summer fun

The summer has started off right....we had a fun trip to visit terry and whitney in jackson the 1st week out of school and spent it doing what you do in the summer....visiting family, hanging on the lake, doing some fishing and spending time with the fam. Uncle Terry took Airey and Campbell out to catch lots of fish. We have two little anglers on our hands :) We had dinner over at Kevin and kim's new house one night too. On our trip to jackson we got to stop in and see Papa Pete. He was so excited to see us and the boys....funny story..... we left with a orange teddy bear, that we are not quite sure is legit, haha...but it made Campbell's day and thats all Pete wanted to do :) We enjoyed catching up with him and airey was obsessed with hearing about everything in his room.

We have been doing a lot of catch up with our friends this summer. We had the Pattersons over for pizza one week and went to cook out with the johnstons the next week. we had family and friends over for memorial day. that was a fun day for all the cousins to play :). 

The big news in the Cole household is Campbell is OFFICIALLY Potty Trained! He was SO easy to train and it literally was all done in a week..(I count my blessing every night) He is loving the freedom of being diaper free and being more like Bra Bra. They even have tee tee races, lol. Here is a shot of him free bird on the plasma car, he loves his undies so much he goes anywhere in them...literally even out in the front yard...ughhh.....B O Y S

Airey has been all INTO golf these days and is obsessed with hitting his clubs all afternoon. He also still loves baseball and to practice his Southpaw skills with Daddy. He recently was in the playroom playing catch with Roger and said "Wait Dada...lets have a game: Dada you be the Ump, Campbell the pitcher and Ill be the Hitter"....but first we have to "pledge the allegiance"...Rog said he went over to our singing snow globe and pressed it to hear Jingle Bells and said everyone put your hand on your heart and look at the flag....HAHA...Roger replied "where is the flag" ...Airey "right there" into to the blank wall. Gotta love a kids imagination! We took the boys to a Redbirds game a couple weeks back and he literally was enthralled in it all so that fact he remembers the whole ritual DOES NOT surprise us one bit.

Another big celebration was Gigi 79th birthday! I mean COME ON...does she look a day over 60, i beg her for her secrets to the fountain of youth all the time, lol. Really what amazes me more than how she looks is how she acts. She has more energy than me. I swear the woman works 4 hours a day in her award winning yard and still has time to meet up with friends and family and be the entertainer of the party. I hope one day to be like her and I know that will be a tough job! She is the complete love of mine and my boys life. We are super lucky to have her in our lives and be so present and and amazing with my boys. Very few people in life can saw their grandmother actually play and literally run around with their children. We love you Gigi!!!!

As for Mom and Dad.....

Roger and I have been lucky to squeeze in a date night here and there and recently got to go to Iris which was soooooo delicious, i have dreams about the Brussels sprouts salad and strawberry explosion. Our trusty babysitter Hannah is back for the summer so we are hoping our date nights will be weekly again soon!