I celebrated my 31st birthday while we were in NY. I got to go shopping and if I remember correctly only took 1 child with me! We had a great steak dinner, opened gifts and had a peanut butter brownie trifle for dessert. It was a great day!
Oh and Graham took most of the pictures!
The day was topped off with a family picture that turned out pretty nice!
We spent 2 weeks in August visiting my family in NY
Hiking
We enjoyed a gorgeous weekend outside with my aunts, cousin, and Grandfather! It had been a couple of years since we saw Aunt Lisa and Grandpa and Aunt Gail and Megan had never met Reed or Paige. Always thankful when we get to spend time together!
We went to the beach a couple of times to play and swim
We got to meet Luke and spend several days with his mom and big brother. He and Paige got along really well!
The bears that came with the pack an play mobile were boring so Anthony decided to hang some cat toys for P (and apparently R too) to play with
GG’s toys are always fun to paly with
Doesn’t everyone sit on the cat scratching post to play toys?
Love these pictures!
We explored a couple of playgrounds in town
We loved spending time with our family!
We got home from NY around 6pm and the boys had their first day of preschool the next morning at 7:45! They go twice a week from 7:45-2:00. P and I enjoy Tue mornings at home (although she misses them) and we got to Community Bible Study about 30 min away on Thurs. I thought I’d get a nice break while they were gone but baby’s are a lot of work
G sang with the kids choir one Sunday morning which was a big deal for him (he’s been known to go to rehearsals and then refuse to go on stage for the performance).
We had planned to meet the Witt’s for pizza at the park for Graham’s birthday, but some van trouble changed the way the day turned out. I was upset, but he didn’t know any different. In the end it was a special day for him.
We started the day with Luke, Sarah, and Molly coming over for a small party. We had homemade cinnamon rolls and then the kids went on a scavenger hunt to find G’s gifts. Hidden at each clue was an item for Graham to put in each kids goodie bag.
The last clue led them back into the house where his gifts were waiting to be opened!
His gifts included bot shots, legos, Rush Hour Jr, Beyblade, and Star Wards Fighter Pods. They’re fun toys, but many have had to be put away for the time being because a certain little sister eats anything that is left on the floor!
Aunt Julia needed to head back to school to begin her fall semester of classes, so Paige and I took a quick trip to Nashville to meet up with some friends that would drive her back.
When we got home the van repair was completed, so the 5 of us squeezed into Anthony’s car and headed to Cookeville to pick it up. We finished the day with dinner at Outback.
