It has been a long time since I have had a chance to sit down and blog about our family. The last four and a half months have flown by. It seems like we have been swimming through life for a while now and tomorrow I will officially come up for air. We have experienced a lot in the last months... a summer full of softball tournaments, swimming, and travel... the first day of 1st Grade and 4-Year Old Preschool... our first concert... a birthday party... Halloween... the list goes on and on. So, I will try to play catch-up here... it may be long, so bear with me. I will post a few highlights and fun pictures and get ready to ease into the last two months of this year.
So, like I said, it has been a busy four months. We kicked off our summer with Mary Grace joining the Goodlettsville "Storm" 6U Softball Team. She was beyond thrilled to be picked for this team. And, even more thrilled that she would be joined by two of her favorite "Lightning" teammates... Carleigh and Makayla. This was our first experience with "travel" softball. Fortunately, the "travel" part was fairly easy with most of the tournaments being somewhat close to home. Mary Grace had a blast playing for the Storm. She made lots of new friends and enjoyed challenging herself to play a new level of softball. Carolyne enjoyed the tournaments too! For her, every weekend was an exciting new adventure! The team had a great season, winning 1st place in 3 of the tournaments.
Softball was not our only summer activity. The girls joined Ms. Dana and Ms. Daree again this year for a week of swimming lessons. It is amazing to see how far they have come in the last year! Mary Grace finally learned to swim on her own... not that I would throw her out in the deep end unsupervised... but she has the confidence and ability to keep herself afloat and enjoy being in the pool... without an arm wrapped around my neck! Carolyne did great too! She loves being in the water... and I mean "IN" the water... face down, under water, holding her breath for as long as she can. To practice our skills, we joined the Hendersonville YMCA! The girls enjoyed swimming there all summer... 3 or 4 times a week. We will definitely be heading back to the Y again next year!
With school out for the summer, we were also able to do a little traveling. In addition to our short weekend softball trips, we made trips to Atlanta, Auburn, and Gulf Shores. We love visiting Atlanta, home of two of Jason's close friends from college, Matt and Benji. We have made it a tradition to visit these families every summer and we are always blessed to be hosted by Matt and his wife Elizabeth and their three beautiful girls... Avery, Emily, and baby Ashley. As of our trip in June, baby Ashley had yet to arrive, but our girls had a blast playing with Avery and Emily. The girls are all very close in age, so it is always an adventure to have 4 lively girls together in one house for a few days. Following our Atlanta trip, we headed to Auburn to visit Jason's grandparents. It is always fun to relax for a few days with Grandaddy and Gran. The girls love going to Auburn to
explore the town where GiGi and PawPaw (Jason's parents) grew up and where Jason went to college. Who knows... maybe one day they will go to college there too... although I am secretly hoping for them to attend college a little closer to home! Our last trip of the summer was to the beautiful beach in Gulf Shores. This was our second summer to visit the beach and it is quickly becoming one of our favorite traditions! The girls had so much fun swimming in the ocean and digging in the sand. We were so excited this year to be in Gulf Shores at the same time as our friends, the Smiths. The girls had so much fun playing with Carleigh and Tucker. We went on a crab hunt, took a trip to Alligator Alley, and enjoyed a day of hunting for sea shells. I was sad to see our week at the beach come to an end! I am already looking forward to next year's beach trip!
It has been a long time since I have had a chance to sit down and blog about our family. The last four and a half months have flown by. It seems like we have been swimming through life for a while now and tomorrow I will officially come up for air. We have experienced a lot in the last months... a summer full of softball tournaments, swimming, and travel... the first day of 1st Grade and 4-Year Old Preschool... our first concert... a birthday party... Halloween... the list goes on and on. So, I will try to play catch-up here... it may be long, so bear with me. I will post a few highlights and fun pictures and get ready to ease into the last two months of this year.
So, like I said, it has been a busy four months. We kicked off our summer with Mary Grace joining the Goodlettsville "Storm" 6U Softball Team. She was beyond thrilled to be picked for this team. And, even more thrilled that she would be joined by two of her favorite "Lightning" teammates... Carleigh and Makayla. This was our first experience with "travel" softball. Fortunately, the "travel" part was fairly easy with most of the tournaments being somewhat close to home. Mary Grace had a blast playing for the Storm. She made lots of new friends and enjoyed challenging herself to play a new level of softball. Carolyne enjoyed the tournaments too! For her, every weekend was an exciting new adventure! The team had a great season, winning 1st place in 3 of the tournaments. 
Softball was not our only summer activity. The girls joined Ms. Dana and Ms. Daree again this year for a week of swimming lessons. It is amazing to see how far they have come in the last year! Mary Grace finally learned to swim on her own... not that I would throw her out in the deep end unsupervised... but she has the confidence and ability to keep herself afloat and enjoy being in the pool... without an arm wrapped around my neck! Carolyne did great too! She loves being in the water... and I mean "IN" the water... face down, under water, holding her breath for as long as she can. To practice our skills, we joined the Hendersonville YMCA! The girls enjoyed swimming there all summer... 3 or 4 times a week. We will definitely be heading back to the Y again next year!
With school out for the summer, we were also able to do a little traveling. In addition to our short weekend softball trips, we made trips to Atlanta, Auburn, and Gulf Shores. We love visiting Atlanta, home of two of Jason's close friends from college, Matt and Benji. We have made it a tradition to visit these families every summer and we are always blessed to be hosted by Matt and his wife Elizabeth and their three beautiful girls... Avery, Emily, and baby Ashley. As of our trip in June, baby Ashley had yet to arrive, but our girls had a blast playing with Avery and Emily. The girls are all very close in age, so it is always an adventure to have 4 lively girls together in one house for a few days. Following our Atlanta trip, we headed to Auburn to visit Jason's grandparents. It is always fun to relax for a few days with Grandaddy and Gran. The girls love going to Auburn to 
explore the town where GiGi and PawPaw (Jason's parents) grew up and where Jason went to college. Who knows... maybe one day they will go to college there too... although I am secretly hoping for them to attend college a little closer to home! Our last trip of the summer was to the beautiful beach in Gulf Shores. This was our second summer to visit the beach and it is quickly becoming one of our favorite traditions! The girls had so much fun swimming in the ocean and digging in the sand. We were so excited this year to be in Gulf Shores at the same time as our friends, the Smiths. The girls had so much fun playing with Carleigh and Tucker. We went on a crab hunt, took a trip to Alligator Alley, and enjoyed a day of hunting for sea shells. I was sad to see our week at the beach come to an end! I am already looking forward to next year's beach trip! 
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