Sunday, September 06, 2009

What We've Been Up To Part 2 - July

July was a very busy month (*read, this post is really long)! I realized this as I was uploading pics of all we did. So, without further ado....

In July we went to Hawaiian Falls

Thomas loved this green slide. He went down it over and over again!

Yep, that's me...I went down the slides too!
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On July 3rd we went to Kaboomtown.
Thomas

One of our favorite parts were all the old airplanes.


Can you see the person on this plane?



Finally it was fireworks time! Thomas loves fireworks!


On the 4th, we went to a parade. 
Thomas throwing Pop Its.

Gram and Thomas

I just liked this pic!

That night we ate hamburgers and swam.
My sweet boy!
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My friend Joy brought her baby, Maggie, over to play. Thomas kept referring to her as his "best friend Maggie".
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One evening we set up the Slip-N-Slide.
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Thomas and I were able to go to Virginia for a long weekend. We were able to see LOTS of friends from when we lived there. When we got there on Thursday, we ate dinner with Emily, Eric, Morgan, and Mary. It was a sweet time of just catching up and letting Thomas and Morgan meet each other. Friday we spent the entire day at the beach with Bill (Popsie), Mary (Gramma Mary), Emily, and Morgan (who Thomas now loving refers to as "Miss Morgan"). Thomas and Morgan are now great buds and still talk about each other now!

Thomas and Mary stomping sand castles with Gramma Mary.
Playing in the sand with Popsie!

I love this picture of his little feet in the sand. If you look real close you can see his sand turtle too!
These two had the best time playing at the beach. Thomas kept asking to go back the entire rest of the trip. I did such a great job keeping sunscreen on him, that I unfortunately forgot to keep it on me! So...no more sunny beach for us!! :)


The best picture I have of all of us. (Me, Thomas, Morgan, Emily). I love love love that I got to spend this precious time with this precious friend!
The kids were so worn out after this day. I couldn't resist this picture of the kiddos looking out at the ocean with Mary!

Saturday we spent the day in Yorktown at William and Karen's house. We had a great day hanging out with William, Karen, and Elizabeth (we missed Katie TONS and wish she had been there too). Thomas had fun playing in the water here too!
Sunday we spent the day with Brandy, Ken, Vaughn, and Daniel. We were able to eat lunch together, let the kids swim together, and do some beach front shopping together. On the way back from the beach front it started POURING down rain! We had so much fun just catching up that I completely forgot to take the camera out and snap some pics! Darn!!!
Monday before our flight out, Thomas and I met up with Morgan and Emily again. The kids had been asking the entire time when they would get to play again, so we went to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens for some fun! Talk about great picture opportunities!
Riding the "train"

Love this picture of Morgan!

And this one of Thomas!

Yes, that is my son kissing Miss Morgan on the nose! So sweet!!

Butterfly at the gardens

The kids running off energy at the sprinkler park!


Finally it was time to leave. Thank you so much to Emily and Eric who got me the cheap hotel room. Also, thanks to Em who helped me get all checked in at the airport with two tired kids in tow!! We had a great trip and can't wait to go back....maybe next summer! I think the beach is calling our names!! :)
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Finally...in July my Amy (my sister), Paul (my brother-in-law), and Andrew (my nephew) came to visit.



The boys got to play in the pool Gram bought.
Followed closely by a bath together....gotta love naked baby pictures!!
So there you have July....sorry it took so long! I promise it won't take so long to get August, Sept, and Oct posted!

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