We took tons of pictures this week and had a lot of fun! We took morning walks in our PJ’s, we went shopping at the dollar store where Amelia picked out a special balloon, we went to the Splash Pad, we laughed as we bounced on Daisha’s air mattress, we went to the Farmer’s Market and we even visited a gourmet chocolate shop! Sadly, we don’t have any pictures of me and Daisha together, and hardly any  pictures of Daisha at all. I am including the 2nd to the last picture just to prove that she was really here! Amelia is just such a fun person to photograph that we kind of forgot to take pictures of anything else!

I am so glad that Daisha was able to come to visit! I always love spending time with her, and I am so happy that she made the trip up here. I look forward to the next time I see her!

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On Saturday morning Grandma came down to pick up Amelia and Shelby – Amelia got to play with her cousins all day! She even went to her first parade, and Grandma tells me that Amelia waved to every single person she saw! While Amelia was having fun with Grandma, Aunt C and her cousins, we were doing something entirely different. Mark, Rick (one of Mark’s good friends), Grandpa and I moved just about all of our things from the condo to our new apartment! It was so much work, and we are very grateful to have had Rick and Grandpa help us with all of the heavy lifting and for climbing up and down the stairs countless times. We are also extremely thankful for Grandma and Aunt C for watching Amelia so that we could get moved in.

By 10 PM on Saturday Mark and I were asleep on our feet, but we still got up bright and early on Sunday morning for another trip down to the condo to pick up some of the last of our things. We came back home and unpacked as much as we could, and then had supper with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt C and cousins A, Big S and Little S. After supper everyone came back to see the apartment and take a dip in the pool. Right now Mark and I are watching fireworks on TV (I didn’t even remember it was the fourth of July until this afternoon), resting up for another long day of moving/cleaning/furniture assembly tomorrow.

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On Friday morning Amelia and I took Grandma for a walk around the neighborhood. Once we got back home, we headed out to do some shopping! We stopped at a few furniture stores to look for some things for our new place, and at one store Amelia got a bright pink balloon! She had a lot of fun playing with it for the rest of the afternoon.

On Saturday morning we drove up to Roan Mountain for the Rhododendron Festival! The day was overcast, but we toured the rhododendron gardens and took some fun pictures. We stopped at the craft festival on our way back down the mountain and had some tasty food for lunch.

Mark ended his trip early and came home on Saturday evening, so he was able to spend Father’s Day with us! On Sunday morning we went swimming, and then had some pizza for lunch. After we finished eating, Grandma stayed with Amelia while Mark and I went furniture shopping. Amelia slept most of the time we were gone, but she and Grandma had a lot of fun playing later in the afternoon! They went ‘grocery shopping’ in the pantry and in Amelia’s toy boxes, and shared a lot of laughs.

I am so glad that my mom was able to come for a quick visit. We are all looking forward to the next time we see her!

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On Saturday Mark took Amelia up to Grandma and Grandpa B’s house. She got to play with her cousins A and S, who were visiting for the weekend! The three kids had a lot of fun, and enjoyed snack time on the front porch.

On Sunday afternoon I made some banana oat muffins, and we went to PetSmart to look at the animals. We saw fish, hamsters, birds, and even a few puppies – of course Amelia’s favorite animals were the birds. Mark and I had so much fun watching our little girl enjoy the day!

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I did get a few pictures of Daisha and Amelia outside, though – fun!

We had a great time together, just like we always do. Thanks for taking the time to come up and visit, Daisha. Shelby is really going to miss your big air mattress in the middle of the living room!

*We seem to have BROKEN my Keurig because we drank so much coffee. I’m really really REALLY hoping Mark can fix it later tonight, because I do not own another coffee maker, and I enjoy drinking my morning (and mid-morning and afternoon and mid-afternoon) coffee!

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My best friend Daisha is visiting from Florida, and she brought us some Florida Tangelos – yum!

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Amelia found a fun penguin in her stocking!

Opening presents is hard work! Our sweet & sleepy Amelia cuddled with Daddy (and a soft new shirt from Uncle Paul) for a while before taking a nice long nap.

After all of the presents were opened and a delicious dinner was consumed, we gathered for a family picture. I can hardly believe that everyone is looking at the camera!

Our little family of three.

The next morning we opened presents from our family in Florida! This was day three of presents for Amelia, so she definitely knew what to do!

Once Amelia woke up from her afternoon nap, we went up to Grandma and Grandpa B’s house. Right before dinner, they took Cousin A, Cousin S and Amelia out onto the porch to blow some bubbles. Thanks for catching this great picture, Uncle Paul!

On Saturday we went to the George L. Carter Railroad Museum at ETSU.

Amelia had a blast riding on Daddy’s shoulders and looking at all of the trains.

Amelia did NOT want to pose for a picture on Sunday morning, but I just had to get a picture of her Sunday best! The gold shoes were a Christmas present from Grandpa B, and the corduroy dress is from Daisha (who will be here tomorrow for a 4 day visit)! We drove up to a church in Abingdon, VA to listen to Grandpa B preach. Cousins A and S were there as well – Grandpa B got to have all three of his grandkids in the congregation!

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Being rude!

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Helping Grandma G win the card game

We had a wonderful weekend, and are so glad that Cheryl and Daisha finally got to meet Amelia! It was a short visit, but hopefully we will see them again soon!

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On Saturday, we drove to Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

It was a rainy/foggy day driving through the mountains.

We tried to see the Blowing Rock after which the town was named, but it was too foggy to see anything.

We did, however, see this bumper sticker.

After we drove home, we just relaxed with some coffee and ended up having a tasty BBQ chicken pizza for dinner.

On Sunday, we took a trip up to Bay’s Mountain.

Mom took this really neat algae picture.

We saw this guy just wandering around the park.

Dad climbed all the way to the top of this TALL observation tower!

We had a very enjoyable weekend with my family – it makes me wish the drive down to Florida was not such a long one! Mark and I will be able to drive down to see them for Thanksgiving, and it will be so nice to see Mom and Dad and Daniel (my other brother who “had to work” and could not come up with the rest of the family). Until then, I guess phone calls and e-mails will have to suffice!

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