The Lake

In July, we spent a weekend in Knoxville with CC and Papa Steve. We fit a lot of activities in to less than 48 hrs but we had a lot of fun!

Michael and his Dad and Aunts played golf so, after a morning of shopping, we met up with them at the club for lunch.

Then we went to Margaret and Gloria's and met up with Sydney and Piper for a fun day on the Lake.

Nate got to drive the boat

We thought we would take Nate for a spin on the wave runner...but the sun and the wind in his hair must have been too soothing because he fell asleep! Who knew you could sleep on a wave runner??

Michael did some fishing and caught a bass (see it??)...Nate thought it was hysterical.

After a long day in the sun (without a nap - unless you count the 15 mins on the wave runner), we went to a cookout with the rest of the Cox family. Nate played with Gavin and Ryn for as long as he could until we finally had to return to Papa Steve and CC's to turn in.

It was a quick but fun weekend in TN!

Nate's Date with Thomas

To say Nate is obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine (and his friends) would be an understatement. He sleeps with at least two trains every night, he knows every single train's name (to include the buses, helicopter, and other random train yard equipment - I still can't even tell them all apart), he can spend hours in his playroom pushing the trains around the track, and several times a day he comes up to us just to say "Watch Thomas?" and when we let him watch it he starts dancing around. Then he proceeds to narrate each episode as only he can..."Thomas sad", "Slow down Thomas!", "Be Careful Percy!, "Crash!"....

So, when Amanda and Jackson bought him tickets to see Thomas Live at the Fox Theater for his birthday, he was very excited! He loved the Fox - the stars lit on the ceiling were captivating, he kept saying "tinkle tinkle!". Then the show started and whoa...he went nuts! He jumped up in my lap and screamed "Hi Thomas!! Hi Percy!! Hi Gordon!! etc etc" pretty much the whole show. I was worried that his attention span wouldn't be long enough for t

he whole show but he did great. It was a fun night and it was really cool to see him so excited to see Thomas in "real life"!

Nate & Mommy on the way to see Thomas!

Checking out the stars on the ceiling (Note Thomas and Percy clutched in each hand)

On his feet to see Thomas

Nate & The Girls

This weekend the Schneider's (Allyson, Scott, Pamela, and the twins - Shelby and Summer) came to visit us from FL and it was a fun-filled weekend! I took about 250 pics this weekend so here are a few highlights from their visit...

The crew having a snack together

Allyson & Scott went looking at houses Friday morning, so Michael and I volunteered to watch the kids and we got a tiny peak of what it is like having 4 kids...!

The adorable twins

Nate decided to jump in the pool fully clothed....and had a ball....We fed the ducks at the lake in the neighborhood


We celebrated the 4th by taking the wagon up to the pool...
...where Amanda joined us and claimed her man.

The boys played Bocci ball and the kids "helped" and played in the pool some more

And then, for the grand finale, we watched the Roswell fireworks from the neighborhood. I think Nate was pretty impressed. He shouted out the colors and said "boom!".
It was a great holiday weekend and we were so glad the Schneider's came to visit...we hope they are our neighbors very soon!