Fun Fun Fun

Way way way back during soccer season I mentioned to Will who was the recreation director at the church where I go to the gym, that it would be SO fun to have an adult kickball tournament. He thought it would be worth a try. We talked and talked about dates and he thought it would be best to play during the summer. July the 18th our team The Kickstarters played the Rockstars. We lost 9-1 but had SO.MUCH.FUN that we're planning on trying to play once a month. I Love kickball and haven't played since I worked at The Fort, we had a Blast!

Saturday was full of showers and a birthday party. Stacy was working on Saturday morning so I was unable to make it to Laura's baby shower. I did make it to Sarah's Sip and See for Levi, but I was only able to stay for an hour so that we wouldn't miss all of Aiden's birthday party.

I am SO excited that we discovered Bethlehem Church. Not only because it's close to home, we love the preacher, have met many new friends, and have reconnected with a lot of old friends. We joined a small group in the spring and were so excited that some old Dacula friends and their wives joined as well. Jeremy was in there and his son and Patton are the same age. We were invited to Aiden's birthday party and knew that we wanted to go. The weather had been questionable the whole week leading up to the party and even on the day of. But during the party the weather was perfect. The kids swam and had a great time. Only once (the most scariest thing happened. Patton took off his life jacket to eat cake, and forgot to put it back on before getting back in the pool. It was SO scary. He was ok, but needless to say he didn't get back into the pool that night.

 The birthday boy

 Throw him in!

                                               

 After the pool incident :(

 Sophie and her sweet blue eyes

 Which car should I choose…..

A little summer fun

At the very beginning of summer Micah, Patton, and I made "Summer to do lists." Patton's was very simple and he had everything checked off super quick. When you put things like "Go to TJ Maxx", and "play on Mama's phone" you know you'll accomplish everything. I'll have to get some pics of mine and Micah's lists. We failed to accomplish everything, but I told him that even though school is back in, summer isn't officially over until September :) "Play on a slip n slide made Micah's list.

 There was a lot of fruit picked.

 Bugs, insects, frogs….

                                                   
                                                   
We had a lot of play dates. One at our house. CRAZY day!

 But we got to enjoy Harrison and Levi! Boy boys were so happy!

We made it to one summer movie and everyone did great. These guys love Despicable Me 2!

 This picture has a story of it's very own. One day we were supposed to have some friends over for a crafty day. I try to never tell Micah plans ahead of time, because he becomes distraught if they get canceled/ changed, or bugs me about how much longer/ what times all.day.long. They knew this particular day that we were going to have friends over. As soon as Micah found out that plans had changed he was so sad. I tried to make it better by asking him if he'd like to go to Hobby Lobby. He did not. I really needed to and normally he Loves Hobby Lobby. I figured once we got there, he'd be ok. Little did I know. His day had officially been ruined. I got what I needed and told him that we were going to go home to stay. He doesn't like to stay home. He loves to go, but I knew that he was exhausted and Needed to be home. It was still early, 9:30 to be exact. He said "Let's go somewhere!" I explained that most stores don't open until 10:00 and that unless we were going to Target, or a grocery store that most stores are closed. He argued and argued. I was tired of arguing. He almost through tears begged to go to Life Way. I said "I' sure they're closed!" I was mad and so ready to be home. I said "Let's make a deal. I'll take you by Life Way, YOU read the hours and if they are closed we will go home and you can play in your room by.yourself (he Never entertains himself) until I tell you to come out, and if they're open, we'll go in!" I was mad. I knew they were not open. just KNEW. I pulled up in front of the store. Smack in the front row so that he could see the hours of the Christian bookstore. Clearly on the door it said 9:00-10:00. I almost cried. It was God. We went in. I bought a Bible (which will be a birthday present) a cd, and some flashlight thingy for Micah. With that one stop, his, and my days both turned around like magic. What a story, what a day.

 Not on the summer to do list, but too cute not to share. Apparently he felt the need to protect himself while he slept.

Cow Appreciation Day

During the week leading up to Cow Appreciation Day our local Chick-fil-A has special events every.single.day. We made it a point to go to several. We went to Mommy and me for breakfast and the kids worked on costumes. Kelsey and Makenzy came with us.

 Tie dye day is one of our favorites every year. Kelsey and Riley came to this one. It was so hot so we HAD to had a sweet treat after dying shirts :)

By the time Friday came around we were all ready to appreciate in our new costumes. We never like to take advantage of any Chick-fil-A, so we headed to Dacula for breakfast, and of course our own for lunch. We saw a lot of our friends and had a wonderful time. 

4th

We had a fun 4th this year. The weather was perfect so we were able to spend the entire day at the rent's pool. 

We stayed and had dinner before heading to Auburn to watch the fireworks. We decided that we'd go early enough to make sure that we could get a good place to park and see the fireworks. We got there in more than enough time to wander around the festival. Micah was able to play in those hamster balls on water. We ran into Heather, and Sarah and their families. All of the boys were so excited! So excited that Patton couldn't even wait to get to the bathroom. He wet his pants! Poor thing. We were probably a mile away from our car, so by the time we walked back to the truck, found him a change of shorts, and walked back…. It was almost firework time. 

The fireworks were good, but I made the mistake of taking glow sticks, that was all Micah and Patton could think about. The rest of us had a fun time :)