Playing with Grandma Betty

When my Papa was still in the hospital, James and I went up to Winston Salem to visit with my grandmother. He had the best time with her. Doing silly things like playing with the old broom, and putting a bowl on his head. We also were able to pick some blueberries from her yard! James loved that!

Happy 65th Wedding Anniversary

A few weekends ago, my mom's parents celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary. The family got together at a local restaurant and had a great dinner. My grandmother narrated a slide show of pictures of she and my grandfather and their world travels. How awesome to be married so long!

We had a visit from a turtle

This morning, Yancey was outside watering the grass. He came inside to let me know that we had a turtle in the front yard. I was thinking something small, but thought James might like to see it anyway. I was wrong, it was a huge snapping turtle. I think I was more amazed than James!

Happy 4th of July

For the 4th of July, our friends Whitney and Steve had us over for a cookout. John, Melissa, and their son Parker were there as well. The boys have so much fun playing together. I am so glad that they have each other (and that the grown ups have each other!). There was so much great food and such wonderful company. I made patriotic cupcakes that were pretty good :). I never would have thought we would have such great friends when we moved to Oxford. I am so glad that I was wrong, because we have been blessed with the best! As always, we tried getting a picture of all the boys...yea, that worked better when they couldn't move!

Pool time with the DeCillis Family

Last weekend we had the pleasure of going to the pool with our friends Steve, Whitney, and Matthew. They go to a different pool in down than we do, so it was a nice change. The biggest difference in the two pools, is theirs has a huge water slide and a "beach like" entry. Although I thought James would love the easy way to walk into the pool, he didn't. In fact, he hated all the water "toys" that the other children loved. Yancey found some steps that reminded James of our pool. Once he got in the water that way, he was much happier. Amazingly he pointed to the big slide and acted like he wanted to go down. He was fine until he and Yancey sat down to slide, and then he cried the whole way down. All in all, it was a great day of fun at the pool.

Beach Vacation 2011

This summer we were able to come back to the beach with Yancey's family for our week vacation. Our week at the beach has changed very much since the days before children! This year, Fairley's daughter Annabel (7 months), was here. James did such a great job "helping" with her. Sadly, in the middle of the week we had to go to Winston Salem to see my Papa. He had a stroke and ended up on life support. Thankfully he is doing better. Yancey and I got back on Thursday night to enjoy the rest of our vacation. James enjoyed swinging in his swing, laying in the hammock with Yancey and playing in the baby pool. We were also able to celebrate Yancey's 35 birthday while we were at the beach.

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend, we went to the beach with my parents. James still doesn't like the ocean or the sand. We tried going our for a little bit, but James didn't like it. He was ok as long as you were holding him. Some of Yancey's family was done at the cottage for the week. It was great seeing all of them and letting James play with his cousins (as long as we weren't on the beach). My parents got a James a bubble machine lawn mower. He had a lot of fun with that, even before we put the bubbles in it. While my dad was grilling dinner, my mom tried to lure the sea gulls down with pieces of bread. I'm not quite sure James ever realized why she was throwing bread in the air.