Fourth of July

A little late, but better late than never! We held our 2nd Annual Fourth of July Party this year! It helped us celebrate one year in our home. For the second year in a row it was yucky rainy weather! There's always next year for some awesome sunny weather! But at least we did get a little bit a sun and lots of time with friends and family.

My mom & Holger enjoying a little bit of the sunny weather on the 4th:
Styker giving us a tour of his "fort". The favorite party of our house for the kiddos is running around in the woods and building bridges and forts:
Pat & Holger braving the rain to ensure that all of our guests had full tummies (note the flowered umbrella):
Pat & Brett playing Ladder Golf:
LA & I right after we won on Ladder Golf. We beat the weather. This is when even more rain & fog moved in:
Thanks everyone for joining us for the 4th! Cannot wait for next year!!!!

Where did OUR dog go?

So bear got a haircut....WOW did she need a haircut. Her hair was the longest it has ever been, so long that the groomer had to shave her. We got her back and neither of us even recognized her. She looks like a little puppy. Since she has gotten a hair cut she has really changed. She still romps around outside but check out this video of her.

Anyone who knows Bear will understand how AMAZING this video of her is. For the past 3 days she has been running around all over our wood floors and is not even scared of the slippery floors.

(Her tail is all that wasn't shaved... looks silly! But the video is still completely amazing if you have ever seen Bear freak out over wood floors)

Georgia

What a great trip! Just got back on Saturday from a great vacation to Georgia. It was quite the trip. Me, Liz and the 5 kiddos made our way to the ATL and then on to Warner Robins on the 22nd. We had about 1.5 weeks there and we sure did get a lot out of our time with my dad and Selma.

We got a lot of fun stuff done while we were there. We went to Lane's Packing Company. Mmmm. They are a huge peach and pecan farm that I remember from living in Warner Robins. They have some yummmmmmy peach cobbler.

Here's Kenzie on our tour of the Peach Farm (those trees behind her are peach trees)

Here's the kiddos outside Lanes after enjoying a tour, some peach bread, and lots of peach cobbler and ice cream:

Nate and Domi:

One of the highlights of our trip was our day in Savannah. Anyone who knows me, may or may not know that I love the food network, especially Miss Paula Deen. Her and her sons own a restaurant in downtown Savannah called "The Lady and Sons". The place is hopping. Below is a picture of the people lined up, waiting to get a table. And they have this lady come out banging on her triangle screaming, "Come and Get it!!!" before they open the doors and start calling people in.

The outside of the famous "Lady and Sons"

Mmmmm. Some sweet tea, fried chicken, collard greens, and mashed potatoes.

After a scrumptious lunch @ Paula Deen's restaurant we drove to Tybee Beach. Here's Poppa with Peyton:

The Johnson clan after enjoying some sun and some waves

Another thing that the kids LOVED on our trip was visiting Selma's parent's house. They have a great deal of land and the kids went wild. Styker's loved the "golf car" and the "four wheelie." Here is Kenzie and Stryker going for a ride on the back of the gold cart.

Stryker on the four wheelie

Domi driving on the four wheelie

Nate driving the four wheelie

The last day we were in Warner Robins there was a big Fourth of July Concert and Firework Show. Here is Poppa and all of the kiddos waiting for the Diamond Rio concert.

We also went to the movies, spent lots of fun time by the pool, went to yard sales, and tried lots of yummy Southern food.

The trip was an awesome time. 10 days wasn't enough. I cannot wait for our next trip back to visit, already planning what we will do when we get the time to take Pat there on our next trip!

Thanks again Dad & Selma, we had a great time!