Frye Fam Happenings

I used to use a fork and knife to cut up the baby's food into tiny pieces, now I use my teeth. I never thought I would let my child scream and carry on in public, now there's no way I would waste all that time I spent getting all of the groceries I have managed to get while shopping, so you can bet I'm going to finish that trip while he cries! I used to use a food processor for the baby's meals or even make special mushy things just for HIM, now I serve what I affectionately call "ABC" food (already been chewed, by me.) I boast in the good bacteria I am adding to their food. I always wanted children who would obey the first time, behave in public, and speak clearly and politely to strangers. Now I hardly ever leave the house with my children. I used to use Babywise, now I have four kids (Do I even need to expound on that one?) I never thought I'd use the television as a babysitter. Now I know it's the only free one that is available at any given moment...

~so fresh and so clean and oh so precious~

I don't get to celebrate Father's Day with my dad in person often (if ever since I got married) , so it was nice to be in Tennessee for this occasion :) My dad loves birds and had a couple broken/malfunctioning pieces of bird watching "equipment," so my brothers and I bought him a new bird bath and thistle feeder. Another cool thing about all of this is that Eli has LOVED watching the birds while we've been here. He knows what many of them are called now, and he can even point out the hummingbirds. He and Justus have enjoyed filling the bird feeders, making sugar water for the hummingbirds, and throwing birdseed on the ground for squirrels and chipmunks. Happy Father's Day, Dad! And happy father's day to my sweet husband who stayed home working his tail off around the house while we were in Tennessee!!

We went for a very small hike, saw a pretty waterfall, Justus had a blast running and getting into the woods, and then it started pouring down rain in them Smokies, so we went to the Gatlinburg aquarium :)

~ Really, do I even need a caption for this photo? ~

No, not THAT kind of parking! This park is probably the best park I've ever seen. Certainly not up to safety standards but the best variety of play things, jungle gyms, water that's accessible but not too deep, etc. etc. Justus' favorite thing here was the miniature zip line. He probably did the thing close to 50 times. Boy is getting strong, active, and tough. This was Titus' favorite climbing structure there. The circles move as you climb along, so it's just like on a video game. He was so fast... Eli of course loved the stream. We didn't bring a change of clothes, but who is to stop 3 boys wanting to play in the water with rocks and dirt and EVERYTHING!! My friend, Jessica came with her husband, Brian. Here, they're checking out some "sea weed." Can you see the duck flying away as fast as possible? At least it ran FROM them and not AT them! Even Grandbob got in on some sliding action. Little Man got his feet in on the action :) He's getting ...

~Titus told me "No one EVER lets me take pictures!!" I said, "You're right. Go have fun..."~

A 6 +5 + 4 + 3 +2 + almost 1 year old = a lot of noise at the Grandparents' house!! 5 boys + 1 little girl = a LOT of craziness 1 picture times 6 taken of said children = maybe one good photo 6 children + 1 infant still in Maryland + 1 in the oven (my sister-in-law's oven NOT my oven!) = 8 grandchildren born in 7 years ~Blessed...

~Quality time with a Two-Year-Old~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE SO THANKFUL THE LORD BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, INTO OUR LIVES, AND ONTO THIS JOURNEY OF LIFE WITH US!!