Time, it is a-flyin!

The last two weeks have been such a whirlwind of activity. So, it's time for a recap. I'll try to make it as short as possible. But, enjoy the pictures!

We had a really great visit with my family in Nashville. We had about a day and a half of sickness, which kept me in bed and everyone else in the house. We aren't a family that gets sick very often, but when we do, it makes up for lost time. The blessing was that the kids didn't get it and my mom, the trooper, kept an eye on the kids while I recuperated (even though the bug had hit her too). However, when we weren't sick, we were having a blast.

We visited the park just around the corner from my parents house.

Kalyn had such a fun time climbing up to the top of this pyramid thing and don't even think about telling Xander he's not as big as his sisters!

We got to visit with my grandmother - we treated her to lunch at McDonald's - hey, we know how to live it up.
The kids had a great time playing on the McDonaldland play-yard and Nannie had fun watching them.

We attempted to blow bubbles off a bridge, but there wasn't too much wind that day.

Trinity made amazing clothing creations with the piles of fabric pieces from my mom's quilting stash.

The kids had tons of fun with all of Mimi's rubber ducks in the tub.

We played with balloons.

Mimi said it took her a few days to find (and pop) them all.

We celebrated Papa's birthday.He got new pictures of the kids for his office and two new Peanuts books to go with the Schultz biography he's reading.

It was a wonderful trip, all in all.

We returned home Friday afternoon, right about the time Craig was arriving home from Centrifuge camp. On the way home, we found out that we needed to be down in Craig's hometown of Bowdon the next day. Craig's parents' house was hit by a tornado on Mother's Day this year and due to the damage, had to be demolished. Saturday morning, the builder was meeting with the Baughns to present his house plans. We're trying to help out his parents as much as we can during this big process, so we needed to be down there for this part of it. It was the first time Craig and I had seen the house, well the spot where the house used to be.

It was quite a bit to take in. But, the plans look great and we can't wait to see what is built in the old home's place.

That afternoon, we travelled to Douglasville to celebrate the marriage of Polly and Chris Grauso. It was such a wonderful reception. We are really enjoying getting to know Chris and Polly much better!

That's about all the update I can muster for now. We've had a great week since our arrival back home and I'll be posting those pictures soon!!