Our church has been blessed to have several couples get married in the past year. We attended another beautiful wedding of Mr. Jacob and Mrs. Anna Coyne.
It is always fun to get dressed up and spend time with our friends!
All the dudes
It was also a delight to get to hang out with my hubby... with NO kids! Ah its refreshing to have adult conversation, not worry about sleeping and feeding times and just enjoy ourselves as a couple!
Ashley is such an awesome babysitter... the boys LOVE her!
Our first outing as a family as Durham residents was to watch a Durham Bulls baseball game! It was fun to have the boys at the ballpark. Griffin is very into the game and Carter just looks around at all the new things to see.
Lots of our church family joined us because....
our choir sang the National Anthem!
Sweet Griffin just knew he was going to catch a ball
I thought he looked like such a big boy in his matching hat with Daddy!
Last weekend I had a fabulous weekend with my Phi Mu girls! It had been 3 years since ALL of us had been together and at least 2 since I had seen a few so it was definitely overdue. The beautiful lady in green is expecting her first baby next month and it was a great excuse to get us all together!
Jenn was our fabulous hostess for the weekend! Her and her boyfriend Rogers have a great place in downtown Nashville known as "the flat" and it was the perfect spot for us all! 
We had a shower for baby Ike on Saturday afternoon and it was such a fun time. I loved getting to celebrate with Katie as I am OH so excited she is joining the mom club :)
I had so much fun making Ike his diaper cake!
I also gave my first try at cupcake toppers to match the decor and i was pleased with the way they came out!
I am so thankful Jenn was in charge of the menu.... gracious day it was DELICIOUS!
Since I love playing games and enjoying a good laugh too we played the "guess whats in the dirty diaper game" where they had to figure out which candy bar was inside. The faces as they checked them out were CLASSIC! Mom to be is not so sure she is ready for the dirty part.
JWade says EWW!
Adrienne sniffing things out
Crystal is not so sure about it....
and asked for help from Momma Jessie
New moms Meg and Amy
We also played Mommy 101 where we learned some things about the fun world of Mommyhood.
Jenn's answer was simply hilarious. Right, but different kind friend :)
Now for the fun gifts. The parents to be had asked Aunt Lindsey to make a Bible verse canvas to match Ike's room... and the polka dot queen couldnt resist some good manly coordinating ones!
Ike also received some love from the Vols and Sir Fidel himself (our mascot for Phi Mu, the lion)
Aunt Jenn decked him out in some "business time" attire. So adorable!
One of the most creative gifts I've ever seen came from Melissa.... being that both parents were Greek, Ike received a burp cloth that said 
Adorable personalized things from Aunt Natalie!
I love this group of girls SO much and it was a wonderful blessing to get to see all of them again and catch up. I wanted to point out that in just this group of friends we have Jessie (whose son Thatcher just had the liver transplant), Amy (whose son Max had the pacemaker put in before he was a week old) as well as Meg who just adopted her baby girl Lilly! All who have been on my prayer list for some time and have been so blessed! The other amazing thing is that we can all get together and pick up right where we left off 5 years ago, though each of us have our own lives now we still have the common bond :)
Ike definitely got some Phi Mu love this weekend....
and will always have Aunties that love him so much!
We have been blessed with an amazing family as our closest friends these past 5 years and we are so sad to say goodbye! Jay, Christina, Maisy, Lily and Isaac will be heading to Missouri next week where Jay will begin his job as a professor in the Fall. We are so happy for them, as Jay worked so hard to get many degrees for this kind of job but are so sad to see them go!
These two werent even thought of when we first met and now they are bestest buddies! Griffin asks all the time where Isaac is... he loves playing with him! And rightfully so.. he is the one who teaches him how to play like a boy- guns, running and jumping, playing ball and getting in the dirt :)
These two girls hold a very special place in my heart too! Lily was not even 1 when we met and Maisy 2... and now look how big they are! They are as sweet as they can be and I have loved going to every birthday party and watching them grow up!
I can always count on a big hug, a smile and a sweet compliment out of the most well-mannered sisters I know. Maisy, the little mom, and Lily, the sweetest little girl ever!
I've loved having our kids grow up together!
and be silly together too of course :)
We had a pretty low key Father's Day weekend, but were thankful to get to celebrate ALL weekend! Friday we took the boys to the Marbles Museum in downtown Raleigh. We had heard a lot about it and it was a lot of fun!
Uncle Phil joined us and helped keep Carter company! I am so thankful Carter is doing better in the stroller and didnt have to be held the whole time :)
Griffin got to do a lot of pretend play. He made Daddy some dinner!
learned how to play hockey
being the goalie
surfing with Uncle Phil
being silly with Daddy
working in the workshop
and on a pirate ship!
We came back and had naps and then let Daddy open his presents. A card and coffee mug (his request) from the boys and a new outfit from his better half :)
We had 2 showings on Saturday to get the house ready for so it was nice to relax at a cookout with friends that night.
Sunday after church we did more napping (hey we like our sleep around here) and enjoyed doing nothing the rest of the day. Daddy just wanted to "hangout" with his boys.. and thats what we did! Carter gave him lots of smiles.
Watching golf with G. He looks up to his Daddy SO much and hangs on every word that he says.
Happy Fathers Day Daddy! You are our hero and we love you so so so much!
