Updates

The front of the house and Kara's room were the worst!

We lost all the tress in front of the house and about 50 trees total!

My handsome boy and beautiful girl!

Easter eggs and Memaw's!

Sadly the weekend before Easter, our home was hit by a tornado (or two) causing $30,000 damage to the house and another $5,000 in personal property. God of course made lemonade with our lemons and now the house looks great and we were able to update a few things in the process too.

our beautiful family Easter morning!

Easter was great fun this year as it was the first that Kara was truly aware of and Blake was extra excited about the Easter bunny. Mommy learned that the bunny will have to bring toys and healthy snacks next year though because Blake thought he needed to eat candy everyday after Easter! We also went to Swaders for a huge egg hunt where helicopters dropped eggs into a field. There were thousands of people there and sadly, adults were grabbing eggs by the handful. All my kids got was pieces of broken eggs. :( Thankfully some sweet kids noticed the empty buckets and offered my kids some of theirs. There are some good people left in this world!







In spite of all the stress and extra work with clean up over spring break, the kids and I joined Tia and her family for our annual trip to Maymont park. The kids had a great time hiking, looking at animals, and just hanging out together. Afterwards we had Sweet Frog yogurt....Yum!

not sure why it loaded sideways!

For Memorial Day we went camping in Charlottesville with Mimi and Pepaw.  It was great fun and the kids really enjoyed the activities offered for them--jump house, snow cones, and a big slide!

Does he look redneck or what! LOL!

Family pool time!

Kara's first time in a bouncy house!

Lindsay, Aunt Wanda and the girls even made the trip!

In June the house was finally finished so we celebrated turning 30, 7 years of marriage, and having our house back together with a party at our place.  Fun was had by all!

Great sign Bernard and Alice got us!

the new deck! Love it!

June also brought a great trip to Mimi's for the Bridge, Natural Bridge Zoo and the Butterfly Exhibit.  I will add photos later.

July brought a trip to VA Beach with Memaw where Kara experienced the ocean for the first time she remembers and the Children's Museum in Portsmouth was a great place to beat the heat!
At the end of July we took a week long camping trip to OBX and enjoyed having Tia and her family nearby for beach time fun!  It has been a spectacular summer so far and I hope to squeeze more fun out of my last week.  First day as a librarian August 17th!