I am Way, Way, Way Behind, May Update

Okay so I have been a total slacker in the blog department. I am way, way, way behind. I can’t believe that it has been almost two months since I have posted. I hope that I can start doing better. I think I will do this in three big chunks….May update…..June update…...and then July update. I know I should probably just start with July and forget the rest but I am going to do some catch up. First a few things that I wanted to post but never did…..starting back in May after Hailey’s birthday we went on a day trip down to the falls and looked around.

Wow! The water was high and the falls were bursting with the new summer melt off.

We also made it to a couple of my brother’s football games. One in which the sprinklers turned on and it turned out to be pretty entertaining. We also had our first summery weekend, one in which it was hot enough for the swimsuits to come out. So we got the girls in the backyard with the sprinkler.

Then we had a fun park day with cousins. It was hot when we got there but within just an hour it was cooling off. Ashtyn had already ran through the water and then ended up wrapped in a blanket because she got too cold. My belly is getting bigger. Everything is going great and the baby is healthy and so far the weather has been hot enough to go outside and enjoy but not so hot that we are croaking.

We celebrated our 7^th anniversary, just a simple out to date dinner and a dozen roses from my sweet, amazing, perfect for me, great dad, honey bun. We can’t believe that it has been seven years. We have loved every minute together and it just keeps getting better.

We planted our garden, had a pizza hut field trip, which was awesome because the kids got to check out the kitchen and make their own little pizza. We watched it go from one end of the oven to the other and come out the other side just in time to be put in a perfect little pan size box and then be devoured at the table by the hungry child that made it. Then on Memorial Day weekend we went on our first campout of the summer. We went up to Farragut State Park. It was a lot of fun, even though it sprinkled one of the days.

We were there with a big group of people and so there were some fun group activities that the girls enjoyed. The girls’ favorite part though was being able to take their bikes and ride around the big circle we were on. It was even hot enough one of the days to go by the lake and dip our toes in the freezing cold water.

We wore the kids out and I was even lucky enough to hold a sleeping Hailey. That hasn't happened in a long time. That is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. It was a great first campout. Then after we came home that next week we finally had our first park day of the summer with friends. It was great.

Yeah, summer is finally coming!