A Good Time Was Had By All......Again and Again!

Y'all know the problems that I have with my uploading of pictures....so, today, you get all of the pictures first and I will have to do all of the writing together. I actually uploaded the pictures before I left work late Tuesday afternoon so I wouldn't get more gray hairs while waiting for the magic to happen at home! Anyway.....

We had a great 4th of July (as is evidenced by Mason's face in picture 3)! ALL of H's family was home and we enjoyed lots of visiting and eating and eating and eating....the water pictures are from our little water party on Saturday afternoon. We did spend time with my family on Sunday at the lake which was such a treat....I love to ride on the pontoon boat! But Sunday night, it was back to town for the fireworks show. Although they were absolutely beautiful, I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a tiny bit disappointed.....the show only lasted about 15 minutes (insert sad face!)....but it was a beautiful 15 minutes...I don't think I have EVER seen so many people gathered for an event in our town. The number of people really was astonishing! And, as a reward for surviving all of the traveling (which H deemed to be worse that Christmas), we were able to stay at home on Monday! It was wonderful....so, a good time was had by all!

I worked on Tuesday, but Tuesday night I hosted the 2nd meeting of our Bible study group. We have such sweet fellowship! I love all those girls like crazy! We are developing some wonderful, spiritually founded friendships that I am so thankful for! I am so excited to see what God has in store for us and to watch how he will work through our Bible study....so, I guess I am saying, a good time was had by all, again!

Wednesday was a speical day! It was Aunt Laurie and Mamaw's birthday! Aunt Laurie is H's sister who lives in Atlanta, so we didn't get to spend the day with her...but we thought about her all day! Happy Birthday, Aunt Laurie! My Mamaw is my mom's mom, and she is right here in town, so we took her to Peach Park for a birthday lunch! We did have a great time, despite the fact that we had to squeeze 6 people in a space for 4 people. As alwyas, though, me and the boys outlasted everyone else, so we found ourselves wandering around the gardens, pretty much looking like tourists who had never been there....as is evidenced by the following pictures....we took pictures on EVERY fake animal there. (I wanted to tell you what those animals are made of but I realize that I have no idea...maybe cement.....)Anyway, as you guessed, a good time was had by all, again! (Okay, so I did upload one picture for you from home, just so you can have the cement animal experience...it is all because of my love for you, my readers!) (On second thought, nevermind...in all of my brillance I managed to delete the pictures from my phone, CRY, UGLY CRY....I hope it is apparent to you that I have a gift when it comes to all things technological.....)

Today, swimming is on the agenda! So, I am pretty sure we can chalk this day up to a good day too! Summer is full of those...isn't it great!?!?

On a side note, 2 things...Stevie moved her babies to the basement....me and the boys pretty much freaked out...they are sooooo cute! They are just about to open their eyes. I have NEVER had kittens before...H thinks that is hysterical. I am fascinated, really! Also, we got peas and lima beans out of our garden yesterday...how exciting! I just have to say that I am super glad that we don't have to depend on that to feed our family. When I shelled them it equaled about 3 teaspoons, but I intend to cook them for dinner tonight!