Well, hello there!

I'm a super slacker!!  Our company left and then we  headed off on our family beach trip, I got back and started to work.  Things have been crazy! Emma is staying with my mom for the evening so I thought a little catch up would be nice.  Nothing exciting just Emma's picture a day!

 A lot of things have gone on in 7 weeks!!!  Wow!

July 2014

Summer has been packed!!  We finished up our time at Hilton Head, had company in and now getting ready to head back to the beach.  Here's the weeks catch ups.

Here are a few Hilton Head 

Emma's cousins came to visit and we went to Bays Mountain and Bristol  Motor Speedway!

We also celebrated my dad's 71st birthday!!!  We had a nice BBQ by the pool!! 

Happy Birthday America!

Beachin'

Hello from the island!  Emma and I are in HHI this week visiting my college roommate, Erika.  We have invaded her space (and time) to enjoy friendship and fun.

Here are some instagram repeat highlights and other snaps from the trip so far!  During our time, Emma has braved up and will semi jump into the pool, will run into the ocean and play in the waves and loves being in the water when held (I forgot her swimmer)

Sunday, we were able to have breakfast with Emma's cousins, Katie and Derek.  Emma had a great time playing guessing games with them both and counting Katie's earrings!

Summer loving!

Greetings! We are having a great summer thus far! We have shopped, gone to Dollywood, pooled it and Saturday we went to a local zoo.  It was a ton of fun and so not a big time zoo!  You could feed the animals and they even have a lemur who squeezes from his cage to get food from you!

Sunday was my brother's birthday so we celebrated with a hotdog roast using mom's new fire pit!  We had a ton of fun, we swam, played bocce and ate tons!  We roasted hotdogs, biscuits, and marshmallows.

Out of order but I did a glow 5k on Friday night, it was linked a long with Relay for Life and we had a good time!

 Emma also had some summer photos done and I will post a few when I get them!

Emma and I are now in Hilton Head until the end of next week.  I'm thinking I'm crazy for keeping her away from home that long by myself, but my friends will help entertain her!

Always playing catchup...

Last week Emma and I enjoyed bible school.  I helped with the craft team and Emma enjoyed the 4-5 classroom!  She had some fantastic teachers and loved every night!

The craft was a cute little birdhouse made from pop bottles.  I thought they turned out super cute!

Here are her daily photos from the week.  (I'm almost halfway through this labor of love!) As you can see I didn't dress her too fancy on the painting nights (the benefits of helping with crafts!)

Sunday, Father's Day, was spent with Justin taking her to church (I felt really bad.)  Emma filled this out in children's church and I found it hilarious!

Of course we have pictures with all the big papas in her life...

Can't forget the papas in my life.

Sunday was pretty packed.  After church Emma attended a birthday party at a nearby farm and enjoyed that in the sweltering heat...

Emma and Quinncee

Baaaa!

Hay ride buddies

After the party we rushed home so Emma could spent sometime with her granddaddy.  Then she and I loaded up and headed to Pigeon Forge to the camper.  We had s'mores with papaw for Father's Day and then headed off to Dollywood Monday morning to meet up with a co-worker and her children.

I got super bold and got Emma on the scrambler.  It is one of my favorites and I thought she would like it.  Boy was I wrong! I have never prayed so hard for a ride to be over!!! 

Regardless we had a great time and I got a killer sunburn on my back (I apparently forgot sunblock on that area!)

When we headed back to the camper Emma took a dip in the pool, I was proud of her for going under the water mushroom!

Now we are back home, swimming and walking and finishing up some cleaning before leaving for a girls beach trip next week!