summer 2012...

was full of fun in the pool and time with our cousins...

we were able to spend lots of time with sweet friends.

we really loved our trip to the ranch with the herridges and the brischkes.  

and our time with the rogers and haynes was so much fun!!

and probably the best moment of the summer was finding out that we are expecting a baby in january 2013...

the next baby bowlin, around 8 weeks in this picture (6/20/12).  i know you can barely see it, but believe me there is a baby with a little beating heart there.  :)

it has been a great summer.  i am so thankful for the memories that we have made, the exciting news of a new baby,  and the time i have had to spend with my kids, friends, and family.  we are truly blessed.

school, routine, new friends, soccer, baylor football season, and more are just around the corner.  :)

pine cove base camp...

was SOOOO MUCH FUN!!!

kk and olivia the first morning.

mark and sarah (mark's sister) grew up going to pine cove christian camps.  then they both served as counselors while they were in college.  this camp holds lots of special memories and more importantly a place where they both grew closer to jesus.  all that to say, mark has been counting down the years until olivia could experience pine cove.  this year she was old enough to do base camp.  base camp is here in dallas at a local church, from 9-4 each day.  they get to do all the fun things that happen at overnight camp but they are close to home and still get to sleep in their own beds at night.

olivia and kingsley signed up and were thrilled to go to pine cove.  they had an amazing week!!  the highlights for olivia were being there with her cousin, her counselor- bedazzle!, the euro-bungee, and club (worship).

peri and olivia on the rec field.

olivia's cabin after getting their nails done.

kk and o during water inflatables.

bedazzle sharing with the group all the character traits she sees god developing in olivia.  very sweet and encouraging.

kk, olivia, liza, and peri.  soccer friends are now camp friends too!

kk, bedazzle, and o

such a great week!!  now she says she is ready to go to spend the night camp next year.  we shall see about that, but i am so grateful that she had such a fun week all centered around knowing christ more.