Granny's House

Granny's House
One of my most favorite places of all.

Within about an hour, Case and Avery found the sprinkler. A Granny's house tradition in the summer. 

Then, the bravest little girl I know found a lizard.

 We took a walk with the wagon.

We all sat around in the garage together

 
Granny :) 

Then we rode some motorcycles!

Our Uncle John even took little Avery on a ride down Granny's road and back, he said she wasn't afraid what so ever, and squealed and laughed when he went a little faster! So brave!

Then we saw a double rainbow after a Thunderstorm
(It was SO INTENSE! HA!)

Then we played in the puddles

Then we said Good-bye, until our next visit.

Leitchfield & Denver

Matt had a conference coming up for work. The same conference that he was supposed to attend in Cincinnati when I was 39 weeks pregnant - but didn't. This time it wasn't in Cincinnati though, it was in DENVER! 

One of Matt's favorite places in the world is Colorado, but sadly he wasn't able to ski this trip. His conference was 8 hours a day, Wednesday through Friday, and unfortunately the ski resorts close around 4 or 5pm. 

He had fun though, he really enjoyed the conference, had a beautiful view from his hotel, went to a rodeo (so jealous!) and met some cool guys along the way. (I love that about my husband, he knows no strangers)

So with Matt flying out Tuesday afternoon, and not coming back until Saturday - I was sort of panicked about being by myself with the boys for that long! I know I could of handled it but those days would have been super super long. We had already planned to go visit my Granny the weekend before, and I figured I could just stay that week and hang out with Mom and Dad since they would be at Granny's too... but Matt couldn't go. He had to get so much done before being out of the office for three days, he ended up working Saturday AND Sunday. Amy and Avery were going to visit Granny too, so the boys and I packed up and left Friday afternoon. Which meant I was spending eight days away from my Matty. EIGHT DAYS! 

 I was a hot mess! I cried Thursday night and Friday morning. Being away from Matt is never easy, and especially now that we have two sweet boys in the mix! 

The boys and I had fun at Granny's though, Case loved spending time with Mimi and Avery for a couple of days, and Amy and I had too much fun being crazy sisters! :) We were excited to hang out with Mom and Dad too, we haven't seen them every day like this since vacation last year!

Getting to visit with Granny & our family in Leitchfield was so nice, it had been too long! 

 

There was some brother bonding time...

Rhett grew a few inches, and gained a few pounds...Ha! :)

Case and Grand-dad has SO much fun playing in the snow, and walking to get Granny's mail every day. 

By the time Saturday rolled around, we were more than ready to pick Matt up from the airport. I was so excited I could hardly stand it. I couldn't wait to see him, and I know Case and Rhett missed their Daddy as much as I did. By the grace of God, I made it to the Louisville airport without getting lost! :) I did have to drive through the parking garage first because I was in the wrong lane, but I made it! Ha! I told Matt it just wouldn't have been right if I didn't mess up somehow! When I parked and saw Matt walking up behind me in the rear view mirror I was so giddy I could hardly control myself! I jumped out of that car as fast as I could and ran into his arms! 

Our weeks apart were fun for both of us, but being back together by the end of the week was by far the best part. :)

Last Weekend

Case and I have been traveling machines! 

We went to Ashland for Labor Day weekend, and to my Granny's house this past weekend. Both weekends without Daddy! Matt has his review classes on Saturdays and couldn't make it. :(

The trips were very successful, we got to visit with family and we took care of a few things on the to do list! 

1. Taking the Gun Cabinet back to Ashland for Storage (Thanks again Mamaw and Papaw!)

2. Take Mr. Max to Kelli so he can have a new toddler free life with his new Mommy Kelli! 

3. Pick up Case's Big Boy Bed for Case from my Granny's House

4. ...and of course go shopping in Granny's Basement and Barn :)

Granny's house was so much fun as always, Avery caught a frog with her own two hands and literally brought it into the house like that! We're pretty sure she was braver than her older brothers! She kept it in an old ice cream tub that her Dad cut holes in the entire weekend. So cute! She let the little thing go on Granny's water fountain the last day. :)

Granny has been in the process of clearing out the barn and basement for a while now, and Amy and I love an opportunity to go "shopping"! We found two sweet little end tables for Case's room, Amy took home a gorgeous black trunk of Granny's, some tables and I found a really pretty cream and green pitcher.

All the sorting through led to Granny wanting to find her Wedding Dress, and we got to see some GORGEOUS dresses that she had worn or borrowed over the years. They were so well made and so classic.

Here's Granny holding up her wedding dress! They are both so beautiful :)

...and then Avery and Case got to eat ice cream out of a tub...

LOVE IT! :)

...and the next morning they snuggled...

How unbelievably sweet is this?

We love spending time with all of our family, it was so nice to be able to visit two weekend in a row!

Granny's House

Matt and I had Fourth of July Weekend plans for what we think is the first time since Case was born, we were at the beach last year with the family, and the year before that I was so pregnant I can't even remember what we did!

This year, we had plans (with amazing friends) to go to the lake all day Saturday, and to watch fireworks on the water, then a cookout Sunday evening - but what were we going to do with our sweet little man??

Thankfully, Mom agreed to watch him down at Granny's for the weekend, and I quickly decided that Case and I would go on down Thursday because I wanted to spend some time there too!  Then I would leave, and pick him up half way the following Monday. We even talked Avery into coming with us! :)

Granny's house (especially in the summer) is almost magical, I still feel the way I did as a kid when I get there, it's gorgeous, time is slower, and everything is just better in the country. :)

As you can tell, Case and all of the cousins and second cousins had SO much fun together! I loved every minute of it, and I know little man had fun at Granny's house while Mama and Daddy were gone.

Here's a couple of pictures from our Weekend! 

We had such a great time with such amazing friends, and yes that's me rocking the O'Douls non-alcoholic beer with a baby belly :)

Trip to Granny's

A trip to Granny's house is a little piece of heaven in my book. So many precious memories were made there, and whenever our family visits it's such a wonderful time. 

Mom has been staying with Granny for a while now, helping out around the house and to make sure Granny doesn't do too much. She's a feisty little thing, and I love that about her.

Matt had a golf trip planned the first week of March, so Case and I decided to spend the time at Granny's to visit. Amy and the kids also came since it was Tim's trip as well.  Amy and I LOVE LOVE LOVE our Granny's house, and we of course cherished every moment.

As always, I brought along the camera...