING ONE OF THESE AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!

Your's truly!

Mary-Evelyn absolutey loved it! She was begging to get back in the water in this picture. Check out those buns! (she has her mama's legs and behind!)

Jon with Evan and Josephine. Jon stayed on the slide practically all day. All the kids would pile on top of him for him to take them down the slide.

Mary-Evie was soooo tired at the end of this day!

Courtney Gregory (and baby Clay) and me

Here's the birthday girl and boy!

Liza Kate, Emma, Evan, and Mia Katherine

THE NEXT 5 PICTURES WERE AT CAROLINE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. SHE WANTED IT TO BE A HANNAH MONTANA PARTY SO BADLY, BUT SOMEHOW MY SISTER PERSUADED HER TO HAVE A STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE THEME!

Family picture

We color-coordinated that day. Jon doesn't know it, but I did that on purpose!

Caroline with her best friends, Kaylee and Elia

Sweet Georgia Caroline is 5 this year!! I can't believe it!

Caroline and her sweet friends.

THE NEXT 3 PICTURES WERE AT MARY BETH'S 20TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE PARTY GIRL HID FROM THE CAMERA ALL NIGHT!

My uncle Tommy (aka, Mi) and Jon gave Thomas and Mary-Evelyn a ride in the golf cart.

Mary-Evie and Thomas playing

Anna Claire and Thomas with Mary-Evie and me

THE NEXT 3 PICTURES ARE FROM SWEET THOMAS'S PARTY. HE WAS A YEAR OLD ON THE 14TH. HE AND MARY-EVELYN ARE 6 MONTHS TO THE DAY APART, SO THEY'LL BE CLOSE!

Mary-Evelyn held on to that ball the entire night!

Here's the birthday boy, Thomas!

Emma Carroll and Mary-Evelyn - sweet girls (little Nick and Jon)!

Every Sunday after church, we go to my grandparents' house to eat lunch with my family. My grandmother cooks a huge spread, and we have a feast! We have done this all my life, and it's just so great to live back home again to pick the tradition back up now along with my little family! We eat and then play outside as long as Mary-Evelyn will last. Sunday school and church wear her out, but we try to hold her off from sleep so she can play with her cousins, Caroline and Parker. We either play ball, ride bikes, swing, go see the ducks in the lake across the street, or just sit outside and enjoy the time together. My grandparents are wonderful! They keep Mary-Evelyn 2 days a week (my mom keeps her the other 2 days that I work), and they call her their baby! They are absolutely head over heels for this child!

Mary-Evelyn and Caroline