Ocmulgee Indian Mounds

We decided to visit a local historical landmark today in Macon. It was an awesome place, full of history and information. We plan to go back once it's a little cooler and walk the trails on the river, it was so beautiful there but just too hot.







The earth lodge where politicians and religious leaders would meet, the floor is 1000 years old, notice the bird shape for the ceremonial rituals ?

The outside of the earth lodge

1st Day Of First Grade

Today was Lauren's first day of First grade, she loved it. she said they had a good day, ate cookies, played outside and played a few games inside. HA....She said her teacher said this was only a first day thing so the next few days we'll get to see how she really likes it once the harder work starts coming at her. She attends a private Christian school that is pretty small, they have 398 kids total in the whole school so most of her friends from kindergarten are in her class now also.

New Glasses !!

We picked up Lauren's new glasses today, she chose violet ones this year, I call them purple and she corrects me and says they are violet. They are the transition ones again that change into sunglasses and she thinks that's cool.

Disney In December !!

Lauren got her personalized map in the mail today for her Birthday/ Christmas trip to Disney in December, it's going to be her first time so we are going to go to Florida and visit with family at Christmas and then head to Disney from there for a few days on the way back home. She is so excited and it's still 5 months away. We cannot wait to take her and see how she reacts to all things Disney !!

Summer Fun !!

We have had a great but busy Summer this year, We took trips to Atlanta, Helen, Ga and to Blue Ridge, GA. We had vacation Bible school, LOTS of birthday parties, tons of swimming and alot of hanging with friends. School starts in 2 weeks and we are ready, Lauren loves school and is excited about first grade. She is getting new glasses on Wednesday and chose purple frames this year, she is changing her taste so frequently we can't keep up. Her birthday party theme for this year has already changed 5 times and it's still 5 months away, like I said she changes so frequently :)





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4th Of July

We had a great weekend leading up to the 4th of July, we went to Blue Ridge, GA for 2 days and spent some time in the mountains. We went on a train ride, played putt putt golf, had some great food, did some shopping and then came home for fireworks.It was a nice little getaway for sure.

Cousins Galore

We had a family reunion for Steve's mom's side of the family last week in Helen, GA. We had an absolute blast and Lauren could not get enough of her cousins, she is actually in cousin withdrawal I think. There were 8 cousins there I think and they had the best time playing with each other. We went tubing on the Chattahoochee 2 times, did putt putt golf,panned for gold,went to the water park and did some shopping. We cannot wait for 2 years for another one.

Pizza !!!

For six years now we have tried to get Lauren to try pizza, she always refused and said she knew she wouldn't like it. At church a few weeks ago they had pizza rolls as a snack and one of her friends told her it was really good so she tasted it and LOVED it.A few weeks went by with no mention of pizza or pizza rolls and then her class had an end of year party and served pizza for lunch, I sent a lunchable just in case she wouldn't eat it, well, her teacher said she refused the lunchable and ate 2 pieces of pizza instead. Not a major deal by any means but six years later she is finally trying new foods. Now, let's see how long it takes her to try vegetables ?

Kindergarten Graduation

Lauren has now graduated from Kindergarten, she starts First Grade on August 10th and she couldn't be more excited about it. She has already decided on a backpack and lunchbox for next school year, she likes Summer but she cannot wait to go back to school already.

Field Day

Lauren's school had field day a few days ago, they had it set up like the olympics and the kids had a great day with it all.