Song of the South

Not sure if it's the fresh peach I just ate or the mood I'm in, but Song of the South seems to be an appropriate title for this post. This month, or summer no less, has been such a whirlwind. I think getting out of school in June has caused this feeling of "summer rush". I am NOT ready to be back in a routine at ALL, but I am starting the see the dim light at the end of the summer tunnel.

We've been making the most of July. It started with a Friday trip with all of our bestest friends to Holiday World. Would you believe that I have never been to this theme park? My children have been a couple of times, but not me. All I can say is...we will be back...most likely before the summer is over. Our kids loved every minute of it (besides the mandatory photo ops.). Here is our Holiday crew:

Here are our Holiday hooligans.

You can see how COOP-erative Miles is in every picture. Actually, Isaac is looking pretty pathetic too. Why do my kids have such a hatred for pictures? Not sure? I really don't take that many pics and rarely go to photog studios.

As long as they are goofing off, I can usually get a good photo. Stinkers!

Who ya gonna call?

The highlight on my trip was seeing the DIVE show. Very awesome! I'll spare you all the cool details, but you can imagine how neat the show was/is.

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Oh yes, we must spend at least $10 on a miniature stuffed dolphin. A definite must.

We stayed at Holiday World until close. The kids were completely pooped and so were we. Great memories!!!

We (me, Karson and Matt) had tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville on Saturday, July 2. I could hardly wait. She has been one of my favorite artists from her beginning. Love her, love her, love her (sadly she has replaced Martina McBride as my #1 vocalist--I do still love me some Martina though). My friend Lisa whipped Karson and I up some cool tanks and head gear to wear to the show--I also scored some great guitar earrings at Claire's. Lisa also made some friends of ours some matching shirts. Trips to Louisville are never a waist for us--we have the best extended family in the world and love visiting with them. We planned to get to L-ville early Saturday, hang out with the fam most of the day, attend the concert that night and spend the night. Our plans CHANGED, sniff, sniff. Hours before the show, my friend called and told me that they had just arrived at Yum and were told the concert was cancelled. Sniff, sniff. We later found out Taylor got sick and had to cancel--doctors orders. I really wasn't sad about her getting sick, that happens to us all. The bad part is that the concert was rescheduled for a TUESDAY night in October. Ugh. Our plans are still up the air about the postponement??? I would prefer to see her in concert at Bridgestone in Nashville which is way closer and falls on a weekend in September. However, I need to recover the cost of my L-ville tickets first. Ugh again. I know we'll see her soon either way!

The photo above is on July 4 which literally was a BANG. We went over to Colvin and Debbie's for dinner. Matt's brothers had purchased some of the grand-daddy fireworks. Now that all fireworks are legal in Kentucky (you don't have to cross the Tennessee border to purchase), it was like a fireworks extravaganza on every street in our neighborhood. There was no shortage on a good show. I was looking forward to our "show". Ben lit the first one and poof, it was beautiful, silver, sparkled in the sky--awesome. Seth lit the second one and unbeknowst to him put the firework in upside down. Poof, it came out the side of the tube, on the ground, green, glittery and smoking. Needless to say, we only saw two fireworks in our show =(. The tube was busted and Seth was needled the rest of the night. Poor guy.

One of the things I love about July is picking wild blackberries. They are worth the sweat, the needle pricks, the chiggers you may acquire, all of it for a cobbler or simply to munch on. If you wait to late, you'll miss picking. I always use July 4 as my mark and raid the fields around the Deaton farm.

Karson is fortunate being around her grandparents so much. I love it when she comes home talking about helping Pap Colvin in the garden. We also love the yield we get to enjoy like green beans, squash, cucumbers and peppers.

There is also a great fruit/vegetable stand close to our house where we like to stop and get watermelons and fresh peaches. Summer is delicious. I guess that's an appropriate end to this Song of the South post--now I'll shut my mouth =).