Birthday Travels

Thane turned 4 this year! Crazy how time flies. The kids and I went down south for his birthday party. When I looked back as we were about to pull out of the driveway, this is what I saw. We apparently have to take everything but the kitchen sink with us on a one night trip! 

Hamil & Sarah set up this giant slip-n-slide. It was a HUGE hit with the kids!

And some of the adults...my Dad had to show them how it was done. They loved it.

Opening presents...I loved this picture because it caught Lila looking on. I have many memories and have seen many pictures of me looking on at events on this very lawn. Love it.

Blowing out 4 candles! We are thankful we got to celebrate with Thane! Our sweet nephew Levi also turned 4 the same week of June. Looking forward to seeing him soon! They are both growing up way too fast.

The next morning, Nate & I were riding on the golf cart. I put this collage on Instagram and captioned it "Wide Open Spaces." I love living in the city, it's where I'm supposed to be right now, but I'll always be a country girl at heart.

First Swim Meet

The first swim meet of the summer was a success! Lila was equal parts nervous and excited. I thought she looked so cute in her suit and cap! 

Nate was not as excited as I was that it was the first swim meet of the summer. But he was mainly mad that I made him stand in the sun to take this picture. Have I mentioned he is super sensitive to the heat??? Lord, have mercy.

Both of the kids did so well. Only one of them let me take their picture. Lila won 3 out of 4 races and Nate won all 4 of his. To say we were proud of their accomplishments was an understatement.

Lila's little buddies. A & T make going to swim team extra fun!

We take our friend C to swim team every morning. Here are the 3 Amigos...

Swim team has been our saving grace this summer. It has given us a purpose in the mornings and anchored our days when they were hard to anchor. We will miss it!

Weekend with the Pooleys

Settling in to our new house has proven to be a time sink, but we are getting there! It feels a little more like we aren't living in someone else's house every day. 

The weekend after we moved in, the Pooleys came for a visit! We were so excited to see them and welcome them to our new home. After hanging out on Friday evening, we decided to go to the City Museum on Saturday morning. It turned out to be super fun! I had not been in years and the kids all had a wonderful time. 

There were so many things to swing on and climb on.

This rope swing was Lila's very favorite activity.

All of the kids ran up and down these ramps over and over again. They were both a little sore on Sunday!

Honestly. Where did those babies go???? Seems like yesterday they were both born in Nashville.

Shame on me for not getting a picture, but there is a Ferris Wheel on the roof of the museum. Lila and Scott were the only ones to ride it, being the daredevils they are...I was very proud of her!

The ball pit was one of our last stops. It would give me claustrophobia but the kids enjoyed it.

On Sunday, we headed to the baseball game! Nate's body language is telling you how hot it was on that day. It was HOT hot.

But it was Father's Day, so we persevered. The two Dads.

The Cardinals did not win, even though we suffered through 9 innings of straight up heat wave. But fun was had, especially in going to get over 100 cups of ice before the game was over.

We were so thankful the Pooleys came to visit us! It had been a physically and emotionally exhausting week in house activities and we were so glad to get to relax with our dearest friends at the end of it. Even if we were all a little off our rockers:) They loved on us anyway. A for sure sign of a wonderful friendship!