Alaska Part One

Our trip to Alaska was absolutely amazing. It was so majestic and pure. I am going to attempt to trim down the trip to a few pictures. I will post as many as possible on FB in the next couple of weeks. Here it goes...

We began our journey in Seattle. What a great place!

On Sunday, we boarded our ship,

and the eating began!

We spent our first day at sea exploring the ship and...eating!

Our first formal night. Isn't my hubby handsome?!

Ketchikan was our first stop.

We saw totem poles, eagles and lots of salmon. This city also provided the best clam chowder I have ever had! Am I still talking about the food?

The next morning our boat did some scenic cruising through Tracy Arm. Here we saw beautiful mountains and a huge glacier. It was almost hard to believe you were looking at something real. This glacier was absolutely amazing! If you look in the middle of the picture, you can actually see a part of the glacier making its way into the water.

*Okay, that is only half of the trip, and I am running out of time, so I will post on the 2nd half by the end of the week! Hope you've enjoyed!

Alaska Post Coming Soon

David and I returned from our wonderful Alaskan cruise on Sunday. We had a magnificent time and took thousands (literally) of pictures. The boys, mom and I are headed to St. Louis on Wednesday, so my turn-around time for uploading pictures is a bit too short. Be on the look out next week...

Disney World Blog...Finally!

Our family spent a day at the Magic Kingdom back in June. I am just now getting around to posting pictures on my blog and on Facebook. I have no excuse for being so late...life gets in the way!

We had an incredible time at Disney. It was extremely hot in the am, but cooled off a bit in the afternoon. The kids did incredible. Thankfully, Gavin took a power nap in the middle of the day, so we were able to stay until the parade at night. It was such a treat to go with Noah. He was in awe of everything. We watch the recording of him meeting Minnie and Mickey every day. Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Gavin had acquired a black eye by this point of our trip.

Weren't their shirts great!! Thanks Nikki!

Noah and I riding Dumbo. Noah was a trooper with all of the rides.

A family shot about to ride Its A Small World.

The grand finale...Noah meeting Mickey Mouse!

Noah's 3rd Birthday

My baby boy is 3!!!! We had a wonderful time celebrating his big day! Our original plan was to have two little parties. One for some of his friends at our house in Seneca and another for family while we were on vacation. After our air conditioning went out at the house (at one point I was making cupcakes while it was 90 degrees inside), the Jarvis's allowed us to have it at their neighborhood pool. It worked out perfectly!!!

Noah and the traditional b-day breakfast!

The cupcake tower! He had a Curious George theme.

Singing Happy Birthday!

We had another great party while we were on vacation! We were in Orlando, so the obvious was our theme!

There's no hope with his smile these days!

A guitar just like his daddy's! I am hoping this helps us take a little break from the drums.

I am so thankful for my little man. He has taught me so much about love, about Jesus and about myself over the past three years. Most of all, Noah has taught me about being patient! I have heard many people say to never pray for patience because God will definitely put in you circumstances where you will have to exercise it. Well, I for one am glad that Noah is teaching me to embody this fruit of the spirit and in turn, helping me to look more like Jesus. I love you little buddy!!!!

Braves Birthday Post...Finally!

For my birthday (back in April), I had two requests. I wanted to go to the Braves game and eat at Skips restaurant in Avondale. Luckily, I have a great hubby and two awesome parents, so both of my wishes came true. It was a perfect night for baseball, the boys were angels and we won! A great way to celebrate 28!

Our family shot attempts!

The boys in front of the new Greg Maddux number.

I am so glad these two met and made this all possible!!!!!

Noah and his Mimi

*Hopefully it won't take me this long to blog about Noah's birthday coming up this week. He is going to be 3. Are you kidding me...a 3 year old!!!

Family Visits Part 2

I feel like every blog I have written lately has been about family visits, but thankfully we love our family, and I can only imagine with what our upcoming months look like, more family blogs are to come.

I can honestly say, we always have fun with the Odom clan! Gavin absolutely loved the pool. His feet crack me up! He is seriously always crossing them at the ankles.

It took Noah a few minutes to want to get in the pool, but I think we will have a fish by the end of the summer.

Lauren loved helping out with Gavin. Ankles crossed again!

The fam

Noah and sweet Reagan. For some reason, Noah became obsessed with this green mask while we were down there. Who knows why?!!?

Family Visits

Hello all! Like I said in my previous blog, we have been busy hanging out with family the last couple of months. God has definitely blessed us with a super family, so there's pretty much no other way to better spend our time.

The Boyle Clan
Scott, Ab and Nate came down for a long weekend at the beginning of May. Since we hadn't seen Nate since December, Noah was so excited for their visit. Those two played together perfectly. Gavin fit right in with the Legos and baseball playing too.

Gavin had a hard time standing up with helmet on. It was more for our entertainment.

So sweet!

Mimi and Paka and their boys on the way to the Gwinnett Braves game.

The kids (I use this term lightly) loved sledding down the hill at my parents house on cardboard. Its so nice to find cheap entertainment.


Like I said, the kids loved it...

Nate has never been to keen on holding Gavin all by himself. This trip, Nate was definitely even more "into" Gavin, walking around giving him kisses and even holding him. Maybe that's because...

...my sweet brother and sister-in-law are having another little one! Yeah!