Summer Recap

Okay, so despite all efforts, I have really been a terrible blogger this summer. I have barely posted anything, leaving you WAY behind on all our summer news. So, here goes a quick recap of our summer! (Aren't we so sad that it is over!)

1. Kennedy turned 1 in June!
2. Mark and I went on an adults-only vacation to Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia! It was wonderful. Kennedy stayed with Grandbuddy and Nana and had a wonderful time herself.


3. We listed our house "For Sale", sold our house and moved once again.
4. I went back to work as Athletic Advisor/Head Cheerleading Coach and Kennedy now stays at home with our wonderful Nanny.
5. We celebrated July 4 with our own little celebration ...

6. We celebrated my mom's birthday! (It was a big one, but if I put the numbers on the internet, she will kill me!)
6. We went on a family vacation with Grandbuddy and Nana to Hot Springs, Arkansas.(Pictures to follow soon!)
7. Kennedy decided to start walking and talking all in the same week. She says 25-30 words (yes, we counted) and she now will stand up and walk on her own. However, she is very cautious and she has realized that holding our hand to walk provides that someone is always paying attention to her... and she loves attention! (Wander where she gets that???)
8. I still have one more trip which I am looking VERY foward to ... the annual Girls' Trip!!!!
Can't believe the summer has come and gone. It will be Christmas before we know it!

Country Living

We have moved! I've done it so often that it shouldn't even phase me anymore but it always does. And everytime I do it, I say I will never do it again. Who am I kidding ... I am married to a coach! Even though we only moved an hour down the road it feels like we have moved clear across the country ... to the woods!

We have lots of land ...well, we don't, but our FREE house that we are living in is on lots of land. Horses to watch out the front window, lots of grass for Kennedy to play in and a long driveway for wagon rides and bike riding. There is nothing to do, no where to go - no one is in a hurry and everyone knows who you are.

It is not really a bad place until you realize at 9 p.m. that you are out of milk and diapers! There is no grocery store, no restaurants, no fast food .... there is literally nothing, nothing but this college campus sitting back on an old country road.

I guess home is wherever you are ...and here we are!

1-year pics

Kennedy had her 1-year pictures made not too long ago. Again, I will brag on the photographers that I have used - they are fantastic!!! They used to be "Deja Vu Photography" but they just changed their name to "Twice the Focus". I love them and I think Kennedy does too. This last session was the best yet. They really made Kennedy's personality come through and there is not a bad picture in the proofs! Here are two:

Kennedy is 1 year-old!

Kennedy turned one!! I absolutely can't believe it has been one full year. Everyone always told me that it would go by fast but man, does it ever! Her birthday was on a Sunday and we made the whole weekend a birthday celebration. She had a trip to the zoo with Mimi and a cupcake party on Friday. On Saturday, she had another party at Grandbuddy and Nana's. She wasn't so much in to all the attention. She basically spent her whole party on Saturday attached to her daddy's shoulder. But, we adults had fun!

Einstein and Bulldogs!

SO .... my child was obviously born an MSU Bulldog! Look at how she is handling that cowbell!




...and I have to show you the Albert Einstein hair pictures. This is what I found one afternoon after she woke up from a nap ....