Life with the Armstrongs

Life with the Armstrongs

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Blogging from camp

Well, we're here at Student Life Camp with Hannah for the 3rd year (yep, that's right, I'm a crazy woman and took my 2 month old to camp!)  We are at Shocco Springs in Talladega, AL, and despite the 97 degrees and 100% humidity, we are having a great time!  We're sweaty, but havin' fun!!

The great thing about camp is that Hannah is able to do almost everything that the kids are doing (not participate, but she can be present without messing anything up.)  For example, the band is loud and fun, so she can dance and clap along with the students and nobody is concerned about a 2 year old being in the room.  And our students are doing rec tracks this year, so we get to walk around and see all of them, which Hannah loves!  Basically the only thing we miss out on is worship at night and first thing in the morning.  But, they have a playground here, so we do that in the morning, and then we head back to the room for a bath and bedtime after supper.  It's really working out well, and I'm really glad that we are able to do this as a family.  I really appreciate that Student Life is so accommodating to people who want to bring their children.

I've taken some pictures, but Rob has the camera with him tonight in worship, so I'll have to load those later!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Summer has officially arrived!!

We got back from Gulf Shores late Sunday night, so we took some time to regroup and get ourselves settled back into life on Monday.  This included 'fun' things like going to the bank and getting groceries and doing laundry.  So, to reward ourselves, and just to have some relaxing time at home, we decided to grill out Monday night.  It was sooo good to be home and just rest some!  We pulled out Hannah's pool and let her play in it too.  She was so excited about swimming!

Filling up her "aldergator" pool all by herself.

Please ignore the crazy bumpy hair in this pic and just focus on the cute grin on the sweet girl!
Sliding down...
splash!!
Oooooh! That's kinda cold!!
Getting braver and laying on her stomach in the water.

Deep Sea Fishing 2




Monday, June 8, 2009

Deep Sea Fishing




Last day at Gulf Shores





Dancing with Daddy



Gulf Shores beach

At the beach for the first time...
And she loved it!!

Riding the boat in Perdido Beach

We headed to Gulf Shores this weekend for a wedding (congrats Josh and Molly!!) and stayed with my Aunt Becky and Uncle Chuck at their beach house in Perdido Beach.  We had such a great time seeing family and relaxing!

We rode their boat over to a place called Pirate's Cove for lunch on Friday.  This is how Hannah rode the whole way - standing up at the very front!  Even when the boat was going really fast, she would just stand up there looking at everything!
At Pirate's Cove, playing in the water and sand with Daddy
Sitting by Barrett in the driver's seat of the boat.  She actually helped Harrison drive later on the way back to their house.

Sitting on the front of the boat with Uncle Chuck, looking at some really big birds.


Mother's Day 2009




It's crazy that two years ago on Mother's Day, she was just 4 weeks old and just starting to smile a few smiles here and there. Things sure have changed a lot in 2 years!!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Sick kid

There's nothing like your kid puking all over your hair, shoulder, into your purse, and all over the floor of Don Pancho's to make you change your plans really quickly.

Yep, Hannah's sick - we're hoping it's just something she ate, and not an actual stomach virus.  I guess only time will tell, huh?  

Ugh, this is no fun when they're not old enough to warn you so you can get them to the bathroom in time!  

I know, I know, this too shall pass!

Friday, May 1, 2009

spring-time fun!

Nelson came over the other day to play, and he and Hannah had lots of fun with all of her toys outside!




Playdoh fun



birthday card from Mammaw

She loved the music that this card played!

Easter 2009






Birthday pics

Just catching up on pics from the past few weeks!  Here are some from Hannah's Elmo birthday party.