Canyon Lake Texas Part 2

The family reunion was deemed a success. We all got to be together and Peep got to spend time with his great grandchildren which was worth the trip right there. I love how close our family is and how we can just get together and act like ourselves and cook and eat and talk about old times. Family is so important and I realize we need to treasure the time together because it is so precious. It is hard to coordinate everyone schedules and find things everyone likes to do. I  know I wasn't a bowl full of smiles this whole trip due to feeling the stress of traveling with 2 little ones and being off a schedules, but I am so glad we were able to see everyone and just be together. The trip to the winery was a good one. Everyone tasted and enjoyed mostly sweet wines. Jacob loved the crackers and the chocolate chips that came with the tasting. One thing he has mastered this trip is batter tasting thanks to Aunt Jeje and Mamaw. He actually knows how to dip a pecan into the brownie batter ,eat it  and then high five his aunt- my child- I can't believe it- well actually I can :) Uncle Kurt and April gave Jacob his first real football and Noah received his first UT shirt- that is University of TX not TN :) Kurt has imparted some football knowledge on Jacob and he now knows what a fumble is and thinks it is great to drop the ball then yell out "fumble." You have your work cut out for you Kurt :) We also got to see April and Kurt's house which was so nice. Baby Faith's room is so cute and there house was great complete with a swing in the back for Faith when she gets bigger. All and all the trip was a good one with lots of great pics too. We fly out this afternoon- ahhh will I be glad when the flight is over. Hopefully it will be shorter than the trip here. The pilot decided it would be fun to land in Houston, not let us off the plane, get more gas, and then finally land in San Antonio. Not my idea of a good time so hopefully the path home will be more direct.  :) The first picture is such a neat one of Peep and his 3 great grandchildren. The second picture I thought was great. Noahy hitting the bottle after a hard week:)

Family Reunion in Wild Deer Filled TX!

So it has been a fun week so far in hot, humid Texas. We are staying in a house on Canyon Lake. We are all together with 3 babies in tow. Little Faith is 3 weeks old and absolutely precious and is sleeping better and always looks like a little angel. Jacob and Noah have had a ball. The highlight is definitely the deer. There are always at least 5-6 deers waiting to be fed by hand in the drive way. The are completely tame and eat out of your hand. After feeding them all our sandwich bread the first day we got smart and bought a big bag of corn for them. It is really incredible how tame they are and come right up to you. Peep is being a trooper and enjoying his 3 great grandchildren. Sleeping has been challenging for the boys and I. It is just hard traveling with little ones. You kind of need a vacation after your vacation if you know what I mean. We have been to the river to do some tubing- the water was a little chilly. We are headed to a winery for a picnic today. More pictures to come....

Moving Aunties, Grandma, and Waffles!!

This past week has been a good one. Jenny bought her first condo up in Atlanta. It is so cute with plenty of space, great location, open floor plan, and lots of trees around! Congrats Jenny! Rebecca is going to be her first roomy so that will be fun. Noahy and I went up to Atlanta for the closing of the condo and he did great one on one. I think he loved being with mommy by himself and no brother to distract me :) Grandma came for a visit this weekend too. Jacob had fun going to the playground, hiking, playing trains, and reading books. We also all went up to Atlanta for a post moving in dinner at Maggionio's. Mark and Jacob were twins in their orange shirts and it made a great pictures. Finally, today we went to waffle decorating day at Linda's Playhouse in PTC. Jacob was fascinated with the whole process and adorned his waffle with frogs, sharks, powdered sugar, sprinkles, whipped cream, and his personal favorite- a ring pop! Mmmm good! The last pictures is of Jacob with his moose shirt and moose stuff animals compliments of Mamaw and Papaw and their visit to wild Montana!

4th of July in Peachtree City

So we did 4th of July PTC style this year. We had our good friends from Emory Anne and Brad and their adorable son Ben down to celebrate. The was a lot of red, white, and blue blue eyed boys around our house. We went to the parade, which all the boys loved. We avoided getting pelted with candy from the parade and Jacob enjoyed multiple lollipops which he never has. Then we had some BBQ and grilled bubbles in the living room for a while :) It worked out very well and was so nice and even cool in the shade. Our golf cart behaved and did not run out of battery juice- we called it the little cart that could. We were going to go swimming to finish up the festivities but Jacob's crib was calling him for a nap so maybe next time. It is so much fun having kids and enjoying all the stuff that makes being a kid fun all over again.