4th of July

I intended to included all the summer activities in one post (see below) but we went too many places and I took too many pictures...so here is our 4th of July weekend trip to the farmhouse in Copeland, AL. Never heard of it...well if you have you are probably related to me...it is a map dot but is a great escape from reality...

not sure what the boys are doing here...either shooting, playing golf, or shooting rockets...don't worry there is about 65 acres of land...not many people around other than us!

Katie with Payton and Will

Emory, Tripp, and Katie doing a bit of night riding on the 4 wheeler.

watching out homemade fireworks show

Again...long weekend but we had a great time...looking forward to our next trip. Maybe next time it won't be so hot. A house with that many people in it and no central air can get a little stuffy!! (5 new p0sts below)

Various Summer Activities

To start off the summer we headed to Jacksonville for the Memorial day weekend. This weekend also happen to be our anniversary and definitely one I will NEVER forget...(if you were following me on Facebook that day you already know what happen)

We left Nashville late Friday night hauling 4000 pounds of roofing material behind Chase's truck. Now the truck was fully capable of pulling the heavy load, however, the trailer was...well, a little off the job!! Around 1030pm at the bottom of Monteagle and in the middle of NOWHERE, we blew a trailer tire. Did a mention we were in the middle of NOWHERE! After making serveral trips back and forth to walmart (15 miles down the road) and driving to serveral truck repair shops (for 18-wheelers mind you) to see if by chance they had a trailer tire the same size as our, we settled on the side of the interstate around 230am to spend the night with our pricey cargo! Well in the summer months the sun rises at 530/545 and had I not just spent a restless night on the side of the interstate, it would have been beautiful. So EARLY Saturday morning (our 6th anniversary) we headed to fort oglethorpe, GA (eastern time zone--they opened earlier) an hour down the road and found a tire shop that was open. By 930am we were back on the road and headed to Jacksonville, AL. Well so we thought...an hour down the road we blew ANOTHER trailer tire. At this point we had this process down to an art and not to mention, this time we were within 5 minutes of civilization. So within an hour we were back on the road. We finally made it to the lake house at 1230. We were exhausted but wanted to spend time with Chase's family, so we forfeited sleep (for a few hours) to lay out and eat good food! So our 4 hour trip ended up taking close to 15 hours from start to finish. Unfortunately in my sleep deprived state I didn't take many pictures...



Later that night we went out to dinner for our anniversary. Honestly I'm surprised we made it through dinner without falling alseep! After it was all said and done though it was probably the most memorable anniversary we've ever had!! We will always be able to remember what we did on our 6th anniversary!!!

I love you Chase Martin!!

The rest of the weekend was spent in Jacksonville relaxing and spending time with family...







The first weekend in June we traveled to Florence, AL for Lindsey and Andy's wedding. Lindsey and I were roommates and sorority sisters at UAB.

Sisters

We went to Jayden's birthday party...Emory's friend from school...(sometime mid June)



Celebrated one of our friend's birthday's...(also mid June...i think)

all the girls...it was tara's birthday...the girl on the end in purple

Me and Tara

Christy, Rachel, and Me

I don't know why...but I love this picture...very typical!

Had a church fellowship or two...(July maybe)

Me, Tara, and Rachel

Jordan and Katie came to town and we went to the zoo...

Emory and I traveled to Birmingham for a wedding...(end of July)

Katie and I on our way to Abby's wedding

We went out for Chase's birthday...(August 11)

Me and the birthday boy...I promise he had fun...he was just boycotting pictures!

Rachel, Leslie, and me

We went back to the zoo a time or two...we have a membership...can you tell we go a lot?! (also mid august)

Emory and Kolton

Emory and Garrett trying to decide what to go see next

Emory and I drove to Birmingham...again...for Bid Day...(end of August)

After being away for 7 years, it's still pretty exciting to see the girls run across the street to the sorority they love and meet the girls that they will make lifelong friendships with. :)

And finally we had a few more playdates...with Garrett of course...

Kate and I want to know if an arranged marriage would be out of date! hehe!

We had a busy summer and this doesn't include 4th of July weekend and our alone trip to Asheville, NC. (separate posts to come) (4 new posts below)

Strawberry Pickin'

So my new hobby is making jam...i love it. It's much easier than I thought it would be. Of course I have help, Jessica and I have started this project together and keep coming up with various things we want to try. I even bought the Better Homes and Gardens canning magazine...I know, I'm a dork...at least I can admit it! Projects in the future are going to be apple butter and pepper jelly...can't wait! (3 new posts below)

Beach Trip 2011

There's a funny story behind this...

Cute kids!

Their daddies built a wall so the water wouldn't get them

Katie must have gotten all the Native American blood!! I always think I have a nice tan until I stand next to her and look pale!

It took nearly the entire week to get them near the water!

Sammy's first time in the sand.

I. LOVE. THE. BEACH. Plain and simple. Of course, it's not nearly as relaxing when there are 2 preschoolers and an infant in the house, but that certainly makes it more entertaining!! (2 new posts below)