Summer 2018 Shenanigans

We transitioned Bentley to a toddler bed in May. He has done SO good! He LOVED when we took the front rail off his bed and kept saying "This so cool!"

We also celebrated Mother's Day with my grandmother and mom. We also went to spend some time that afternoon with Kip's mom and grandmother. 

We spent the weekend in Birmingham with some friends who live there and went to Top Golf for the first time. We had so much fun and cannot wait to go back again! The next day, we went to the Regions Tradition golf tournament. The end of the day didn't turn out exactly as planned, so we went to eat at Saws BBQ and headed back home. 

My sweet baby G graduated from Kindergarten. Time really flies and it is so hard to even think about him being so big! He loves Bentley so much and Bentley loves him!

We officially started our summer by spending Memorial Day weekend with our BFFs. We went to Noccalula Falls and had the best time, even if it was 100 degrees outside! That afternoon, we went to the splash pad in Glencoe to cool off! 

Macie is our sweet friend who kept Bentley for us some this summer! He loves his Macie. We got to celebrate her 16th birthday in June. 

We celebrated Father's Day weekend by spending time on the river on Saturday with Papa & Beck-Beck. Bentley loves to ride on Papa's boat! We spent Sunday with my family. 

For the first time in probably 8 years, we were in town for July 4th. We are usually at the beach, but this year we had other summer plans for the beach. (Blog post coming!) Bentley spent the day with my mom and dad at Uncle Mark's house. Kip and I went to the river with friends! The night, we carried Bentley to the Forth of July fireworks in Gadsden! 

My job has SO many perks! We got to go the "Big Oak Night at the Barons" game. Bentley had so much fun! 

Bentley loved helping his daddy wash the cars! Washing the tires was his favorite! 

We had so much fun this summer! 2 beach trips and lots of family time! I know I mention that my job has lots of awesome perks, and another one of those is that we get off at 3:30 during the summer, so we got to spend lots of time outside before it got dark! We always hate to see the summer come to an end, but we welcome Fall with open arms! 

Up next: Beach Fun this Summer!

Early 2018 Update

The first few months went by so fast! We enjoyed spending time with our friends and celebrating my 30th birthday! I share a birthday with my sweet Nana, and it is always special to spend time with her on our birthday!

We enjoyed the day at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham in February. Bentley like the toddler area and the train tracks the most!

We celebrated the new lives of 2 of our sweet LifeGroup friends. Baby boy and baby girl are both due in March! We also participated in Serve Day with our LifeGroup by doing Brown Bag Buddies for local low-income elementary school students to take home during Spring Break. 

Since I was off for part of the week of Spring Break (a super amazing perk of my job!), we headed to Chattanooga with some friends and spent the day at the Aquarium and the park. 

Kip was in a wedding for a long-time friend of ours. We got to enjoy a night of mommy-daddy time, which doesn't happen often! We also got to spend some time with friends we don't get to see near as much as we would like!

We attended a marriage conference that our church had in April. United 2018. We have never been to a marriage conference before, and we had the best time! We are BLESSED to be a part of Meadowbrook and a part of an awesome LifeGroup! 

Another awesome perk of my job is getting free tickets to events! We were able to get tickets to the "A Night in Africa" event at the Birmingham Zoo in April. Bentley had a blast and riding the train was his favorite thing of all!

April ended with yard work and redoing some landscaping around the house! New plants, new mulch, and new landscape lighting. Bentley had fun helping us!

A dream come true for this baby! He got to meet Chase! He was SO excited and only a little scared. Daddy had to go with him, but he gave Chase a big hug and a high five! 

Up Next: Summer Shenanigans and beach trips!