Happy Birthday Troy!

Ansley & Tate, Megan & Cosby, Elyse & Troy, Laura & Alan, Me & Claire

The birthday boy

We had fun helping our friend, Troy, celebrate his first birthday yesterday. He is a special boy with special parents. It is really fun to watch our children grow together and become friends too. We also helped Laura celebrate her 30th birthday, but I failed to take any pictures. I am getting bad about that. Happy Birthday to our dear friends!

What a mess!

This morning I was folding some laundry while Claire played in her room for a little while. I heard her rustling around then she proudly came out wearing this. Originally she just had on the shirt. But she decided to accessorize it. I just had to laugh at her. She is definitely opinionated about her clothes. I just try to make sure we leave with a shirt, shorts, and shoes on!

Lake Martin

Bucky driving the boat
Our usual spot

Going to dinner. We look nice here but boy did things get ugly.

Yes, Bucky wore shorts to a public restaurant.

Diana, me, and Claire

Claire playing in the sandbox at Niffers

Natalie came up for the day on Sunday

Carla and Natalie going for a swim.

This past weekend we rented a condo at Lake Martin with some of our friends. My dream is to one day own a lake condo/cabin. It is only about 40 minutes from our house to the lake. I know we would really enjoy it. We went up Friday after work. Our friends, Britton and Diana, and Mindy met us up there. We had a wonderful dinner and hung out. Saturday we went for a boat ride, swam in the pool, and went out to eat. I even took a nap with Claire. Sunday, our friends the Schoonover's, and Grandma, Granddaddy, and Mindy came. We all went for a boat ride and swam. Then we ate some hamburgers and took a quick nap. We had a really fun time, despite a whiny 2 year old that we couldn't make happy with anything. Poor thing. We found out she has a sinus infection, so I am sure that was the culprit. We look forward to many summers at the lake with our new boat.

10 Year Reunion

I am a little late posting this. Two weeks ago we went to Birmingham for my 10 year high school reunion. Bucky and I had a lot of fun seeing people from high school and catching up. A lot of things have changed for us in the past 10 years! But all for the better. Who knows what the next 10 years will bring!

A day in the life of Claire

Goes from getting a manicure & pedicure with Mommy to
riding horses with Daddy.
These pictures were taken in the same day even though her dress changed. Notice she is wearing sparkly princess shoes while riding her horse. To live the life of Claire Street....

Wordless Wednesday

Happy 4th of July!

Bucky and Brian
Throwing rocks into the creek

Claire, Selah, and Levi

Daddy and Claire in the creek

Levi and Claire sharing a peach while we fished

Fishing. We killed TWO snakes while fishing and caught only ONE fish.

Warming up after a swim

Watching the fireworks.

Celebrating Bucky and Selah's birthdays.

The whole group. I can't believe the timer worked and everyone looked at the same time!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Bucky's birthday and the 4th of July. Friday night, we had two of Bucky's friends from high school over. Taylor May and Matt Tyson were coming down so they came to eat with us and Mindy. We haven't seen them in forever. It was really nice to catch up with them.

Saturday morning we went to Blairesville, GA to visit our friends, the Stanfields. It has kind of become a tradition. We had the best time with our dear friends. Jenny is 37 weeks pregnant but still showed so much hospitality and kept up with three kids under 4! I have no idea how she did it. We played, fished, swam, ate, and went to the creek. We couldn't have asked for better friends or a better weekend. Can't wait for their third baby to come and hear what he/she is.