Fun Filled Fourth

 Oh my goodness we had such a fun fourth!

We went to Roanoke and hung out with our friends Jeremy and Starr on the 3rd... This girl makes me so happy and we are so blessed to have a couple like them in our lives! I mean seriously... she makes my favorite meal, so definitely a keeper! :)

We stayed at Papaw and Grammy's house and woke up to a relaxing morning of playing. At lunchtime we met Grandad, Mawmaw, and Uncle Nathan for lunch at Red Robin. Yum. Seriously, delicious - we miss having one close by!

After lunch Mawmaw took me to bath and body works cause she is in the know when it comes to those coupons! :) The boys and Sadie played in the play area and then we ended the outing with yummy cookies!  It was so good to see them!

Our friends had their baby girl on Tuesday and it was so hard waiting until Friday to meet precious Teagan! She is such a cutie! We enjoyed catching up with them all afternoon - playing outside and snuggling with the yummy baby goodness! :) The Kleiners brought food and we played a new game - Wits and Wagers.

We headed near the hospital with the Kleiners to watch the fireworks. Peyton was so funny. All afternoon he knew he had to wait for 'dark' to watch the fireworks. So once it was getting dark he kept yelling "DARK! see? boom boom!!" "boom booms where are you??"He thought it was a little loud but had talked about it all week since - expected them every time it gets dark! Sadie just stared the whole time. We were so grateful it didn't scared her!

We had such a great time celebrating our freedom!!

Visiting Roanoke

 A few weeks back Peyton and I headed to Roanoke to spend some much anticipated time with our friend since forever practicallysister, Bethany. She moved far away to allow God to do AMAZING things in her and her husband's lives, but as a results we have to soak up the time with her when we can!! I'm pretty proud of her and SO glad that we could catch up a little. She is headed far far away from us again, you know, to do those really cool God things, and I am just so proud of her... and love her a lot!

Anyway, we went to another long time friend's bridal shower where we ate yummy food and caught up with loved ones we hadn't seen in months - or some even years! The next day we were able to spend an afternoon with her and some of those same forever friends at the pool. What an amazingly relaxing afternoon chatting and soaking up the rays!! That evening we were able to here some of what God is doing in Bethany and Nick's ministry and can I just say... wow. ;) It's pretty cool!

We thought we weren't going to be able to see Tana (Bethany's mama) but she came in a few days late to the party and we met up at the mall. Can I just say that Tana hugs are a necessity in every person's life - especially mine and my son's! She's my second mom-for real. ;)

Since my mom, Katie, Audrey, Owen, Norah, Peyton, and I all came to town, we stay at my aunt and uncle's house and had a lot of good catch up time with them.  We chatted in our pjs and ate yummy breakfast! It was chaotic for sure but I sure did enjoy my time! Oh... I also got some really good Norah snuggles.

And she had some good Sadie snuggles... they are going to be best friends - I just know it. Just like Peyton and Owen will be best friends once they stop acting too much like brothers by annoying the snot of out each other. haha Katie and I just laugh for the most part.

Bethany made Sadie some cute girly things that I can't wait for her to use/wear. She also made Peyton a super hero cape. He wears it often, and Drew helps him fly around the house.

Yup, it was a good time had by all visiting Roanoke that weekend. We sure were happy to see Daddy when we got home though!