I love this

I would love to have just ONE of these pianos in my house!

Grandma's Visit

We were lucky to have Grandma Thornton come for a visit.

As always it was lots of fun!!

We went swimming at the lake several times.



We went shopping for some UGA attire and met a few Dawgs on the way. They have several of these Dawgs(The UGA mascot) all around Athens, and each one is painted in a different theme. We found the Firehouse Dawg, and the Traveling Dawg.



We walked the trails at the Botanical Gardens, even though it was 100 degrees outside...and almost didn't get any pictures. I had left my memory card in the computer, so I was really bummed that I wasn't going to get any pictures during this beautiful nature walk. However, at the very end of our walk Ryan found a 1 GB memory card in the parking lot, so I put it in my camera a captured a few shots...Thank you Ryan!!



We went shopping, bike riding, swimming and enjoyed every minute of her visit here with us!



We miss her already!!

We love you Grandma Thornton!!

2- wheeler

Ryan is officially a "big boy" now that the training wheels are off, and he can turn circles.

1st week of school

School has started and everyone is so excited(not really) to be there! Cody has decided to go out for football, and Kaitlyn soccer, so our fall schedule will be a busy one. The biggest concern this year in starting the school year was Ryan and his unwillingness to go, but he is doing great, and we are excited for Ryan and his successful 1st week in 1st grade!!

North Carolina

Casey had work meetings in North Carolina last week, and we have good friends that live about an hour from where his meetings were held, so we went along for a visit. We had a really good time & enjoyed lots of fun activities.

Ryan has been wanting a slip-n-slide all summer, so he was thrilled to see they had one and did lots of slipping and sliding.





They tried it again the next day, but it turned into a mud-n-slide/baseball game.



BOYS-VS-GIRLS





Ryan missed out on the mud the 1st day, because he had already showered, so he decided to mud himself up the next day.



It wasn't as much fun to try & clean it off



We went to a park that had teeny-tiny frogs





and a cool wall to climb.



Went swimming at a pool with some really fun stuff to play on



and a diving board for special tricks(the back flip really hurt).



Had a water balloon fight that ended in turmoil, because Kaitlyn accidentally hit Cody in the face.



We had some good eats and a great visit with friends!!



Thank you Ouzts family for a fun week!!

Pioneer Day

Only a few months after Casey and I were married, we were playing a game with friends and I was trying to get him to guess the word ANNIVERSARY. I thought it would be an easy one given that were just married, but when I said, "July 26th" as his hint he blurted out, "PIONEER DAY!"(which is celebrated July 24th) instead of ANNIVERSARY!!

So, today is our Pioneer Day/Anniversary. Casey drove over 900 miles for our blind date, and after 1 1/2 years of a long distance courtship we were married July 26, 1991.

I'm thankful everyday for such a great husband, father, and friend!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Probation

Kaitlyn attended youth conference last weekend. The theme for the conference was "You're On Probation"...meaning we are in our probationary state while on the earth. They received bright orange t-shirts to wear while preforming their service project, which was picking up trash along the highways(usually reserved for inmates in bright colored attire). She said they received lots of honks and a few people stopping for directions inquired as to what they were doing. On the front there is a picture of the earth along with a short scripture, which is pretty hard to read unless you are at close range.

She now enjoys wearing it out, as everyone reads the back first & gives a long stare to try and figure out why she is "On Probation".