And we're off again....

After our long weekend at the lake, Julie came up with the kids again because Jim is deployed now. It was such a gift for me to get to see them in May and then again in July! We did much better on pictures during the May visit, so we didn't take many this time around. Two days after Julie left, Tommy and I flew out to Tucson to see Carissa and Darcy and to meet William, Carissa's son who was born last September. The kiddos pretty much peacefully co-existed but didn't always love being around each other. In the last 3 pictures, you can see the series that Carissa took that are hilarious. The looks on their faces are priceless. That pretty much captures the ups and downs they had together all week. But Carissa and I loved all our time together so that is what really matters!!! I must add, by the way, that Tommy was terrified of feeding the giraffes but had no problem touching a snake...

Happy 4th of July!

We stayed down in Atlanta until the weekend of the 4th, and then drove up to Tim's Ford to the lakehouse for a great holiday weekend with the whole fam (except Uncle Rob and Aunt Lara :( ). The kids had a blast together and got lots of great time on the lake. I believe this weekend was the start of Tommy's popsicle obsession: you can see he had a great time chowing down on his red, white, and blue popsicle. Thank goodness once again for Spray N Wash.

Tommy went down to Georgia

After our friends left, we went to Atlanta to spend a few days with Gram and Bampa. Tommy was in heaven, of course, and spoiled rotten! One of the highlights was getting together with one of my college roommates and her son, Jack. Tommy and Jack had a blast at the sprayground and playing in the park. Tommy's favorite part about being at Gram and Bampa's was probably helping Gram water the plants in the backyard each night. He loved being a big helper and also getting soaked by the time they were done. Seems he has inherited his daddy's green thumb, since his mommy really couldn't care less about yardwork, plus I have quite a track record for killing all plants.

More friends come to visit

In late June, more friends from Jax came to visit! Neil, Allison and Aidan came through for 2 days on a big roadtrip they took. Tommy and Aidan are just under a year apart so when we left Jax, they didn't interact much, but this time they were hilarious. There were plenty of disputes over toys but overall they did great. I didn't take as many pics as I should have, but wanted to include a couple since seeing our friends was such a highlight of our summer!