Fairfield Fun

We took a mini-vacation to Fairfield Glade this week with Matt's family. Fairfield is in Crossville, TN and a pleasant little spot to relax. It's surrounded by a lake, golf courses and mini-golf, hiking trails, a pool and lots of playgrounds. If you're looking for a nice, close retreat, this place is ideal!

The outside of a slide is MUCH MORE fun than the inside!

Karson kept telling us that she was doing "serious training". I think she's on her way to becoming a Jedi.

Sleeping with uncle Andy, playing Candy Land with Nana, and Crocodile Dentist with Vicky.

Identical Cousins

I love this quote:

"Cousin to cousin we'll always be, special friends from the same family tree."

Our children are blessed with many cousins. I have such fond memories of fun times growing up with my cousins. I'm thankful my children will get to be around such loving, caring and kind ready-made friends through their cousins.

Ruff, Tuff, Stuff

Karson is a cheerleader in training. We're thinking about doing gymnastics at TumbleTown this fall. I got the papers, schedules and calendar yesterday, and Isaac managed to destroy them in one sitting with a ballpoint pen. I guess I'll be making another trip there this week. Sarah and Allie are her coaches.

Sum Sum Summertime

My adorable daughter Karson.

My handsome son Miles.

My precious Isaac.

We braved the waterpark today.

It's difficult to be outside on these blustery summer days unless it's in water.

Rub-a-dub-dub

The joys of bathtime. Some of you know that I am totally addicted to Bath and Body right now. BTW, the semi-annual sale ends this weekend. I got Karson some glittery, strawberry body wash (you can see it on the shelf in this photo). She loves bathing with it. Isaac does too. He got a hold of it the other night and basically drained the entire bottle. Our bath was a glittery wonderland. I'll probably head to Dollar Tree for the next bottle. I saw some CandyLand wash the last time I was in there.

Sssssssnakes--Ahhhhh!

I know some of you think that Isaac is holding a rock, but if you look very closely and use your imagination, he wants you to believe that it is a snake. He can play this game for hours and loves frightening me with his "rock snakes". Speaking of snakes, do you remember the charocoal snakes sold at firework stands that grow out of the ground? I purchased a few packs at the fireworks stand next to McDonald's on Scottsville Road (after harassing them three times the prior week). I'm sure the guy there thought I was some kind of weirdo checking back each day to see if the snakes were in stock, but I NEEDED them. I promised my kids snakes, and snakes they must get! We burned snakes all day long. Fortunately, we weren't bitten. Happy 4th of July!

Breakthrough and Bling

Miles has two teeth. He's almost ready for hamburgers. And, unfortunately, the dentist. I imagine he already has two cavities. I think I'll avoid the silver caps for now.

If you look real close, you can see Karson's BLING.