Fall & Family

We've been traveling...as in: I only remember 1 weekend spent at home in about 2 months - traveling... There have been at least 2 weeks that we were not at home at all or only for 1-2 days. Goodness...

Needless to say, it has been difficult. There have been various reasons for our travels - football games, consignment sales, just needing help from my mama, visits with far-away family, deaths in the family, etc... This Fall has been full of travel. I haven't done a great job of taking pictures because some of our visits were not the type where constant picture taking is appropriate, some of our visits were too crazy to remember the camera, and the rest of the time I've been too tired to move :)

Thankfully, no matter the reason for our travels during this busy season, there has always been family to meet us where we land! Here are some of the family moments we've had this Fall.

Time with Nana and Papa J

Abby and Sam traveled to AU for the LSU game.

Brett and Michelle came to AU to visit from Jacksonville. When we took this picture they said "Smile, Michelle's pregnant!" Yay for another niece or possibly a nephew :)

Playing Trains at "Greemama's House"

Eating Breakfast with the horses...

Smiles with Grandmama

"Four do do" rides with Granddaddy

Cooking with Grandmama

Snuggle time with clean boys!

Bed time stories

Playing Farm

Showing Granddaddy the "tars" 

Snuggles with Bamie

Kisses from Granddaddy

Learning to snuff a candle

Where are Carter and Justus? Haha!

Thank you, Lord for keeping us safe during our many travels this season of our lives!!! Thank you also for the warmth and love we feel everytime we go "home" to visit our families. Amen

Family Beach Trip

We went to Panama City Beach with Kevin's parents at the end of August. For my future reference we stayed in the Aqua Condo on the 4th floor and loved it! Here's some of the highlights...

Family of 4 on the beach!

It rained 2 of 4 days (thus the dark skies behind us). We were able to spend at least an hour each day on the beach though which is more than enough for a 3 month old and 2 year old!

On the rainy days, we enjoyed the "hot pool" :)

The rain brought waves...huge waves!!!

Baby on the beach...

Toddler on the beach...

Nana and Papa J were a HUGE help! I highly recommend taking grandparents on vacation :)
I even got some time alone on the beach, and got to go on a date with the hubby!!!

This little guy loved his first beach trip!


His brother also loved every minute of it!


This was his #1 favorite thing to do...


He also really enjoyed burying his legs. He wouldn't let us bury anything except his legs, but we did this over and over again!


His other favorite activities were:
Building Sandcastles
Burying Daddy
Chasing SeaGulls
Looking at Boats

Digging / Playing in Holes
More Sea-Do Driving
Picking up Shells


It was a wonderful vacation...even if we did have a bout of the stomach virus the last night there.
That just made it an all-around complete family vacation :)



Thank you for making the trip with us Nana and Papa J!
We can't wait to go back.

Aunt Bebe's Visit

My sister came to visit us as soon as she could get some days off after Miles was born! She lives in Seattle, WA and couldn't wait to get her hands on our little man! She came the week of the 4th of July.

It was love at first sight :)

She definitely got her snuggles in! 

My other sister came to town too! Having all three of us together under one roof was so much fun :)

My parents got to come up as well! We all went to watch fireworks at the rocket. 

 Some of her friends got to come see her, and we spent LOTS of time at the pool - she wanted to soak up the Alabama sunshine!!!

We went to the Zoo with our Parents / Aunt & Uncle / Cousins that weekend, and had so much fun!

Guess who was in charge of Miles? :)

 These boys love their Aunt Bebe!!! 

...especially when she spoils them and gives them Four-Do-Do's (C's way of saying four wheeler)!!!

We love you and miss you, Aunt Bebe! You're welcome to come back and visit whenever you want :)

The Zoo

There are a few things I want to catch-up on here in blog-land. One of those things is our zoo trip. A while back - when my sister was here visiting - we went to the Birmingham Zoo. We went with my Parents, Sisters, Aunt, Uncle, Cousins and their children. We had blast!

When you go to the zoo, you get to look through/around/over lots of fences.

You get to touch some animals - you try to touch others - and you just wish you could touch the rest :)

You learn that Gorillas are really big!

It's a great place to spend time with family!

Carter spent time with his favorite Thomas Ladies :)

It was super special to have Aunt Bebe here from Washington state! Miles wasn't too sure what was going on, but he went along for the ride :)

Did you know there are bubbles at the zoo? Well, there are - LOTS of bubbles!!!

It was such a fun day. We will definitely be going back to the zoo!