A Visit from the Sewell Family

John Payne came to see us! He brought along Kimsey Grace and his parents too. All day Friday it was John Payne this and John Payne that. Jake was so excited to see his cousin! When I went to get him after his nap he said "Mommy I didn't take a nap I watched out the window for John Payne's car." Now I don't think that was really true but it was sweet.


The weekend did not disappoint. There was lots of running, playing, eating, swimming and even a little tree climbing. Julianna tried to keep up with the big boys but Jake and John Payne ran circle around the girls. They did occasionally stop for hugs, they are very sweet to their sisters. Jake was so sad to see his cousins go home on Sunday morning.


Come back soon!

Beach Trip

Last week was our annual beach vacation. We went to Amelia Island with the Brownings. Two 3 year olds and a 16 month old doesn't really make for a relaxing vacation. But we had tons of fun watching our little ones run on the beach and jump the waves.


We did all kinds of fun things. We took a ferry boat to a seafood restaurant. The boys loved the big boat. Leslie and I took the kids to play Putt Putt. I thought they would just hit the ball around but Jake kept asking me if his hands were right. Geez. We had to go back the next day with the Daddies for a little more instruction.


Leslie was creative and made a fun sand pail dessert. It was sooo good and the boys loved "helping" make it. Julianna just loved eating it.

Most days we just played on the beach. Julianna didn't really like it at first but the water warmed up and by the end of the week she was fearless. She and Jake would just run for the water.


The last night each family had a photo shoot. I took the Browning's pictures and they were great! I was so excited to take our family shot. Wow, two kids is WAY more difficult to photograph! Oh well who cares about a perfect picture...it was a great vacation!

Moving On

I haven't really posted anything on the blog about our living arrangements the last few months. In January we decided it was time to sell our home in Mableton. To our shock (and I will say, with two kids my extreme relief) our house sold in 5 weeks.

The new owners were very nice and gave us a 7 week closing. You would think that would be plenty of time to find a house. Not so much. Just 2 weeks before our closing we gave up and went apartment hunting. We packed up all of our stuff, sent it to a POD and 2 storage units, and the rest went to the apartment.

On April 16th we said goodbye to our first house. I am not going to lie there were tears. So many wonderful memories were made in that house. It was a good 7 1/2 years.


One beautiful Saturday morning in May a house came on the market. Brian was taking Jake downtown and I was going to see a house with Julianna. I walked in and that was pretty much it. By 11 o'clock that night it was under contract! Soon to be ours!

July 3rd we spent our first night in our new house. Surrounded by boxes but with 2 beds and a crib fully assembled. It was glorious! Of course, 6 days later we left for the beach. What a feeling sitting on the beach knowing after my fun in the sun I was going home.