Chloeworm

We said goodbye to our girl, Chloe the worm girl Glover, in June and we miss her but are so grateful that we had so much time with her. One day in February, 2003, Brandon & I were going to visit his grandfather & made a pit stop at PetSmart where Chloe picked us out. When she peed all over Brandon's shoes, we knew she was ours. 

She was destructive and intense from the beginning-she destroyed all of my roommates' property, carpet and flooring at multiple apartments,  whined all night, ran away whenever possible just to make us chase her and was overall, crazy. She was perfect. 

My favorite Chloe memories:

1. She literally ran into various neighbors houses at different times when she ran away from me. I had to chase her down and get her out. 

2. She would jump in anyone's car if they opened their door for even a second. 

3. She always, always traveled everywhere with me in my 2 door Honda civic. She loved the rides and thoroughly enjoyed getting my car covered in dog hair. 

4. She ate so many non-food items: crayons, toys, shoes, socks, dryer sheets, light bulbs, her own collar (more than once) at the groomer when they left it to close to her. 

5. She was such a scavenger and would ALWAYS take the punishment in exchange for whatever she could grab and eat. 

6. She was a snuggler and was always in our bed, on the couch or in the driver's seat with me. 

She ate everything. Seriously. 

Chloe with her BFF, Bean. They spent every day together for an entire year when Clare & I lived in the same place. 

Sweet, fluffy girl.

I have hundreds of pictures of us at Christmas. The girl loved a holiday. 

She also had many, many Halloween costumes. 

Our family when it was just the 3 of us. 

I remember the day we brought Gabs home and how nervous I was to tell Chloe. From the beginning, Chloe wore the pants and pretty much manhandled Gabs. Even when Gabbi grew much bigger and more ferocious, Chole still ran the show and would always eat her food, run her off of the couch, etc. They were truly sisters. 

She was always so patient with the boys, even when they were crazy. 

She LOVED the snow. 

More sibling fighting. 

She always stole our bed.

We miss her. 

We sure were lucky to have her for so long. 

Rest of Summer

We cannot miss Chick-Fil-A Cow Day!

Destroying chalk because desperation for activities is a real thing. 

Practicing letters on the kitchen island. 

Nerf gun targets

Brandon took him fishing and he LOVED it.

Visit to Pappaw!

We have spent SO much time in our neighborhood pool. Also, I love how their smiles are the same in this picture. 

Legos at school. Legos at home. All of the legos. 

I was going to go for a run & Max wanted to go and then he decided that we should just eat rice krispy treats and walk, so we did. 

I love his pics from school. 

Trons. 

Cupcake, asleep in his arms. 

Always in his camo.

Y camp field trips-Jump Jam, the zoo, bowling, parks

I had a piece of glass in my foot and they were conducting surgery. Max even put on his doctor kit outfit, so that was helpful. 

Splash Country with the Brimers!

Love

More nerf wars

We love this basketball camp. Anderson won the 1 on 1 competition for his age group again this year!

Pinata loot from a bday party!

Visit with Aunt Paula! I love that my boys are able to spend to time with my favorite aunt!

Love. 

Dinner at Publix at 8pm. 

I am going to miss his daycare pics so much. 

Someone cut his own hair. 

So, we had to get it buzzed. 

Max's enthusiasm with these water balloons is my favorite thing ever. 

I did get hit in the face. 

A rare moment when he was willing to play a game with me. 

Noni bought him a new hat. He is so stinking cute. 

Busted lip at football practice. 

We ran into some camo National Guard soldiers at Pilot and Max was pumped!

Water slide at Adeline's!

The new house

We moved into a new house on May 20. Leaving Rockwell Farm was very bittersweet because, while I am really excited about a new place to make memories, a bonus room and an actual laundry room, I loved that house and our family memories there. I started this post right after we moved and then summer went in some different directions and I have taken zero actual pics of anything else, so this will have to be moving documentation.

There was just so much stuff everywhere, in every room. 

Max was definitely most excited about this new "Lego Room."

Our new backyard is definitely smaller and we don't have a fence, but it is really open and there is a pretty sweet climbing tree. 

The boys have separate bedrooms, but they end up sleeping the in the same room, just like they did when they were at our old house. 

Going into new house

That is...basically all that I have, but there will be lots of pics of us actually living in the house.