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 When we got to Georgia, our truck wasn't there (and it wouldn't be there for a week).  McKay and I hung out in the house for the first day.  We tried to get things cleaned up.  We had a couple of visitors from the wonderful ward we had moved into.

The first morning we were here, the boys headed off to scout camp.  It was at a Methodist Church and had a huge number of boys from all denominations.  It was such a good experience for them.  The camp was a week long for about 5 hours each day.  They did so many fun things!

 This was called stick hockey and the boys thought it was the best thing ever.

 McKay also found some things to do...

 We stayed with some awesome people that Josh had met since we didn't have beds or anything.  They let us use their pool during the day and we had a great time.  Our new ward also brought in dinners every night.  We were so overwhelmed at the kindness everyone showed us.

 One of our favorite things about where we live is a pathway right through the gorgeous trees called "The Greenway."  We were excited to show it to the boys.  The first night we saw so many cool things including a turtle swimming around in one of the streams.

 This picture was taken when it was really dark, but the boys have loved catching fireflies.  They are so thick sometimes that the air shimmers with them.

 We have a Magnolia Tree in our front yard and it is so beautiful.  I love it!

 We found lots of things to do on the long boring days when we didn't have our moving truck yet, they boys' favorite was to play hide and seek.  They play it still...a lot.

 Some cute ladies from the ward came over to help me get the house cleaned up and then took us to Firehouse Subs.  We had never been there before and McKay especially loved the hat.

 A cute girl from my new ward, that has become such a good friend took me antiquing.  I had never been before and am a huge fan!

 Our family got so into the World Cup.  One night we had a pizza party picnic in the living room so we could watch it.

 Josh and I go running on The Greenway every day and see tons of rabbits.  We have named two Bonnie and Nigel and the rest of them appear to be their kids.  Once we got there and there were little baby rabbits running everywhere!

 We are all pretty mesmerized by the cardinals we see here.  Josh and I will be running and a streak of red will shoot across our path.  I love it.

 We have lucked out to have a bunch of kids in our neighborhood.  The boys are still working on developing friendships, but have had some fun times with them.

 One night McKay doorbell ditched me for about an hour.  He is hilarious to run away laughing.

 One Saturday morning Josh and I went to the temple and saw these beautiful trees in bloom.

 After the temple, we went to brunch at this darling French cafe.

 These are our favorite donuts here.  They are from a place called Davinci Donuts and are pretty scrumptious.

 We have been loving eating dinner out in our sunroom.

 We live about 20 minutes from Lake Lanier.  One Saturday afternoon we took a picnic there and explored a bit.  It is so beautiful.

 McKay has decided that he and Sasha are best friends.  He regularly dresses her up.

 Palmer decorated our dinner one night.  We had Shepard's pie with US vs Portugal flags in it.

 The rainstorms here are amazing.  We love to sit on the porch and watch them.

 This monster of a frog frequents our nightly walks with Sasha.  He isn't even afraid of Sasha and will just sit there while she sniffs him.

 Nerf wars in the new house have taken on a new meaning.  Josh and the boys love it.  The boys will try to get anyone who visits to have a nerf war with them.

 The boys thought up the perfect place for a hammock, too bad nobody can get to our house as it is across the front porch.

 Fun swim day, we really love our community pool.

 Hunter dragged out his karoeke machine to announce one of the World Cup games.  He did the commentary, punctuated with McKay shouting "Are you ready to rock and roll?"

 McKay has gotten very into reading and begs to be read to all day long.  We love it.

 I went street contacting with the sister missionaries at "Food Truck Alley."  It was so much fun and reminded me of my days as a missionary.

My friend Shelley introduced me to The Fickle Pickle and The Sugar Shack, both of which are delectable.  

Josh and I took the boys to Smashburger for lunch one day and Katy Perry's "Firework" came on the radio, they all started dancing at once.  It was hilarious!

Josh took the boys to his work on a Saturday, they were especially impressed with the hot cocoa machine and the Nerf guns.  I think they have the impression Josh plays all day (maybe he does...:)

Yum, family Cold Stone visit.

I'm boring, all of theses flavors and I always get Sweet Cream and raspberries.  

These poor boys have a mom who is always try to take pictures of them...this is what they think of that!

Moving to Georgia

 Our first day on our LONG trip to Georgia, we got to Cheyenne WY and stayed in a hotel that night.  The next day we got the boys up early, pajamas and all and headed out.

 After we'd gotten to Nebraska we stopped for donuts at Dunkin' Donuts.  

 The boys thought it was great to travel with Sasha.  

 Josh and I were pretty excited to be back where there are Paneras.  Definitely one of our favorites.

 We stopped in Winter Quarters Nebraska and visited the visitors center and walked around the temple there.

 Hunter loved the costumes they had there and thought he'd try his had at pulling a handcart.

 Winter Quarters Temple

 We have some friends that were traveling a lot of the same route we were on their summer trip.  They were ahead of us and were so cute to leave us a note and a little treat.  The boys loved it.

 That night we made it to my sister's house in Missouri.  We loved getting to spend a couple of days with their family.  They seriously made us feel like a million bucks.  Such good hosts.  We really love their dog Brinley.  She is hilarious!

 We went to church with them and McKay was SO nervous to go to class, but he was brave and did it.  He came out of class with these adorable glasses on and a couple of other goodies.  I'm pretty sure he thought it was great.

 I sure love this beautiful sister of mine!

 We headed to Liberty Jail that day which isn't far from their house.

 It was so interesting to see where so much church history occurred.  

 There was so much suffering and sadness that happened here, and so much revelation and inspiration.

 This is a replica of the jail and it is inside a building, which we thought was really cool.

 It is built so you can see the walls and floors of the structure. 

 Later after a yummy dinner we went to the park and played.

 Sasha just wanted to roll around in the grass

 Michelle is the cutest mommy and we LOVE her little boys Cal.  My boys kept wanting to hold him (which I'm not sure how he felt about), and were so sad when we left.

 McKay gave us a good push on this fun swing.

 Sasha wanted a ride too.

The next day we left bright and early and finally got to Georgia that night.  It was fun to look around and see that this was where we were going to be living.  We were all excited and a little nervous for this new adventure!