I took Max, Jay, Graham & Andrew to the Wilderness for Max's birthday & they had a really fun time. They did the indoor & outdoor water park and Soaky Mountain.
We also went to Skyland Ranch, which was so cute.
Cowboy Max
Really, really cute.
We also hit up the free Ripley's attractions-the mountain coaster & go karts!
And...Dollywood to kick off summer.
Grateful for friends with boats.
Soaky Mountain milkshakes to celebrate 11!
Never too old to visit the library park
Sleepover with Noni & Bop
First time using the paddleboards-love them.
Took the boys to Soaky on a rainy Sunday and we did every ride multiple times because nobody was there.
Seriously empty.
Snuck these pics on one of the rides.
Lazy River
Baking cupcakes
Max found a frog in the pool and was SO excited.
"Inside Out 2" with Marley
Paddleboarding after work with Denise.
OBSESSED with cologne.
Britton's swim birthday party
KARM Dragon Boat Race with Logan.
Lots of paddleboard.
Retirement dinner date night.
Another paddleboard outing-Anderson & I found a coconut!
Bike ride with Max-found a snake!
We are making everyone go on these paddleboards with us.
Moose, living his best life.
Cracking the coconut!
Early morning walks with Bines since it is a million degrees by 9am.
Whit's for ice cream
Anderson & Logan Wright at Soaky Mountain
Dollywood visit with Curtis & Sofia-the weather was HOT, but the lines were SO short and we had a great time.
Ran into the cousins, which made it even more fun.
Lily & Reese spent some days with us, so we hit up Frozen Head.
Max loves trying to catch all of the things.
Moose LOVES anything involving freedom, water and being outside.
Max caught a snake! We saw it by my car & a Ranger was passing by right at that moment and he told us it was not poisonous so he was pumped.
Took Lily paddle boarding & the weather was so great and we had a really nice time.
SO MUCH FOOTBALL TRAINING in the summer. Very proud of both boys for always going out in the heat and giving it their all.
Max also loves Frozen Head.
Lily, paddle boarding.
Visit to Dr. Cogen;
"As usual, he is a star patient. The odds were stacked against him. He should not have been successful. Nobody would have bet on his chances."
Still cannot believe it.
Anderson and I decided to surprise Max and drive to Destin for one night since we were already halfway there (4 hours away...) He did not believe us at first; it was really fun when he realized it was actually happening.
SO excited.
We drove 4 hours to Birmingham then to Destin for one night and then 9 hours back home the next day-totally worth it.
We were able to eat dinner on the beach.
Anderson got his crab legs & Max got his ribs-it was perfect.
Late night crab hunting.
We were the first ones on the beach at 8am the next morning-it was raining and overcast so we had it to ourselves until about 11, which was awesome.
Love spending time with them as they get older.
Lunch break in the room before we had to check out and then we hit the beach, the pool and started the drive back to Knoxville.
Cousin sleepover at Noni's.
Soaky Mountain with the Hughes's cousins. They were all there, just not pictured.
Anderson finished "The Giver" and said it was the best book he has ever read & we had to immediately watch the movie, which was terrible. We had the best conversation about it and I love that he fell in love with a book.
Fourth of July at Bobble Cole's! Moose LIVED HIS BEST LIFE!
So proud of the boys for knee boarding and wake boarding and all of the things.
Moose literally spent 3 straight days outside and it was amazing.
This Teddy Bear, right here.
Jet ski driver extraordinaire, Lily!
We had a really, really fun time.
Love this pic of 3 of them.
Bines was so happy.
Sister pic.
LOT of time spent fishing
USA floats
So, so many fireworks
Bonfires and s'mores
Lunch at the Marina
Really grateful.
Caught a turtle!
Big Cousin!
Broken thumb casualty...too much fun.
SOOOOO much fishing in the summer of 24.
Soaky Mountain w/ Marley
We are loving Brandon's new grill.
Playing (& losing at ) this trivia game with Anderson.
My fortune at work one day. I look crazy.
Dollywood with Marley, Graham and Kendall.
It was really fun.
Random night of all of us on this couch.
Anderson at a swim party with friends.
Movies: Despicable Me 4
Grilled pizzas with the cousins.
More cousin time.
Love.
Really hot, but really fun.
The quest to find this NCAA GAME...so many hours.
Lot of ice cream & movies on this couch.
MORE fishing.
Noni took Anderson to lunch-thankful for grandmas.
Always with me.
All blue on the way to a friend's house
Lake day with friends.
Our old fridge-love my magnets.
We seriously are always fishing.
Crumbl cookies!
Noni came to help me get ready for school.
I am making this pose in front of this tree once a month.
Random pic from work.
Max made a huge mess one evening..
Not too old to play at Noni's.
Anderson and I decided to surprise Max and drive to Destin for one night since we were already halfway there (4 hours away...) He did not believe us at first; it was really fun when he realized it was actually happening. 
SO excited. 
We drove 4 hours to Birmingham then to Destin for one night and then 9 hours back home the next day-totally worth it. 
We were able to eat dinner on the beach. 
Anderson got his crab legs & Max got his ribs-it was perfect. 
Late night crab hunting. 
We were the first ones on the beach at 8am the next morning-it was raining and overcast so we had it to ourselves until about 11, which was awesome. 
Love spending time with them as they get older. 
Lunch break in the room before we had to check out and then we hit the beach, the pool and started the drive back to Knoxville. 
Cousin sleepover at Noni's. 
