Zoo, Vacation, and Cars... Oh My!

Well, as expected, the summer is flying by! Last week Kara and I took the kids to the zoo. They had a blast... even Jakson! 

Monday I took Jon-Mical and Jakson to visit my mom in West Tennessee. She lives way out in the country and is always talking about hunting and fishing and four-wheeler riding, etc... needless to say, I was a little nervous about being out in that. I DO like to be outside. I like to play softball and swim and exercise, but I have not spent a lot of my life OUT in the country. I was nervous about how the boys were going to be in a new place. I took Jon-Mical on Monday and had to DRAG HIM AWAY kicking and screaming on Friday! He LOVES it there! We rode the four-wheeler (I drove him around!!!). We hiked around outside. He even fished and baited his own hook! I rode a four-wheeler for the first time and also shot a gun at some BOTTLES! I know that this does not seem like much, but this was all a very big deal for me! I have always thought that motorcycles and four-wheelers are dangerous (and I still do) but I still drove one and even drove Jon-Mical around! I also have NEVER been big on guns... I have very strong opinions on shooting animals and so I lumped all gun use in with hunting and that is NOT the case! I really enjoyed shooting glass bottles and I am quite good, to be honest! :) All in all, this was a very fun trip! It was good to see my mom and her husband and my brother and his family! We really had fun!

Today Josh and I took Jon-Mical to see Cars 2 at the theater. He loved it! Kachow!

Summer...

Well, the second week of summer break was very eventful! It has been SO HOT these last few days! Wow! It just seems like the weather is so much more extreme now than when I was a kid... tornadoes, floods, snow, HEAT, etc... Anyway, to beat the heat I took the boys to the pool a few days. Jon-Mical LOVES the pool! He wears "water wings" and loves to swim around. He is getting pretty good at jumping off of the side of the pool, and he even jumped off of the diving board a few times! Jakson loves the water too! I got him out in the pool a few times, but then he spent the rest of the day napping under an umbrella in MiMi's lap! I think that I am going to have 2 water babies!

This weekend Dad, Ben, Carra, and Luke came in for a visit. They actually came to watch the Vanderbilt baseball team play in the super regional NCAA tournament. Ben bought tickets for dad as a RETIREMENT gift! Yay! My dad has finally retired! Anyway, Vandy won both games and are now headed to the College World Series.

 Today ended the weekend. The family left. I got my house back in order. Everything is clean and we are ready to start week 3. We napped, went to the playground, took a good walk, and grilled some big steaks... a great end to a great week! What will week 3 hold???


Here is my water baby!

WORN OUT from swimming :)

  
Here is my other water baby... already asleep!

This is where we sat at the Vandy game! Nice retirement gift, Ben! We had a great time!

Just a picture of Jakson, Carra, and Cousin Luke!

First Week of Summer...

Well, the first week of summer break is already over... I would be lying if I said that I was not just a little nervous about staying home all summer with two kids! I mean, I love them more than anything, but I am quickly learning that 2 kids are hard work! Well, I was wrong (so far). We had the BEST week and I can already tell that this summer is going to FLY! We have played outside in the heat. We have walked to Food Lion to rent movies from the Blockbuster machine. We have eaten a boatload of popsicles. We turn on the sprinkler almost every day! We have covered the driveway in sidewalk chalk and completely covered the floors of our house with matchbox cars and trains... it has been an absolute blast! Jakson has been wonderful too! He LOVES to watch Jon-Mical play! Jakson ate cereal out of a spoon for the first time and is trying his hardest to roll over! Here are a few pictures...




Jon-Mical stays this dirty most of the time... :)

Here is Jakson trying to roll over...

Here is our first attempt at cereal... yes, some actually got into his mouth...

Wonderful... in pics

How wonderful life is, when you're in the world...