Henry/Isaac Wedding

My brother, Thomas and now sister, Jessie got married on Thanksgiving weekend in Charleston. It has been so fun watching their relationship blossom over the last 5 years. The wedding was planned by my child-hood friend, Hannah Alexander and to say she is amazingly talented is an understatement. The wedding was stunning and perfect and it was so fun to be a part of it.

We arrived on Wednesday and stayed at the Ansonborough Inn. This was the first time we have ever stayed in a hotel with all four of us. My grandparents gave put us up in a suite so that it would be easier for us. Thank you so very much for that. :)

We hired a nanny from a sitting service for 3 nights and it went perfect. We went out to eat Wednesday night with the family! Then Thanksgiving night we had the rehearsal dinner at the Peninsula Grill for a thanksgiving feast. The toasts and slide shows were fantastic! It was a fun evening celebrating a wonderful couple. We received our gifts from Jessie that night. She purchased Annie (Maid of honor) and I (matron of honor) Tori Burch shoes!!!

 On Friday, the bridesmaids had to be at Lowndes Grove by 10am for hair, makeup and to get ready. The site was perfect and the day went off without a hitch! We had photos before the wedding which makes it so much easier. The ceremony was touching and sweet. After the wedding the celebration began with appetizers, cocktails and s’mores by the water! Then, we had a delicious dinner and out of this world band and dancing!!! It goes down as one of the best weddings!

Rehersal dinner:

  Opening the portrait McCord, Will and I had framed of Lowndes Grove (their wedding location)

Monk/Knauss Wedding

Mary Beth married Damon in a family ceremony on the Monk farm in Sylvester on November 10th.  It was a wonderful time. William and I were honored to be a part of their Day. You can read more about her wedding.

Pumpkin Patch

The boys and I picked out our pumpkins at Thompson's school. The boys had lots of fun looking at the pumpkins and deciding which ones to get. This year we purchased 4 pumpkins one for each member of our family! Thompson  likes to go out on the front steps and talk about the  Daddy pumpkin and Mommy pumpkin and Thompson pumpkin and Jonathan (He says Jon-a-fin) pumpkin.

September-Thompson is 4

Thompson is 4! Where has the time gone??!! I'm really looking forward to this year. He has conversations all the time! Asking one million questions! I just enjoy how much he loves learning and being with people he loves. He gives amazing hugs! He is still his Dad's #1 fan! He is enjoying his preschool! He runs into his class every morning. Thompson is funny and truly kind to his brother! He enjoys playing outside. He loves cars and trucks! He is really into Spiderman and batman.

We gave him a superhero party at Thompson Park. He had a great time playing with Friends. We went to his school party and it was fun to see him in action. We made cookies they were the break and bake kind. They had Happy Birthday theme on each cookie. Thompson helped me bake them and you would have thought I spent hours on those cookies. He talked about them for days and told his teachers he and his mom baked cookies! It was really sweet.

Thompson, we love you and we pray that God uses you in a mighty way. That you grow up to love Jesus and others and be a Leader. We are so blessed to be your parents!

Destin trips in August

We spent time at the Monk Farm. We all love it there! It is a special place for the Monk family! A place that is lovely and peaceful! We had a great visit with Grandma and Granddaddy! We love them so much!

August had two trips to Destin. We were able to go just the four of us early in August and then we went again sans William who had navy Duty. We met up with Thomas, Jessie, TLO, Kristi, Gdaddy, Sadie and Lilly! We had a wonderful time on both trips! It is a great tradition that we spent our 3^rd year in a row with the Cascios and even more special to have TLO, Thomas and Jessie there too! We love y'all!

 Thompson and Daddy (in the background) loved riding the raves

 

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July 4th

July 4th is one of my favorite holidays. I love the USA and the liberty it has given me. I also began dating William 8 years ago this past July 4th. Congrats to Mary Beth (William's sister) got engaged to her Fiance this July 4th! So, it seems that July 4th is a great love holiday too!

July 4th , we  went to see my Aunt Laura and Uncle Richard. There aren't enough words to describe what an amazing woman Laura is! She is truly the best person I've ever known and I have the privilege of calling her family. Laura shares great wisdom and love! Richard and her boys are amazing also!

We spent the morning and lunch with them! Some of my favorite moments are Thompson playing in the pool with Richard and Richard making him a sandwich. Richard trying to explain that the pool was 5feet and Thompson looking and saying no there are two feet…his two feet. I loved Laura and Thompson talking about the trains.

Thank you, for letting us celebrate July 4^th with y’all! It was a highlight of our summer! We love you! Thompson still talks about swimming with Uncle Richard and the lunch he had at their house! He just loves them.

Ben came home and put on his helmet! Thompson loves Ben!

Richard throwing Thompson

That evening we went downtown to watch the Fireworks! Turns out a tree was blocking the view of our fireworks...it was funny! It was still a great evening:

June...better late than never??

We did so many fun things this summer and I was too busy to blog! :)

Here is the month of June:

William surprised me and called his mom to ask her to watch the boys. We went to Chateau Elan.  It isn't too far from us and it was a nice relaxing place with wine to sip and a pool to relax by. It was Father's day weekend so after the trip we had dinner in the Monks home! Thank you, Granmom and Granddad for keeping our guys!

My dad purchased a zoo membership for Jonathan for his birthday! We have been using it every month since. They have a passport that the boys can get stamped each time and earn prizes. Next month, we will earn free rides for the rest of the pass...6 months!
Here they are climbing the wall at the zoo:

 Finally, we had a fantastic dinner with some of Thompson family! It is always great to be together and we had a wonderful dinner celebrating Patrick's 21st birthday! There were many laughs!