Special Surprise for Memorial Day

The first rose to bloom
The second rose to bloom

A beautiful symbol of Daddy's love for his girls

Daddy and his angels

Mommy blowing bubbles for Rory to catch. So much fun!!

What a beautiful girl Rory is!!

Rory's ready with her bubble poppin' finger

Braxton blowing bubbles for Rory to catch

Rory checking out where the bubbles went

Look at that face... Too cute!!

Our Beautiful Abby

What a pretty little girl!!

"Oh, Papa, I need that marble!!" ~Rory

Sisters sharing breakfast (this happens every morning). I've given up trying to keep Rory off of the table. They will eat every other meal in their chairs, but not breakfast. They are picky!! :)

Daddy showing Rory the beautiful orange Oriental Lillies in our garden

Abby sharing special time with Daddy in the garden

Rory has discovered belly-buttons and she has to check out everyone's. It bothers her that sisters is different from everyone else's (Abby has an outie). She checks our belly buttons on a daily basis. :)

We got a wonderful surprise for Memorial Day this year. Last year, as soon as was possible after the girls were born, Michael decided that he wanted to plant a special rose bush for his daughters. I thought that it was so sweet that he wanted to do something special for them right after they were born. And, he did it himself with no help from me. Well, he was really disappointed because the roses on the rose bush he planted didn't bloom last summer. We worried throughout the winter that maybe the rose bush hadn't taken properly and wouldn't live. On Memorial Day, however, the rose bush bloomed with two beautiful red blossoms. Michael was so excited that the first bloom produced two blossoms that opened on the same day only a few hours apart from one another. What a beautiful symbol of our girls and the love that their Daddy has for them!! If we sell our house, we have it stated in our contract already that the rose bush goes with us. We couldn't stand to leave something so special behind.

We spent Memorial Day this year with my parents, sister, grandmother and Braxton. It was a good day. Abby wasn't feeling really well for part of the day, so she didn't get a chance to play as much as the other two kiddos, but I think she had a good day cuddling with Mommy and Mimi Cinda for the majority of the day. Braxton was so excited because he got a chance to teach Rory (and Abby later on) all about bubbles! Rory was fascinated with the bubbles that Braxton blew for her. The two of them played together in Gigi's backyard for a good portion of the afternoon. Braxton would blow bubbles for Rory and they would both race to pop the bubbles. Abby even got in on the fun for a little while. It was so much fun for them!