Summer Lately

I cannot believe July is almost over. It seems like 4th was just yesterday. Our days have been full of fun. Here's a little randomness of what we have been up to lately. 

Last Sunday afternoon we had a birthday party. We have unfortunately missed several this summer because we were on vacation or at the lake. Fulton enjoyed eating some watermelon with his buddies David and Victoria. 

In the last few weeks we have been working overtime to get Fulton's big boy room put together. This is just a sneak peek and I will share the whole thing when it's finished. Thankfully, he has not tried to climb out of his crib, but we want to be prepared if it happens. I think we will keep him in his crib until he is like 6 :)

Last week we had a couple of playdates and I managed to snap a picture on the day Ford came over to play. These two enjoyed some water fun outside and his mommy and I enjoyed catching up. 

Kiki came over for a little visit one night. We enjoyed Popsicles on the porch together. 

Last Friday I had two of my sweet teacher friends over to take our boys to the pool. Charlie didn't make it in the picture, but all three boys had a blast playing together. 

We actually took a weekend off from the lake (shocker) and enjoyed Friday night as a family. We had dinner at Jim n Nicks and then hit up GiGi's cupcakes for a little dessert. Enjoyed my dinner date with these two cuties!

Saturday morning we had another birthday party. This was a Cars birthday for David and Victoria. 

We spent the rest of the day running around to thrift stores looking for one piece for Fulton's room. No luck,  but we found some other fun treasures in the process. It was time to get cleaned up, because we were heading to dinner at our friends house. Fulton enjoyed playing with his sweet buddy Emily, until we had to sit in time out at their house and then eventually leave because he wasn't listening. These are some serious child rearing days we are in. 

Sunday was a full day. It started at 5:00 am when I got up to cook the biscuits for the biscuit ministry at church. We headed to church later and then had nursery duty, followed by a Deacon meeting for Matt. I came home and took a little power nap and sister and I met up for a little photography class. We had so much fun finally learning to use our cameras. I now (sort of) know how to shoot in manual. I didn't even know what this was when I arrived that day. Thanks for asking me sister and thanks to KK and Pop for keeping Fulton entertained. 

We met back up with the fam and all 7 of us had dinner at Zaxbys. No need for entertainment.. Fulton made everyone lick a lemon and laughed hysterically while we did it. He is a mess. 

Today was a beautiful day and so much cooler than it has been. We spent whole morning outside in the driveway playing and then decided to wash my car. My little helper did a great job! My teacher friends go back this week and God is so good to me to allow me this time to stay home with Fulton. I am usually feeling very stressed, anxious and weepy about this time knowing my summer is over. Thank you Lord for this opportunity.