Welcoming Summer!!!

So far, we are LOVING summer!!! Unfortunately, Chris has had to be out of town for most of it so far, but we’re making the most of it! We’ve spent just about every waking minute at the pool. When it’s 90+ degrees already, that’s all you really can do!

Sweet baby! He melts my heart!!

Thank goodness for Gram’s pool!! It’s a lifesaver on sweltering days!

Little Man is still a little unsure of the pool, but he’s getting there! His problem is that he hates to wear swimmies! I’ve bought every brand including the puddle jumper and he HATES them! He wants to just swim free with someone helping him float! Such a BOY! ;)

Gotta love a little skinny dipping! ;)

The summer is already flying by! The kids have already had VBS last week and they have Theater Camp next week. Then, it’s 4th of July, then Golf Camp, and finally a week at the beach!!! Sailing by! We are enjoying it though!

Finishing up the School Year!

I don’t know about y’all, but we (ME) were so ready for the school year to end! It’s like that every year, and then of course 2 weeks into summer, I’m dying for school to start back! ha! We were super busy all spring and we all ready for a more relaxed pace!!

As soon as the sun was continuously shining and the weather warmed up enough, the kiddos were poolside!

    

    

They are so sweet and always help Goo Goo with the pool! Ethan is practically an expert at learning all the different pH and chlorine levels!

Just dying to jump right in!

We finished up baseball at the end of May! The boys did a GREAT job all season!! Ethan absolutely loved it and was a fantastic player! By the end of the season he was hitting coach pitch every at bat! And, BIG hits too!!! Baseball natural just like his Uncle RP! ;)

Such a sweet team!

LK finished up the school year with All Year Honor Roll! She does this every year! We are so proud of our super smart girl!

LK and her Japanese teacher. She LOVED Japanese this year!!

Her sweet teacher, Mrs. Taylor

My Baby is Growing Up!

This year was my baby sister’s Senior year of high school! I seriously couldn’t believe it!! First, she turned 18 in December and now she’s graduating!!! Where did my BABY go??! I was 12 when my Daddy and my stepmom, Sheri, brought her home. She literally was my real life baby doll. Words can’t describe how incredibly proud of her I am. She has truly grown into such a remarkable young lady.

On the night of her graduation, we all headed north to Munford, TN to attend the festivities. Mom, Nathan, Lilly, and I drove up together. My grandparents live not too far away, so my Dad came with them. Now, let me just say… I am a TOTAL city girl! Now, I can get my hands dirty now and again, but I am used to street lights, Target, Poplar Ave, and graduations INSIDE! This one was NOT! It took almost an hour from my house to get there (I typically only drive that when I’m going to my grandparents), then we had to park in a field and walk across said field to get the the football stadium where the ceremony was being held… OUTSIDE! Yes, Toto, I was not in Kansas anymore! And, let’s not even mention how “fish out of water” poor LK felt! haha!! Poor girl! All was good though until I saw people setting up their lawn chairs to watch from the edge of the field!!! YES! LAWN CHAIRS!!! Oh my! It was an experience for sure!

All joking aside though, my sister looked stunning and the ceremony was actually very well put together and they moved it along VERY quickly! Good thing too b/c she graduated with over 300 classmates. (Who knew small towns had so many people??!)

We had a great view and luckily I brought my zoom lens!

She looks gorgeous!!!

 

She spotted us!

Getting her diploma!

I hate that it’s blurry, but I LOVE this photo!!! She is so happy!

Throwing their caps!

  

Elena and her boyfriend (who is super cute and nice!) and her step sister, Kelby (LOVE K!)

  

You can see that I am a total shorty compared to my brother and sister!!! ha! I had to laugh when I saw this pic during editing b/c I never realized before how close our hair color is!!

Me and My Baby!

See.. SHORT! Elena Grace, Nathan, and me!

Proud Big Brother! (and just for the record, don’t underestimate how much of a protective big brother he is.. he was FB stalking Laine’s boyfriend as soon as got back in the car!!! haha!)

  

Laine with Daddy and Grandma & Bompa.. you can see where the height comes from!

Laine and her Mommas…. My Mom, Terri, and Elena’s mom, Sheri

Elena with her Momma and her Stepdad, Buddy…

Mom and LK

We had a great night! Later that weekend, we all met back up at my grandparents house to have a family lunch. It was wonderful! LK and I picked out some Vera Bradley goodies for Elena’s dorm room. She was super happy! She is off to Knoxville in the fall and I couldn’t be happier for her!! Granted it’s not Ole Miss, but it’s an SEC school and she’s getting OUT of Memphis! I can’t wait to attend a few football games.. although, I will NOT be wearing that gaudy orange color! :)