Summer Fun- Lots of updates!

I'm finally catching up my blog! Remember just a few weeks ago I said our summer hadn't been very busy? We've made up for it the last few weeks! So we had our anniversary, 4th of July & my birthday. Then the kids & I took a trip to Baton Rouge. We had planned to go for the weekend with my mom & Jenn (for Jenn's bridal shower). I decided to go a few days early so we'd have a little more time with everyone. It was my first time traveling alone with the kids. Everything was great though! The kids were awesome in the car! We had a great visit with Grams, Mamaw, Papaw and all of my aunts, uncles & cousins. Jenns' shower was really nice too. Her wedding is almost here! I'm so excited!Adam & Papaw, looking at a history book! Adam wanted to hear all about the wars! And who better to teach him than Papaw!

We got home from our trip and started a busy week. Adam took swim lessons at the Y. He really enjoyed that! He also went to Vacation Bible School at St.Timothy's. He had fun there too. Sarah & I had some girl time each evening while he was there.

Check out the next few posts for more pictures and updates about our summer!

Daddy's Girl

Sarah loves her daddy!! I thought it was so cute, she got her lunch and sat by the window so she could watch him cut the grass. She's totally a daddy's girl!

Celebrate Freedom

A few weeks ago the kids & I went to Celebrate Freedom- a big Christian concert with lots of bands. It goes on all day and ends with fireworks at night. I had always wanted to go, so this year we decided to go for it. It was SOOOO hot that day. We went late in the day, but it was still really hot! Everyone was so nice. Some people moved over so that we could have their shady spot. We stayed for a few hours. We got to see Jeremy Camp, Mark Schultz, Kirk Franklin, and my favorite- the Newsboys!! You know my little rockstar loved it! Sarah really had fun too.

Cute, messy faces!!

Sarah's First Haircut

Sarah got her first big girl hair cut recently! I took her to Sweet & Sassy because I just thought it was so cute & girly! She wasn't so sure about sitting in that chair, but once she got started, she enjoyed being pampered. After they cut it, they sprayed cupcake scented spray on it, and some glitter! It's so much fun having a girl!!

The big 3-0!

My sweet husband put together a party for me to celebrate my 30th birthday! He did a great job! He invited some friends & family and got yummy food from Baja Grill. My mom made my favorite Oreo dessert. It was such a fun time! Thank you Jake & everyone who helped make it a special day for me! We missed those who couldn't be here, that's the bad thing about having a birthday on a holiday weekend! Thank you for all of the birthday wishes, cards & gifts! I'm so blessed with sweet friends and family! :)

Me & Misty

Me and my sister

Cutest party guest, sweet little Dylan!

Me & Lisa

Mom & Dad!

Happy 4th of July!

My Patriotic Princess! Cutie!

I hope everyone had a great day today! Ours was wonderful- for the most part. Okay, there were a few things about it that were less than wonderful...

1. Jake had to work most of the day :(

2. Our house was a huge mess, so I had to break my "no cleaning on holidays" rule. You know I'm a rule follower, so I hated to do that!

3. My mom & I had the great idea to take the kids to the bike parade. That sounds fun, right? Well...it was at the HOTTEST part of the day, where they ride around a park path with NO shade, and they put the wrong start time on the website, so we kind of missed the whole thing! Not wonderful. :( The kids didn't care and said we could just have our own parade. They had fun playing on the bounce houses but we didn't stay very long, it was just too hot!

(having our own parade!)

Anyway, once we cooled off, got a snow-cone & sat in the shade for a little bit we were much better! We went back to the park which had cooled off some! Jacob got off work and met us! (See how things are getting better!). We listened to the bands, danced with the kids & hung out with Becky & Vicki's family. Then we watched the fireworks! I love watching fireworks, especially when they are set to patriotic music like these were! I felt very proud to be an American, thankful for our troops, and thankful for my family! It turned out to be a wonderful night! :)

(just relaxing, waiting for the fireworks!)

My sweet family