July Misc.

This is a catch-all post covering a few different things we've done lately.  

The day we all got back home from our trip was the 4th of July.  And it was raining (and it continued to rain for the next week straight).  All of the 4th activities in town were cancelled.  We started going stir crazy by the end of the week because of all the rain!  We got outside for a few minutes that day to take a few pictures...

Michael had those snap-pop things and the kids loved throwing them down and making them pop.

That weekend was also Michael's birthday...He got a new flag for the house.  

This was kind of crazy.  Michael went in to get Jackson one day after his nap and saw this in his bed.  He had laid still the whole time and evidently sweated a little!  He gets hot easily...but this was too funny - you can see the exact outline of his face and everything!  

Bubble bath fun...

A few sweet shots of my babies before bed one night...

Last weekend was Chloe's first birthday and we enjoyed her pool party!   

Happy birthday, Chloe!!  

This little guy turns three this week!!  We had his party today so a birthday post is coming soon!!

Five Day Visit

While we went to the beach, Rachel and Jackson stayed with Grandmama and Granddaddy.  This was the longest time they've stayed away without us and they had so much fun!

Playing with each other...

Playing with Katie...

Going to church...

Reading books...

Riding bikes...

Going swimming practically every day...

They went to a farm close by and got to ride the tractor and pick corn and blueberries.  Jackson loved the big tractor and talked about it for days!

 Even Dawson got on the tractor!

 

 

Fun times at the local farmers market...

Rachel got to attend a day camp for two of the days at their church.  She loved it!  They went swimming both days and did arts, crafts, music, etc...  She was exhausted in the evenings though.

Tuesday was bungee day and she got to try this jumping thing - I thought she would love it but turns out she was off in about 15 seconds...she didn't care for it.  

Overall, they had a great time... When can we do it again???

Beach Time for Mommy and Daddy

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to take a trip away - by ourselves.  We've gone away for a weekend before but never for five days.  Michael's parents graciously kept the kids for us and we couldn't have done it without them!  We left Saturday morning and thought we'd get there (Panama City Beach, FL) around 3 or 3:30 but that wasn't the case.  Everyone else was going at that time too and traffic was ridiculous.  So, we went to dinner and that was about all.  But really, that's about all we did anyways while we were there. We would get up each day and eat breakfast in our room.  We rented a condo on the beach.  

Sunday we woke up to some pretty wicked thunderstorms and it stayed that way on and off the rest of the day.  We did get out once in the afternoon and it was even still raining at that point.  The forecast looked rough for our whole time there but it kept improving each day.  Tuesday was the best though.  We sat out by the ocean most of the day - under the umbrella - and just read and watched the ocean.  It was fun to be able to play in the ocean on our own...and just be able to relax.  The only time we left each day was to go out to dinner.  So, it was great - relaxing and oh so easy!  

The storms moving in - we saw this view a lot!

Floating over the waves.

It was crazy - the people we were sitting beside on the beach (who took this picture for us) were from Woodstock, GA.  They were all there for their little league world series baseball... 

Finally the pretty skies and ocean without rain clouds.

Our first night out.  

My first drink in almost 5 months...Key Lime Freezer - it was delicious!!

Cute turtles...

Pina colada anyone?

Our last night... It was sad to leave but I was missing my babies.  

Pictures from their adventures with Grandmama and Granddaddy coming soon.