Saturday we went to Holiday World for my mom's company picnic. It was HOT and CROWDED! Emily had fun, the rest of us, well, we had some fun, but like I said it was HOT AND CROWDED!

Emily playing in the water.

Emily and Papa having a serious discussion! :) HAHA!

Grandma and Emily hanging out!

Emily got a nap in, which might have helped her get through the day HAPPY! I could have used a nap, too! :)

Look at this sweet face. This is the very end of the day. Her little face was red because she was hot... but look at this sweet little smile! Still having fun!

At the end of the day, we went to the shelter house and ate. Hamburgers, mac and cheese, baked beans, and more. Emily ate some mac and cheese and LOVED it! :)

VBS started last night. It is the Amazon Expedition in the rainforest. Alison and I are teaching Kindergarten. Every year, we always say "this is why we aren't teachers!" 2 1/2 hours for 5 nights is enough for us!! :)

Emily came to see our classroom before VBS. This is our Amazon Rainforest background, pretty cool, huh?!

Mandy

Aaron is officially on break now! We turned in the Driver's Ed car today! Another safe summer! THANK YOU, LORD!!

So this afternoon, Emily, Aaron and I went swimming at the Hughes'. Kara just LOVES Emily. So funny, today she said, "Mommy, I want a baby!" We all just laughed!

Take note at the land up on the hill, one day there will sit The Ash house!! :)

Lily (the dog) decided to join us in the pool!

Emily loves the pool! We had a lot of fun. 2 of the 3 of us are burnt! I won't say who didn't put on sunscreen, but we are now putting on Aloe Vera like crazy!! :) Kara also said today, "I don't see you since you don't go to ball games." It seems like we all see each other so much during basketball season and then the summer flies by and before we know it it is basketball season again. We just don't get together often enough! The boys play next weekend at USI team camp and we are planning to go watch the boys Saturday for the day, maybe fit in a little shopping while we are there, too!! :) Actually, I am looking forward to going to USI. I haven't been since my Nursing Pinning in May 2005! A lot has changed, so it will be neat to see. Anyway, that's all for now! We are going to Holiday World with my mom's work this Saturday. And then, VBS starts Sunday! BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!!!
Mandy

HELLO!!! You all were starting to worry about me, I bet!?! It has been so long since I have posted.... which means I once again have a lot of catching up to do. Seems to be the story of my life right now. Ever feel like your chasing your tail??

Ok, well since last week, let's see.... We'll just skip a few days and go to Friday the 4th of July. We had my parents and Aaron's family over for a cookout/Aaron's birthday party.

Emily with Papa and Grandma

Daddy and his All American Girl!

Brittany got a new puppy, a puggle! He is sOOoOO cute!! His name is Webster, Web for short.... Emily liked him but at times wasn't to sure about that little thing. She keeps telling me how much she wants a puppy!! :)HAHA!

As you can tell from the background (Jeopardy), it was a really exciting PARTY! :) HAHA!!

Playing outside with Grandpa!

I had to buy Sparklers! Not that exciting really either, but Emily thought it was kind of fun! She actually is probably laughing at how stupid we all look, gathered around like these sparklers are something special!! :) HAHA!!

Unfortunately ;), Emily went to sleep before the fireworks started so Aaron and I just sat on the couch and watched New York's fireworks.

Saturday, we went to Evansville with my mom and dad, just to go. I had a few returns and a few things I wanted to pick up. Then we ate at Red Lobster for supper. I started getting a cold earlier but it really got bad that evening. I went home and took 2 night-time cold pills because I was soooo miserable, couldn't breathe. Well, those knocked me OUT!!! I didn't even get up to go to church on Sunday and really didn't wake up until Emily and Aaron came over to the bed to say they were leaving for church. Slept until 11, got up for 2 hours, then took another 2 hour nap!!! I usually don't take 2 because I am sooooo sensitive to medicines, but I thought it would be fine! HA!

So, I worked Monday and Tuesday. Monday I had the most interesting day...of course I can't talk about it(HIPPA), but WOW! Anyway, it also was extremely exhausting.

Today, I am playing CATCH UP AT HOME!! (As you can see)....

As far as Emily goes... Saturday, Papa and Grandma bought her a new toy. Check it out! She's been walking all over and now she thinks she is big and doesn't want our help!! :)

SOOO BIG!!!

She continues to explore everywhere and gets into everything. I got a kick out of her today (like I do everyday) but she can't quite pick up her puffs or her cheerios and put them in her mouth, but she LOVES to eat them. So today, she scooted her cereal close enough that she could lean down and lick it up off her tray! SO FUNNY! Silly girl!

Mandy

Just in case you didn't hear, The Knepp Family is back together. Mandi and Gabe are home. God is GooD!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

Today is Aaron's 27th birthday! He celebrated his birthday doing one of his favorite hobbies: golfing! He golfed all weekend... Well, Friday he had the shootout, didn't do as well as last year..:( but Emily and I had fun watching. Aaron started walking toward us, getting ready to putt and Emily says, "da da". I thought he might have heard her *this is the hole he was eliminated* but he said he didn't hear her! Anyway, here are some pics of Emily ready to go to the shootout in her golfing shirt/hat.

Emily and Emily! I still can't get used to Emily Chambers with brown hair! They hadn't see each other since my Emily was about a month old, so Emily C. was surprised at how big she had gotten! Emily C. is a very good friend from high school, one of those girls, that we can just pick up right where we left off, probably because all we do is giggle and laugh when we are together!!! :) Dad and Emily C. are a part of the famous snake cake joke. That's a story to tell about on another post!

I had to work yesterday so Emily stayed with Papa and Grandma while Aaron golfed. Then today, Em and I went to church then just hung out here at home. This is her taking a nap, she was so tired, this is how she fell asleep. She doesn't look very comfortable!

Off to work tomorrow. Emily has her 9 month check on Tuesday, so I will be sure to post how BIG she is!! :) No shots this time, thank goodness! Until Tuesday....