December-part I

The optimist in me is hoping I'll squeeze another post in during this month, hence the part I. Don't laugh.

To kick off the month-long Christmas festivities, we went to the tree lighting in the square, followed by the Christmas parade. Josh is done with football(!!!!), finishing up his team's inaugural season 4-6. Mason had fun with Mimaw last weekend, spending a little one-on-one time with her...I don't think he wanted to come home. We have a beautiful Christmas tree up and let Home Depot cut it down for us this year. That's it for now...
Happy Holidays to everyone!!

November

In November: more football! visits with Mimaw and Pipaw, Mason is playing soccer again and we made another trip to Florida for Thanksgiving.

October

In October, Reese and Mason had a great time with their cousins...all boys! Avery, Aubry, Mack and Logan (along with their parents) came up for the weekend. The boys had a great time and Mason is still asking when his cousins will be back! Josh stayed busy with football and we enjoyed many of the fall activities in the area. We also had a fun weekend with Grandma and Grandpa, who helped us pick out our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch! Halloween was fun...it seemed to go on for days...Mason was a brave knight and Reese was Mickey Mouse.

Yikes! who's ready for an update?

it's been waaay too long since my last post so I'll try to summarize the last three months!

In September, we had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's: we visited new cousin James, Reese recieved his first haircut, we spent some time with Joe, Mason took up swimming and we met Shelby!

fiesta @ Siesta

This past weekend, the boys, Grandama, Granny and I drove over to Siesta Key and enjoyed some beach time. The weather on Saturday was absolutely perfect and we lounged on rafts in the still, crystal-clear Gulf all morning. Granny had to be persuaded out of the water for a Diet Coke and high-tailed it back to her beloved raft. We stayed in a condo just steps from the sand and sat in the shade of our porch when the weather became too hot. We spent time with Aunt Beth, who graciously shared her lovely art with us. The whole weekend was wonderful...I only wish we were able to stay longer. And we missed Josh and Grandpa terribly!

Summer fun!!!

With such a time lapse between posts, I imagine you are wondering "what have you guys been up to?" I'm glad you asked. :) We've been busy with MANY birthdays, parties, day trips and sleepovers. I've added quite a few pictures too...The July birthday group, our trip to the aquarium and the boys at Mimaw's & Pipaw's. A few Fridays we took advantage of "Picnic in the Square"...a nice picnic lunch with music in the downtown square. We took a trip to Fun Town and played video games and bowled.

We took another trip down south to enjoy the annual party on the 4th and had a great time with Grandma & Grandpa. The boys swam and saw Ratatouille, then we celebrated Joe's birthday again at GameWorks. It's been a great summer so far, though it has flown by! We already miss Joe and hope he's back again soon. I'll be back soon with more pictures...I haven't shown off our garden yet!

Joe is here!

oh boy! have we been busy. In my attempt at keeping the boys (especially Joe) entertained, my blog has fallen by the wayside.

We had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's for a few days and picked up Joe to spend some time with us in Georgia. We also had a special surprise visit with g'ma and g'pa this week after they missed their connecting flight in Atlanta (due to weather) on their way to a cruise in Denmark. We were able to spend the morning with them and hung out at the house until their flight left. I was sorry to hear they missed their flight, but it sure was nice to see them!! :)

Once we got back to Georgia, the boys enjoyed a Mimaw and Pipaw sleepover complete with fishing, horse riding and canoeing. The boys and I have been busy, going to magic shows, snake shows, and picnics. We've been having a whole lotta fun. Joe has been attending a football camp this week and seems to enjoy it. I think next week we'll plan an outing to the zoo or aquarium. It's been great having the boys together...Joe is so sweet with Reese and they all get so silly playing together...very cute.