July Happenings

July was a busy, full month (I think I say that every month). We visited with Stephen's family in Birmingham for Fourth of July with a pit stop in Atlanta on the 3rd for the boys first Braves game and our first game together. These tickets were a gift to Stephen back at our anniversary, and I planned to connect it with our trip to AL and when Atlanta was playing the Phillies (where we met). When we got home, we kept Emma (our neice) for five days while Megan and Thomas were in Italy and we had so much fun with her. It was such a special time. The boys also had dance camp that week (with themed days each day). The next week we all had the stomach bug and Stephen even got it twice...awful! We've had our share of the stomach bug this summer. And then we celebrated my 35th birthday. We got to see my Dad and Stepmom (plus Emma and Megan) on my actual birthday and my Mom and George a few days later in Charleston. We arranged all the rooms in the house with a new triple bunk bed for the boys and Joah's first real big boy bed and prepared for the new school year. We also snuck in a zoo trip with Megan so she could reveal the gender of the baby to the boys (it's a boy!) and also spent a good part of the day with their Collins second cousins! Fun, full July! The pictures uploaded all out of order but here they are anyway...