BAYS MOUNTAIN

With my people.

A bright spot this week...

Exploring nature...

Together.

"He leads me beside still waters."

Psalm 23:2

HAPPY 12TH BIRTHDAY OLIA!

Since she was just a little girl, Olia has always had a bouquet of flowers in her hand.

And so she still does today...always stopping for the flowers.

Always wildflowers, always lovely,

growing up but still frolicking.

Olia Lily, you are a blessing we all cherish!

Your sweet, gentle, innocent, peaceful, quiet spirit is easy to love and we do.

(especially your mama)

All who know you experience the joy of the Lord that fills your heart and shines in your smiling eyes.

The Lord knew when we named you Olia (meaning holy) and Lily just how the name would suit you.

Happy 12th Birthday to our Olia Lily!

 On your birthday, and every day, YOU are the gift...to us!

Literally every day as I pray for you, my first words are "thank you" because I am so deeply thankful that the Lord gave me such a precious daughter and friend in you. You are daily a blessing and soft place for us all.

You bring peace and femininity to your surroundings. You are diligent, obedient, kind, loving, patient, wise, musical, creative, gentle, and truly a blessing to your parents and siblings. You're just genuinely a delight to my heart!

Olia, my darling, you are SO loved!!

"And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever."

Isaiah 32:17

THE PONDS

Our special friends have beautiful ponds and the boys had been waiting patiently to go in!

FINALLY!!

To say they were thrilled is an understatement.

We love water!

And nature.

The Lord's beauty.

There are 2 ponds...a fishing pond with all the cypress trees and islands to explore.

And the swimming pond with a huge waterslide!

That first visit to the ponds, Brodie did the waterslide first...

Then Boden...

Then Noble...

The girls all enjoyed feeding the fish from the dock.

And Brodie enjoyed jumping off!

Then, the next week, the girls finally had their turn to join in the fun!

And Lily!

Lily loves Tennessee and all her grand adventures here.

The girls all enjoyed the waterslide too, but India was the only photo that wasn't just a big splash!

And I think Beck officially found his calling.

Such special memories made already...at the ponds.

"Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them."

Psalm 69:34