Melissa's Wedding

This past weekend, Melissa and Spencer got married at Holly Tree Country Club. The wedding was beautiful- and everything was perfect! Melissa looked gorgeous and her dress was so pretty. We had a blast at the reception...I haven't danced that much in years! :)

Me and Shella

MRE Family...Chappell, Shella, Kelly, and me

Yes, that's a hole in Greg's pants from a "Grand Entrance" on the dance floor!

Trip to Alabama

Cool in the pool...Graham and Zoe!

Last weekend I took the kids to Alabama to visit Aunt Mari and Uncle Ralph. We left Thursday morning and stopped in Atlanta to have lunch with Daryl. We ate at a good restaurant in downtown Atlanta called The Spaghetti Factory. The stop was nice to visit with Daryl and to stretch our legs! Then we headed on to Alabama- the kids were great in the car! We had a great weekend with Aunt Mari, Uncle Ralph, and of course...Zoe the dog! The kids swam in the pool- along with Zoe I might add! Mari is a fantastic cook so we ate super good- hats off to you Auntie! We can't wait for them to come our way in December! Check out our pics of our trip...

4th of July

Our family enjoyed the 4th of July with the Teagues. The kids played in a blow up pool in their backyard and threw water balloons at one another. Then Mark dumped the container filled with water on Riley, but the overflow soaked Mallory Kate...whoops! She survived, and actually it probably cooled her off some! How could we have a holiday and no accidents or sickness? Well, we didn't get quite that lucky...Mallory Kate took a tumble down 5 wooden deck stairs! She had a few bruises, but she can't keep that porcelain doll face for more than one day! Graham had a great time and stayed up late to watch the fireworks and ended up spending the night. We enjoyed celebrating the 4th with family! Enjoy the pics!

Fun with Cousins...

Our cousins, Claire and Riley, came over to play with us today. We played inside, outside, and even watched some of the movie because of Winn Dixie- which by the way, is a precious movie if you haven't seen it. One of the highlights of this playdate was conversation I overheard between Claire and Graham. It started off like this- Claire is telling (or reminding) Graham that she is going to marry him when she grows up. Graham responds with, "Claire, I want to marry Hannah first, then you, and then my sister." Then he scratches his head and says, "But the rules are you can't marry someone you are related to, right mom?" So I had to explain that technically, Graham and Claire are not blood related cousins- and so in reality, yes, the two of them could get married- but he and Mallory Kate could not. Then, I see both 6 year old minds churning. Then Graham asked, "Well Mom, then why are me and Claire cousins if we aren't really related?" So then I had to proceed into the conversation of real versus step family, etc. Boy, that was a rough one to tackle! We'll see their thoughts on this in 20 or so years! Haha! Anyways, here are a few snapshots of the kids playing outside!

Claire pushing Mallory Kate

Riley and Mallory Kate

Graham chillin' out!

This girl LOVES cheese!