The Park

Almost every Sunday, we get together at Grandma's house. We eat dinner with my family and various cousins. It's always a good time. Last Sunday, we went to this awesome park. It is really tall and it has a beautiful view of the valley. Cannon loves slides. He's at such a fun age where he wants to climb and be a typical boy. I love to watch him do his thing. He climbed up the drawbridge thing all by himself. I can't believe my boy is so big. My sisters had fun climbing and going down the slides. My cousin Jaron even played for a minute.

There was a big hill that was perfect for rolling. My sisters and I rolled down all together. I giggled the whole way down like I was three. There is absolutely no way I am posting those pictures here. Not cute.

Virginia

In August I took a trip to Virginia sans Cannon. I missed that little boy a whole lot. I did manage to have a great time with my sister Whitney and my cousins Chris n' Kenni. They were great hosts. Whit decided to pursue her educational endeavors at Southern Virginia University. It's a tiny little school in a tiny little city. I got to play 'mom' and help her get nestled in to student life there. We took many trips to Walmart and Target. Thanks to our good buddy Mr. GPS we only got lost a handful of times. It's not so bad getting lost when you have beautiful countryside to look at. Virginia has a lot of countryside.

I stayed with my cousins that live there and go to school there. They were so great. We watched movies every night and I caught up reading several books that I've been wanting to read. We also got to chat and catch up on life. I relished my time alone. I went to a sidewalk cafe one day and ordered a smoothie and read a book for a few hours. That was definitely a highlight for me. Whitney and I ate at a Waffle House restaurant. The waffles really were delicious. I crave the yummy syrup we had with them.

Whitney was all settled in by the time I left. She and her roommates got along great. It brought back memories from when I first left home for school. She's all grown up and on her own now.

I'm so glad I got to go. Virginia is beautiful. I missed my boys though. Thanks so much to Jarom and Grandma Sheri and Grandpa Dave for watching Cannon while I was gone. He was definitely in good hands.

Whit by the mascot

She just loves to have her picture taken.

The Teapot house we drove by every day
Whit & Me

I'm Back

For now at least. I guess I was just relishing those last few weeks of summer. *sigh*

I also took a great trip with my sister to Virginia. We got her all set up for her first year at SVU. I'm all set up and LOVING teaching preschool in our basement. I can't believe I was so nervous. I love 3-4 year olds and we get snack time. What could be better than that?

I hope you will still show up here every once in a while to check in. I'm still planning on being here. I have a list of posts I'm planning on sharing sometime soon. I definitely have a load of pictures I've got to get out too.

That's all for now. :)

bye.